BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A Newark Superior Court trial decision in June set the price Bloomfield must pay for the historic train station property on Lackawanna Place, but that price is increasing because of interest payments. The 5-1 jury verdict, by a six-member jury, determined that the township, which condemned the property and holds title to it, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Brookdale Elementary School unveiled a new media center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, Sept. 9. The center is tucked away on the basement level. Last year it had been on the first floor but that area is now two first-grade classrooms. “This is not an isolation,” Principal Joseph Fleres said of the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Independent Press is continuing its profiling of Bloomfield Board of Education candidates in the November elections. Profiled already were incumbents Shane Berger and Jill Fischman, and challengers Djanna Hill-Tall, Laura Izurieta and Lillian Mancheno. All are running for three, three-year seats. Not yet profiled are challengers Catherine Bumpus, Eileen Murray and Gladys […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Educational Foundation is in the process of reviewing its bylaws and will consider term-limits for its voting board members, according to longtime member Madeline Wollner. “We don’t have one now,” she said recently in a telephone interview in reference to term limits for the board members. “Now it’s a lifetime commitment […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Labor Day weekend, at least the Saturday right before the holiday, looked to be a ho-hum day at the Glen Ridge Community Pool. Not many people were there, even with the pool closing for the season in two days. This may have been caused by a threat from an off-coast hurricane that […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Three-hundred laptop computers — Chromebooks — were distributed to two groups of Bloomfield Middle School students during August to initiate a pilot program which will link the students to their teachers and to students around the world. The pilot program launches an effort by the Bloomfield School District to equip all students with […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge painter Theresa DeSalvio, who created an illustrated book about heroin addiction and then turned the book into a 17-minute film, had the film screened last weekend at the Hudson Valley International Film Festival in the documentary category. DeSalvio’s book, “Tales: A Cautionary Story about Heroin Addiction,” was a series of […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Center Alliance had its second block party of the summer along Washington Street on Saturday, Aug. 27. The street is a good place for a block party. It is tucked away into the epicenter of the downtown Bloomfield district, which is the focal point of efforts by the BCA for generating […]
Discarded culvert impedes progress on the trail of a pocket park
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A discarded culvert is in the way of fully completing the extension of the Morris Canal pocket park, located on Oak Tree Lane. A culvert is a concrete water pipe placed under roadbeds. The origin of this partially-buried culvert is unknown, although the Garden State Parkway is a stone’s throw away. The effort […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield has filed a notice of appeal contesting the June 3 jury verdict awarding $2.9 million to the former owner of the land containing the historic train station and tunnel on Lackawanna Place. The .6 acres of land is a slope that rises 13 feet from street level to abut the NJ Transit […]