ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — FAMILYConnections, a local counseling and family services agency, has announced the start of a “Got Your Back” backpack drive to benefit students in the agency’s Outreach to At-Risk Youth and School-Based Youth Services programs. Donations of individual school items and full backpacks will be accepted through Sept. 1 and can be […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — “I got the coolest stuff!” said one young boy running up to greet his father after attending the ninth annual NCJW/Essex Back 2 School Store on Sunday, July 30. “My new backpack makes me feel smart and important!” said another child. With walls completely lined with coats, rows of new sneakers, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Chorale invites interested singers to join. The members are seeking all voices — soprano, alto, tenor and bass. Drop in at any rehearsal during the month of September to meet and learn about the group. Weekly rehearsals are held on Tuesdays, starting Sept. 12, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Mayor Michael Venezia and the Township Council recently voted unanimously to have Township Attorney Michael Parlavecchio research the process of how terms of office be extended from three to four years. Earlier this week, Venezia said he understood the NJ Legislature would have to be petitioned. What do Bloomfield residents think about extending […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Police Department held a Junior Police Academy graduation Friday, Aug. 11, in Town Hall Council Chambers. This event was for high school-aged students. The BPD had this year initiated an academy for middle school-aged students and a graduation ceremony for those students was held July 28. For the older students, this was […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield resident Susan Moseson came to the rescue of the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge’s “Monarch Waystation” demonstration butterfly garden in July, donating more than 60 swamp milkweed plants to replace others that had been destroyed. Monarch butterflies lay their eggs only on milkweed plants, whose leaves are the sole source of […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The draft of an audit of heavily-used traffic routes is being reviewed by the Department of Health and, according to the department Director Karen Lore, will be submitted to the mayor and council next month. The report will recommend ways to make four busy streets more friendly to pedestrian and bicycling traffic. Funded […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra invites members and prospective new members — with their instruments — to a membership social on Monday, Aug. 14, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Trumpets Jazz Club, 6 Depot Square, Montclair. RSVP to [email protected] or to Kristine Massari at 973-444-0357. The orchestra is looking for new members […]
BLOOMFIELD. NJ — The Talent Time Players, now it their 68th year, will present the musical, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” this week with evening performances Thursday through Saturday in the Bloomfield High School Auditorium at 8 p.m. When the original musical played on Broadway, there were nine in the cast, but Talent Time […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced recently that Bomani Duncan, 20, of Bloomfield entered a guilty plea, admitting to using Twitter to recruit gang members and sell guns. He also pleaded guilty to possession of a handgun. Assistant Prosecutor Joseph A. Giordano, who handled the case, said under the terms […]