BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Mayor Michael Venezia has been elected as Bloomfield Democratic Party chairman. “I’m excited about the challenge,” Venezia said in a telephone interview. “We’re going to make it a true committee. The former committee and chairman made unilateral decisions.” Venezia succeeds Peter Strumolo who was chairman for 16 years. The house-cleaning began when Strumolo […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — On Thursday, June 9, Watsessing Elementary School dedicated a weeping cherry tree to former office aide Rae Kiessling. Kiessling, 80, who died June 12, 2015, had worked as an office aide at the school for 41 years, beginning in 1974. Attending the dedication were two educators whose Bloomfield school-district careers commenced at Watsessing […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Parking Authority has installed seven “touch and display” parking meters on Washington Street for a 90-day pilot program with Municipal Parking Service, of Minneapolis, Minn. The meters take quarters and credit cards and are activated by touching a screen. If you need help, they will talk you through it— there is a […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — By the end of this week, Bloomfield Police Director Sam DeMaio said there will be 22 body cameras in use by his police officers. The devices are less than one-half the size of a pack of cigarettes and record both video and audio. They will not be issued to individual officers; they will […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — With a total of 25 years in the Glen Ridge School District, kindergarten teacher Diana Bendin is retiring after spending the last 22 years at Forest Avenue School. Bendin taught previously at Linden Avenue School and the United Nations International School. She received her teaching certification at Ithaca College and her master’s […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge High School mathematics teacher Darlene Kennedy is retiring this month. She has been a middle school teacher for the last 13 years. Kennedy received her certification at Glassboro State College. In a telephone interview, Kennedy said most of the changes in teaching over her years of employment have been in […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A parade of classic cars will travel down Broad Street at about 6 p.m. on July 6, Aug. 3 and 31. Their destination will be the five-point area at Bloomfield Avenue and their purpose will be to show off during another classic car display. Classic cars will gather at the site each Wednesday […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A suspect in a Bloomfield home invasion is scheduled to be arraigned in Newark Superior Court tomorrow morning, Friday, June 10. A grand jury indicted Jashua Price on May 25 on seven counts stemming from the 1:30 a.m. invasion of an Edison Street home on Feb. 6. Price, 25, is alleged to have […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Following two weeks of testimony, a six-member jury in Newark Superior Court determined that Bloomfield would have to pay investor Howard Haberman $2.9 million as fair and just compensation for the historic train station property on Lackawanna Place. The verdict was 5-1. Haberman owned the property until the township condemned it and took […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — It is time once again for Project Graduation. Co-chairing for the second time in three years is Laura Buchmann. Her co-chairwoman is Beth Barry. “They usually try to get someone to chair with someone who hasn’t done it before,” Buchmann said in a telephone interview this week. Project Graduation is an opportunity […]