ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The ArtPride New Jersey Foundation, in partnership with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, recently announced the winners of the 2018 JerseyArts.com People’s Choice Awards, including several venues in Essex County. More than 18,000 ballots were cast in the annual contest, which celebrates the extraordinary work of New Jersey’s […]
BLOOMFIELD and GLEN RIDGE, NJ — A winter storm coupled with a nor‘easterner deposited up to 12-inches of snow in Bloomfield and Glen Ridge on Wednesday, March 7. The combined results of snow and moisture produced the toughest storm the public works departments of both communities have faced in memory, according to their directors. “As far […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Nutley Little Theatre presented a reading of “A Streetcar Named Desire” on Sunday, March 11. At the Little Theatre, readings alternate with stage productions with the readings being presented one time while stagings have a number of performances. The readings, which are free to the public, typically occur in October, January, March and […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A Bloomfield resident was found fatally shot Monday morning, March 12, on the sidewalk along Milbank Park, on North 17th Street. Aristedes Statiroudis, 43, was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:57 a.m., according to Chief Assistant Prosecutor Thomas Fennelly, of the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. Bloomfield Public Safety Director Sam DeMaio, in […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Read Across America, a celebration of reading, was recognized by Bloomfield elementary schools last week with a schedule of activities promoting childhood literacy. The weeklong festivity commemorates the March 2 birthday of children’s story author Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss. First responders, secondary school students and local celebrities visited the elementary schools […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A Bloomfield playwright has written a play about the 1921 destruction, by white rioters, of the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Okla. Greenwood was the prosperous northern area of Tulsa where the residents were black. Its story is a little-known chapter in American race relations that playwright Cilque Brown has brought to life with […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino addressed recent threats made to schools in Essex County on Feb. 27, in the wake of the high school shooting in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14. He also spoke about the spike in threats that come after an incident like the one in Florida. According […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield will be well-represented in the upcoming 16th annual Garden State Film Festival as two township residents have entered the competition and will have their work screened before a wide audience. The two filmmakers — Francesco Nuzzi and Tom Ryan — are both young, ambitious, and still learning their trade, hoping to someday […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Instances of mail theft or attempted theft have been reported in Essex, Union, Bergen, Middlesex and Passaic counties, according to the US Postal Service. Street mailboxes are the targets. The theft is worked with a bead of glue placed inside the mailbox flap to snare envelopes before they fall into the mailbox chamber. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — MEND, a nonprofit working to alleviate hunger in Essex County, is hosting a celebratory dinner on Thursday, March 8, at The Woodland in Maplewood. In addition to raising funds and awareness, the gala will honor two community partners that have supported MEND as it works to serve its more than 140,000 food-insecure […]