BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The rescue of a woman from her native Haiti, through the Dominican Republic, to Bloomfield, was recently undertaken by the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth, Convent Station, and the Congregational Church of Montclair. The woman, Sarah Exantus, had to escape after she refused to steal for gang members who threatened her. […]
Problems at the printing plant where our newspapers are printed have caused a delay in their distribution. Subscribers to the News-Record of Maplewood and South Orange, The Glen Ridge Paper, West Orange Chronicle, Irvington Herald, The Independent Press of Bloomfield, Record-Transcript and Union County LocalSource should receive their newspapers in Friday’s mail. We apologize for […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — According to Michele Bruhn, a member of the Brookdale Reformed Church, raccoons love warm attics, garbage cans and being close to people. Unfortunately, all are available at the church whose domain she overlooks as property chairwoman. “It’s an ongoing problem,” she said recently of her nocturnal invaders, most likely from contiguous Brookdale […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — In the photo gallery, the Bloomfield High School softball team hosted Caldwell on Saturday, April 8, at Carla Ward Memorial Park at Clarks Pond South. Caldwell won 10-1. Photos Courtesy of Jerry Simon
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — George Ricci, commander of the Bloomfield Police Department Detective Bureau, was elevated to police chief at a ceremony held in the Oak View Elementary School gymnasium, on Thursday, April 6. The appointment marked a passage for the township: The police department is again commanded by a chief. Seven years ago, amid legal […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – A Bloomfield Boy Scout who has constructed raised garden beds for disabled seniors says he hopes to receive the rank of Eagle Scout for an effort he undertook in the memory of his great-grandfather, a Polish Army corporal who served in World War II. The garden beds, ADA-compliant so that the soil […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield elected officials were in attendance at the Saturday, March 25, memorial service for State Senator Ronald L. Rice, D-28th District, who represented Bloomfield, Glen Ridge, Irvington, Nutley and Newark. Rice died March 15 and was the longest-serving black state legislator in NJ history, having served 36 years. The memorial service was […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — It was a long time coming, but the Bloomfield High School Robotics Club is no more. “We became an official team last year,” robotics teacher Michael Warholak said last week, in his classroom, while his students, the “Robotigers,” prepared their dune buggy-like robot, “Hammerdown,” for its second tournament in three weeks. Warholak, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield has purchased four new electric vehicles and received grants for two more. “The purchase of these new electric vehicles signifies another step in our effort to reduce our carbon footprint and protect the health of our community,” said Mayor Michael Venezia. “I believe this investment in clean energy will pay dividends […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Sgt. Larry S. Wassil from Bloomfield has been memorialized in a book created by residents of the Netherlands to honor soldiers killed fighting to free their homeland. Wassil was reported missing in action on Dec. 28, 1944, after leading a three-man reconnaissance team during the Hurtgen Forest offensive, near Hurtgen, Germany. He […]