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 […]
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 […]
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 […]