Bloomfield health officer receives state recognition

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield’s Health Officer Michael Fitzpatrick has received a Certificate of Achievement from the NJ Local Boards of Health Association on Thursday, Dec. 14. Fitzpatrick has been with the Department of Health and Human Services since 2009, following a career in both the private and the public sector. He was nominated for the […]

Council finds Inman may have violated ethics laws

IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington Municipal Council voted 6-1 in favor of Resolution MC17-1227-58 at its Wednesday, Dec. 27 meeting, authorizing the governing body to take action against East Ward Councilman Paul Inman because of remarks he had allegedly made in taped conversations with former township employee Tamara Smith. Smith, who had secretly recorded the […]

AP students design and execute art exhibit at 1978 gallery

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — For the next month, the 1978 Maplewood Arts Center will be home to “Fresh 10.0,” the 10th annual Advanced Placement Art Students Exhibit, featuring work by students from six different high schools in Essex and Union counties, including Columbia High School. The CHS artwork will hang in the gallery on Springfield Avenue […]

Town police give holiday gifts to 300 kids, 130 families

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Thursday, Dec. 21, the Bloomfield Police Department gathered in the Bloomfield Municipal Courtroom to continue its long-standing annual holiday toy drive, where more than 1,500 new toys were given to Bloomfield children and families. Bloomfield Police officers had been storing the donated gifts in the Youth Aid Division, and after Thursday’s municipal […]

Green is sworn in as mayor of East Orange

Photo by Chris Sykes East Orange Mayor Ted Green, right, symbolically removes his suit jacket and rolls up his sleeves as he promises to get to work promoting progress on all his constituents behalf during his Inauguration speech on New Year’s Day, Monday, Jan. 1, after he was officially sworn in as the city’s 14th […]

TC elects DeLuca mayor for 13th time

On Jan. 1, the Maplewood Township Committee held its first 2018 meeting, at which Mayor Vic DeLuca and Committeeman Dean Dafis were sworn in; the mayor delivered the State of the Township Address; and committee members were appointed to various boards. Dafis has the distinction of being Maplewood’s first openly gay committee member. At the […]

Our neighbors talk about their hopes for 2018

BLOOMFIELD/GLEN RIDGE, NJ — New Year’s resolutions anyone? It seems that most people had them and when this newspaper asked some of the individuals who made Glen Ridge and Bloomfield news in 2017 to share theirs, the response was surprisingly good. What was requested, by email, was a personal resolution and/or one the respondent would like […]

WOHS to require SAT prep class

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Board of Education approved a plan to make an SAT prep class mandatory for all West Orange High School students at its Dec. 18 meeting. The class will be equivalent to 68 hours of SAT prep work and will replace the SAT Bootcamp program currently offered at WOHS. […]