BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Back by popular demand, Van Tassel Funeral Home had its second annual Easter egg coloring class on Saturday, April 8. Whereas the class last year had about 20 people learning skills of traditional Polish egg decorating, there were about 60 people in attendance this year. Izabel Van Tassel, owner of the funeral home […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Brookdale Elementary School recognized Autism Awareness Day by having an online, interactive classroom lesson Friday, April 7. Because it was an online presentation, all classes could participate as one. Sunday, April 2, was the actual date of World Autism Day this year. The lesson was created by resource teacher Jason Triano. Its subject […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Watsessing Elementary School fourth-graders of Rachel Mazetta celebrated with a pizza party on Friday, April 7. The occasion was for being the class to raise the most money in school for the Valerie Fund. Mazetta’s students raised $142 by dropping coins into a piggy bank. The school, altogether, collected $549. The charity was […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — John Crecco, the former Bloomfield mayor who died in Atlanta last week at the age of 96, was remembered during a Funeral Mass at Sacred Heart Church on Monday, April 10. Father Michael Rodak, of the Paterson Archdiocese, in his homily called Crecco “a living tribute to his faith.” “He loved God and […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Donald Jervis, a former Bloomfield fire captain, pleaded “no contest” in a Wisconsin courtroom Thursday, April 6, to four charges of child pronography and is expected to receive a prison sentence of 16 years next month. Jervis, 53, who retired from the Bloomfield Fire Department in August 2015 and moved to Kenosha, WI., […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Civic Band is currently seeking new members, specifically players of brass, woodwind and percussion. Bloomfield residency is not required and there is no audition. The Bloomfield Civic Band is a community concert band founded 70 years ago. The band consists of between 40 and 50 musicians. While some are music […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Enlisting the effort of its students, Fairview Elementary School recently raised $2,500 for the American Heart Association. The students received small toys from the AHA in return for the donations they brought in. Their effort began March 7, and finished Monday, April 3, when the kids had the opportunity to promote a health […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Investors Savings Bank presented Foley Field Foundation with a symbolic check for $100,000 at the Bloomfield Board of Education meeting, Tuesday, March 28. A press conference had been held earlier in the day at the Civic Center to formally announce the 2015 donation. The money will help construct a community-activities building at the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — At the Monday council meeting, Township Administrator Matthew Watkins displayed a powerpoint presentation on the 2017 budget and there was good news. Watkins said for the first time in many years, the property value of Bloomfield homes is not decreasing. The graph he showed was for seven years. It was the first year […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — Montclair Film recently announced the winners of the 2017 Emerging Filmmaker Competition, a program co-presented by Partners For Health Foundation that screens work by students in grades four through 12 from the Tri-State Area and beyond. This year, more than 90 films were submitted in three categories: Cinemaniacs for grades four through […]