BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra with the Bloomfield Chorale present a joint concert on Sunday, March 5, featuring the music of Schubert, Balakirev and others. The performance begins at 3 p.m. at the Bloomfield Middle School, 60 Huck Road in Bloomfield. Both the symphony and chorale — formerly the Bloomfield Civic Chorus — […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A black caisson bearing the coffin of former Bloomfield Civic Band conductor Dominick Ferrara III, 78, was drawn by horses on Saturday morning, Feb. 18, for the journey from Halpin-Bitecola Brookdale Funeral Home in the Brookdale section of town to St. Thomas the Apostle Church. For the first time in weeks, the skies […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Adam Young is usually home by 5 p.m. and usually not on the 8:50 p.m. train from Penn Station, NYC, to his home in Bloomfield. But on Friday, Jan. 27, he was detained at work to show some people around the Brooklyn Brewery where he is the lead brewer. At 9:20 p.m. his […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Even with the lack of snow this winter, the Bloomfield Department of Public Works and Parks did not lose its winter skills, as demonstrated by its handling of the Feb. 9 snowstorm. “I think we did pretty well,” DPW Director Anthony Nesto said earlier this week. “The feedback was that residents were happy.” […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A “call to action” following the Jan. 21 Women’s March on Washington was held on Thursday, Feb. 6, at the Town Pub, in Bloomfield. The purpose of the event was to prevent the spirit of grassroots activism, shown in the march, from dissipating. The website for the march proposed an itinerary for future […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Greater Bloomfield Interfaith Partners will hold its second annual meeting Sunday, Feb. 19. The meeting will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Park United Methodist Church. Park UMC is located on Broad Street, at 12 Park St., in Bloomfield. Congregates from three houses of worship established the partnership last year. […]
BAYONNE, NJ — McCabe Ambulance personnel showed their prowess in their life-saving abilities by taking first place in a statewide emergency medical services competition. Certified Emergency Medical Technicians Amber Henderson, 23, and West Orange native Russell Cahn, 25, took top honors at the competition held at the New Jersey Statewide Conference on EMS in Atlantic […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A Bloomfield elementary school coin drive during the month of February has returned this year with three more schools participating. Started by resident and parent Milly Realz, the collection was only at Fairview Elementary School last year where Realz’s daughter, Jordan Williams, was a student. Realz had received permission from Fairview Principal Sal […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Matthew J. Morahan III Health Assessment Center for Athletes at RWJBarnabas Health will provide free cardiac and concussion baseline screenings to young athletes on Saturday, March 4, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Codey Arena, 560 Northfield Ave. in West Orange. Available to the first 200 young athletes who […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Although Easter is bigger than Valentine’s Day in the world of chocolate-candy demands, at Holsten’s Confectionary in Bloomfield, the store makes about 4,000 pounds of chocolate candies to sell from Valentine’s Day to Easter. And, according to co-owners Ron Stark and Chris Carley, at Christmastime, they make 1,500 pounds of candy. But Valentine’s […]