Come and sing with the Bloomfield Chorale

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 […]

Many different opinions on extending term limits

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 […]

BPD’s Junior Police Academy class graduates

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 resident donates milkweed to Great Swamp

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 […]

Talent Time to stage ‘Spelling Bee’ at BHS

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 man pleads guilty regarding Twitter gun deal

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 […]

Largest class ever graduates from Jr. Police Academy

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Police Department graduated its third class of Junior Police Academy recruits on Friday morning, July 28. The two-week, summertime, outreach program is conducted to acquaint township sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders with Bloomfield and Essex County law-enforcement personnel and practices, in a regimented environment providing physical exercise. The program has grown by about […]

Council plans to take over the town parking authority

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Township Administrator Matthew Watkins has confirmed that the Bloomfield Parking Authority will be dissolved by Dec. 31, 2017, and township parking will come under the authority of the mayor and council as a utility. “This will allow for our residents to save money through cost savings for services that the township can provide […]