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 […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — In sworn testimony on Tuesday, Feb 7, Newark Superior Court Office of Administrative Law Judge Leslie Celantano heard two versions of whether Gladys Rivera, a Bloomfield Board of Education member, qualified as a township resident on the day she was elected. The version that indicated she was not a resident on Election Day, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Established a year apart in the 1940s, Bloomfield Boy Scout troops 22 and 23 are currently the only remaining Boy Scout troops in the township. A recent demise of a Bloomfield troop was Troop 2 which met at the Church on the Green. Troops 22 and 23 meet at the St. Thomas Church […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — With the threats to reproductive health care access becoming ever more real, according to a press release from NCJW/Essex, a program on Thursday, Jan. 26, “The Information Void: A Discussion of Reproductive Health Education,” drew a crowd of 200 people ready to take action. The program, sponsored by more than 20 organizations […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A Bloomfield dramatist will be having a world premiere of her play at Luna Stage, in West Orange, this month. Nikkole Salter, a Los Angeles native and township resident since 2008, has written a play titled, “Indian Head.” According to Luna Stage, the work was commissioned in partnership with the NJPAC Stage Exchange, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Over at the Department of Public Works and Parks, they’re just itching for some REAL snow. “Last year, we had only one major storm,” the department director, Anthony Nesto, said earlier this week in a telephone interview. “Right now, my guys want it to snow. Their overtime is down.” It was snowing a […]
The Bloomfield Public Library, located at 90 Broad St. in Bloomfield, continues with its film series which hosts two films each week, on Mondays and Thursdays, with the exception of holidays. The following films start at 12:15 p.m. in the barrier-free Library Theatre. Admission is free and all are welcome. For information, call 973-566-6200. • […]