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 […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Do you have a child 5 to 12 years old who is grieving a loss from a life-altering crisis such as death, divorce, separation, abandonment or other painful family transition? The RAINBOWS support group program for children in that age group will be meeting at the Linda & Rudy Slucker NCJW/Essex Center […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield mourned the loss of life in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center with its annual Sept. 11 Remembrance Ceremony, on Monday. Three residents died in the tragedy: Cesar Alviar, Catherine Nardella and Daniel Rosetti. Recreation Department Director Michael Sceurman said recalling what happened made it a tough day for all […]
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. congratulated 17 Essex County artists who received awards in the annual Essex County Senior Citizens Juried Art Show during an awards ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 6, in the Robert O’Toole Community Center in Cedar Grove Park. “I congratulate the winners and all the artists […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Day Street residents celebrated their neighborhood with an annual Labor Day block party on Sunday, Sept. 3. Rain or shine, the get-together has been taking place for 16 consecutive years on the Sunday before the holiday. According to Donna Salgado, a founder of the event, the party originated when many of the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Linda Lo, the Bloomfield Board of Education member who ostensibly had won a one-year term in 2016, but to most everyone’s surprise was recently informed that it was actually for two years, issued a brief statement on Tuesday, Sept. 5, regarding the confusion. In an email to BOE members, Superintendent of Schools Sal […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Department of Health Director Karen Lore has received a Partners for Health Foundation scholarship to attend a summit on the subject of walking. The National Walking Summit will take place in St. Paul, Minn., from Sept. 13 to 15. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together health, transit, planning and […]