WEST ORANGE, NJ — Essex County will host its annual Sept. 11 ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 11, at 8 a.m. — with chamber music playing until 2 p.m. — at the Sept. 11 Memorial in Eagle Rock Reservation off of Eagle Rock Avenue in West Orange. This year’s ceremony, which is held by County Executive […]
NEWARK, NJ — Following the success of last year’s reorganization and consolidation of services within the Port Authority Bus Terminal, NJ Transit is again partnering with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for Phase Two of improvements to the quality of commute, according to an Aug. 23 press release. Beginning Sept. 3, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield has filed a notice of appeal contesting the June 3 jury verdict awarding $2.9 million to the former owner of the land containing the historic train station and tunnel on Lackawanna Place. The .6 acres of land is a slope that rises 13 feet from street level to abut the NJ Transit […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — An oral health clinic for children and at-risk pregnant women will open in Bloomfield on Monday, Aug. 29. The clinic is the KinderSmile Oral Health Center. It will be located at 10 Broad Street, on the ground floor of the Leo Building, at the corner of Bloomfield Avenue. The center will provide dental services […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The other day, Bloomfield resident Constance “Dottie” Genoni was sitting in the backyard of her Foster Street neighbor, Eileen Rush. She and Eileen were having a discussion about their joint birthday party next week: Was Dottie planning a swim in Rush’s pool to mark the occasion? Dottie didn’t think so. She said that […]
PATH expands in county via Mental Health Association
MONTCLAIR, NJ — The Mental Health Association of Essex County, headquartered in Montclair, has been awarded a grant of more than half a million dollars by the New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services to provide outreach services to adults diagnosed as mentally ill who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A funeral home is not ordinarily a place one would expect to find a children’s playroom. But Bloomfield resident and certified child-life specialist Angie Koeneker says a room for a child to express their loss should be in every funeral home. Koeneker, who spoke at Van Tassel’s Funeral Home on Saturday, Aug. 13, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Nine candidates are contending for three Bloomfield Board of Education seats. Each seat is for three years and a registered voter may cast three ballots for this race. There are two incumbents in the race: Jill Fischman, the current BOE president, and Shane Berger. The challengers are Catherine Bumpus, Djanna Hill-Tall; Laura Izurieta; […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — After the ongoing replacement of the Berkeley Avenue bridge is completed, Bloomfield residents may be expected to find, on the towpath of the former Morris Canal under the bridge, rest stops using the railing from the old bridge. The bridge crosses over the former Morris Canal towpath and the Second River. According to […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The township of Bloomfield on Monday, Aug. 15, announced that it has joined the New Jersey Attorney General’s “Project Medicine Drop” initiative, and has installed a stationary prescription medicine drop box at Police Headquarters. Residents may visit Police Headquarters, located at 1 Municipal Plaza, at any time to dispose of their unused […]