BLOOMFIELD, NJ — With the recent dissolution of the Bloomfield Parking Authority and its functions being assumed by the township, parking enforcement has been passed to the Bloomfield Police Department and maintenance is being done by the Department of Public Works and Parks. According DPW&P Director Anthony Nesto, his department will be responsible for maintaining parking […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Three Bloomfield houses of worship addressed the mayor and council Monday night, Sept. 25, to express their concern with the need for the township to install solar panels. Representatives in attendance were from Temple Ner Tamid, the Brookdale Reformed Church and Park United Methodist Church. All three facilities have installed solar paneling but […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The long-awaited ribbon cutting for the new digital message board at Foley Field was held Monday, Sept. 25. With temperatures on the playing field probably around 100 degrees, the heat for the 2 p.m. ceremony would have tested anyone’s dedication. And some speakers did mentioned the brutal warmth. But for those individuals who […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Members of a recently formed activist group calling itself “Bloomfield Citizens Solar Campaign” will speak at the public hearing of the Monday, Sept. 25, Bloomfield Council meeting to announce their intentions of getting the township to go solar. One member of the group, Ted Glick, said that this is only the kickoff of […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Gladys Rivera, the Bloomfield Board of Education member whose legal residency was challenged after she was elected in November 2016, has resigned from the board. In a Sept. 6 letter to Schools Superintendent Sal Goncalves, Rivera cited as the reason for her departure “various unpleasant situations and emotional distress during and into my […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Halpin-Bitecola Brookdale Funeral Home, in Bloomfield, has received a 2017 Pursuit of Excellence Award from the National Funeral Directors Association. Only 165 firms from around the world received this recognition, placing Halpin-Bitecola Brookdale Funeral Home among an elite group of funeral-service providers. Pursuit of Excellence Award recipients raise the bar on funeral […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Leo and Bradley Donaldson appeared in Newark Superior Court on Friday, Sept. 15, for a brief hearing before Judge Richard Sules. Both defendants were represented by Timothy Smith, the attorney for Leo Donaldson, with Frank Arleo, the attorney for Bradley Donaldson, absent. Sules said he understood that ongoing negotiations between the defendants and […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Brookdale Elementary School, through its Brookdale Home and School Association, has adopted a Texas school that had been damaged by Hurricane Harvey. The president of the association is Jennifer Guidea. Hurricane Harvey made landfall Aug. 25 and remained over Houston for four days, dropping more than 4 feet of rain. Guidea said she […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — For the dozen or so people who came to mourn a pet at the 4th annual Pet Memorial Day, held Sunday, Sept. 10, at Van Tassel’s Funeral Home, in Bloomfield, the first speaker, Vicky Valvano, of East Rutherford, may have captured the spirit of the day. It was touching, personal and a little […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office will again offer a domestic violence training program this fall. Called “Sanctuary,” the program is a 100-hour training program designed to equip community residents to provide crisis intervention and outreach services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, stalking and family members of domestic […]