BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Miss Essex County Area Scholarship Pageant is getting a second chance. Originally scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 9, at the Bloomfield Middle School, it abruptly had to be cancelled because a contestant dropped out. The new date is Feb. 3. It will again be held at the middle school, but it will also […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A Dec. 4 letter alleging discriminatory and dangerous working conditions in the Bloomfield Fire Department has resulted in an investigation into the conduct of Deputy Fire Chief Lou Venezia, the brother of Mayor Michael Venezia. The investigation, by an outside law firm, was confirmed in a Jan. 5 email to this newspaper by […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. recently outlined plans for the 2018 Essex County Deer Management Program in South Mountain Reservation and Hilltop Reservation. This is the 11th year of the program, which is geared toward revitalizing the forest ecology by reducing the number of deer. “Controlling the population by removing […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A hearing date of Feb. 16 was given to former Bloomfield High School running coach and teacher, Leo Donaldson, and his husband and co-defendant, Bradley, by Newark Superior Court Judge Richard Sules on Monday, Jan. 8. A trial date for the Donaldsons is suppose to be determined on Feb. 16. But that expectation […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Township Council reorganized at the Municipal Building on Wednesday, Jan. 3, swearing into office its three ward council members. Nicholas Joanow, the senior council member with the most time served; Jenny Mundell, an incumbent appointed to a chair vacated earlier this year; and Sarah Cruz, a political novice, each expressed personal gratitudes […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The winners of the annual holiday window display competition among 13 downtown storefronts were announced by the Bloomfield Center Alliance on Dec. 26. Judges selected Gail Ann’s Beauty Salon for the second straight year while the “people’s choice” winner, as determined by online voting, was Ricciardi Brothers Paints. The salon is located at […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Like followers of good King Wenceslas, a 10th-century Bohemian monarch known for his helping a peasant, congregants in Bloomfield houses of worship are tending to the needy this holiday season, too. But Pastor Diana Wilcox, of Christ Episcopal Church of Glen Ridge and Bloomfield, said there is more meaning to the Wenceslas story […]