BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield council chamber was brought to silence Monday night when a township resident asked the mayor a question that he would not answer. The silence lasted for more than four minutes. The resident, David Tucker, the GOP mayoral candidate in the upcoming election, stood at the podium and asked Mayor Michael Venezia, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Center Alliance is still presenting Cruise Nights and promoting the Bloomfield Farmers Market every week in the town center. An end of summer block party is also on the schedule. • Cruise Nights car shows, sponsored by the BCA, will continue on Wednesday nights through August from 6 to 9 […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Former Bloomfield Board of Education President Dan Anderson disagrees with the recent proposal by the NJ Department of Education that would require PARCC tests as the overriding factor in whether a student should graduate from high school or not. Anderson is still a member of the school board. In a May press release, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Recreation Department presented National Night Out at Foley Field on Tuesday, Aug. 2. It was the second consecutive year the event was held at the sports facility. In the past, individual neighborhoods would throw parties and elected officials, police and fire department personnel would travel around town visiting their favorites. Mike […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Board of Education, on Tuesday, Aug. 2, unanimously approved the design of a proposed two-storey, multi-purpose building, with an attic, to be constructed at Foley Field. The board vote followed a presentation by Mike Napolitano, president of the Foley Field Foundation, a non-profit organization assisting with improvements at the sports facility. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The proposed merger of two Roman Catholic churches in Montclair has upset longtime Bloomfield and Glen Ridge parishioners who are members of one of the churches. The Archdiocese of Newark, which oversees Catholic churches in Essex County, issued a decree on July 18 combining Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church and Immaculate Conception. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield resident Alan Faynzilberg, 19, was arrested by Belleville police Thursday, July 28, and charged with vehicular homicide in the death of Belleville resident Luis Davila, 33, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. Faynzilberg was the driver of a car that crossed into oncoming Belleville Avenue traffic, hitting Davila head-on. Faynzilberg was […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Former Berkeley Elementary School music teacher Nicholas Schumacher, 30, charged with possession and distribution of child pornography, accepted a plea bargain in Morris County Courthouse on July 26. He will be sentenced to three years in state prison and registration under Megan’s Law. As part of the agreement, the charge of possession, a […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Charles Seller Foundation Talent Time Players will be presenting, this week and next week, its 67th annual stage production to benefit a local resident with extraordinary medical expenses. Seven performances of “Footloose: The Musical” will be presented at Bloomfield High School beginning tonight at 8 p.m. Additional shows are scheduled for Aug. […]
Bloomfield Police Department will be undergoing an evaluation by assessors from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, a professional membership organization. The evaluation is on-site and should take several days, beginning Sunday, July 24. Its purpose is to examine all aspects of the BPD, which has applied for accreditation by the association. […]