BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Geoff Gove, a photojournalist and member of the Bloomfield Open Space Committee, has died. Gove passed away Aug. 13, his 75th birthday, as a result of a head injury sustained July 21 in an automobile accident on Route 46, in Little Falls. “He was a very kind and gentle person who appreciated people […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A special Bloomfield council meeting was held Monday evening at the Bloomfield Middle School to discuss the most recent lead testing results of residential water. The meeting was not well-attended, with about 10 people who were not township employees in the audience. But the meeting was recorded by Bloomfield TV for later transmission. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Children and adults using Vassar Field will now be able to exercise body and mind thanks to the recent installation of a “Little Free Library.” A good-size container with a framed, clear plexiglass door, the library is basically an enclosed bookshelf on a post. Books may be left, taken or exchanged by anyone. […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — It is safe to say that Glen Ridge residents do not ordinarily think of their borough as a treasure island, and for the want of a map there’d be a pirate’s plunder for the taking. But consider Glen Ridge High School sophomore Jack Wooten and his metal detector. For the last three […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — It is August, but time and tide wait for no man and with that in mind, the Bloomfield Department of Public Works and Parks is thinking snow. At its Orange Street garage, winter is around the corner. “It’s begun,” DPW director Anthony Nesto said earlier this week. “It was 90 degrees and there […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A new principal will take over at Columbia High School when classes begin in September, after interim Superintendent of Schools Thomas Ficarra announced the shuffling of several district administrators, including former CHS Principal Elizabeth Aaron. After serving as the high school’s principal for the last four years, Aaron is now a principal […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Valley Arts district of West Orange and Orange has been going through a resurgence in recent years, continuing Wednesday Aug. 8, with the groundbreaking of the Valley Residential project on Central Avenue. The empty lot will soon be turned into residential development, built by New Jersey Housing, Mortgage Finance Agency […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Hannah Silver, 17, a rising senior at Columbia High School and the newly-elected student representative to the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education, was skeptical about running for the position. It wasn’t until a close friend brought her the application and encouraged her to run that she changed her mind. “I initially wasn’t […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Township Council unanimously approved an ordinance on first reading that adopted a redevelopment plan for the Executive Drive portion of the Essex Green property at its Aug. 7 meeting, and will see a presentation on the plan and vote to adopt the ordinance at its Sept. 4 meeting. The redevelopment […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — In a close vote on Aug. 13, the South Orange Board of Trustees passed business code revisions, which will allow hookah lounges and vape stores to operate in town. There were two revision ordinances on the agenda for the Aug. 13 meeting: one permitting hookah lounges and vape stores on Valley […]