BELLEVILLE, NJ — Belleville has been selected to receive a 2022 AARP Community Challenge grant, making the township one of just eight grantees chosen statewide. The grant will be used to promote walkability, restore neighborhood connectivity and increase community relationships as the town emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic. The project will use an underutilized property […]
BELLEVILLE / NUTLEY, NJ — The Belleville Historical Society celebrated National Ice Cream Day again with free ice cream visits to the Belleville Public Library on Friday, July 17, and Kingsland Manor in Nutley on Sunday, July 17 — once again served from a classic Good Humor ice cream bike. At Kingsland Manor, a recently […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting N.J. Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip Sellinger announced a state-federal partnership designed to ensure access to reproductive health care for New Jersey residents and those from out of state who seek such care in the Garden State, according to July 20 […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department, is investigating the fatal shooting of Rabel Ramos-Gomez, 46, of Belleville, according to a July 18 press release from the ECPO. On Sunday, July 17, Ramos-Gomez was shot while working in his corner grocery […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Board of County Commissioners recently honored Jason Fernandez, of Bloomfield; Egypt Pringle, of Belleville; and Victor Lebron and Ashley Sanchez, both of Newark, for being named the Essex County recipients of the 2022 Scholarship Program Award from the New Jersey Association of Counties Foundation. The scholarship awards recognize distinguished […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — Michael Melham promised to continue forward momentum in town as he was sworn in for his second term as Belleville’s mayor. State Sen. Richard Codey, the former governor of New Jersey, administered the oath of office during the township’s reorganization meeting on Friday, July 1. “I do not see the need to […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Moody’s Investors Service has reaffirmed Essex County’s Aaa rating with a stable outlook in a review released on Wednesday, July 6. Essex County received the Aaa rating for the first time in 2018 and has maintained this highest rating in each of the last four years. “I view our ratings reports […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — Everyone is invited to Belleville’s 2022 summer entertainment series, which features movies and music concerts at Belleville High School. The summer movie series will be held every other Wednesday, starting on July 6 with Disney’s “Encanto.” Movie nights are scheduled to start at approximately 7:30 p.m. and the movies will begin at […]
BELLEVILLE / IRVINGTON, NJ — New traffic signal equipment was recently installed at two intersections along Franklin Avenue in Belleville and two intersections along Springfield Avenue in Irvington. The improvements are part of a $6 million project to upgrade nine intersections throughout Essex County. The two intersections in Belleville are the intersection of Franklin Avenue […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — For the second year in a row, the Sons of the American Legion Squadron 105 attended the American Legion Detachment of New Jersey Convention in Wildwood, representing Belleville and the county of Essex at this 60th statewide meeting of the organization. With 17 members in attendance at this four-day event, Belleville’s Sons […]