ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Jewish Family Service of MetroWest has been awarded a grant by the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey to administer a Wise Aging initiative in the MetroWest communities. The program, which is a partnership with 12 local synagogue groups plus the JCC MetroWest, will help Jewish people in their second adulthoods, their […]
NEWARK, NJ — Following safety concerns raised by Samsung about its Galaxy Note7, NJ Transit is strongly urging all customers not to use or charge the mobile device on board trains, buses, light rail vehicles or in stations and facilities, according to a recent release from NJ Transit. “We are asking our customers who have […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — St Valentine’s Church held its annual carnival this past weekend. It was estimated the event is at 35 years old. The area off Broughton Avenue was once a Polish enclave and foods for the event, many homemade, reflected that culinary tradition. There were games for the kids, a 50/50 raffle for the […]
The Brookdale Reformed Church, 16 Bellevue Ave., Bloomfield, will be hosting a free seminar on solar energy on Thursday, Sept. 22, at 7:30 p.m. Scheduled to speak is Elvin Frost, senior solar adviser for Geoscape Solar, in Livingston. Geoscape Solar installed the solar panels on the roof of the Brookdale Reformed Church last year. Frost […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A Newark Superior Court trial decision in June set the price Bloomfield must pay for the historic train station property on Lackawanna Place, but that price is increasing because of interest payments. The 5-1 jury verdict, by a six-member jury, determined that the township, which condemned the property and holds title to it, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Brookdale Elementary School unveiled a new media center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, Sept. 9. The center is tucked away on the basement level. Last year it had been on the first floor but that area is now two first-grade classrooms. “This is not an isolation,” Principal Joseph Fleres said of the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Independent Press is continuing its profiling of Bloomfield Board of Education candidates in the November elections. Profiled already were incumbents Shane Berger and Jill Fischman, and challengers Djanna Hill-Tall, Laura Izurieta and Lillian Mancheno. All are running for three, three-year seats. Not yet profiled are challengers Catherine Bumpus, Eileen Murray and Gladys […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Educational Foundation is in the process of reviewing its bylaws and will consider term-limits for its voting board members, according to longtime member Madeline Wollner. “We don’t have one now,” she said recently in a telephone interview in reference to term limits for the board members. “Now it’s a lifetime commitment […]
NEWARK, NJ — On Sept. 7, Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura issued a reminder to local motorists that statistics reveal a car is broken into every 30 seconds somewhere across the country. Fontoura added that Essex County is not exempt to that alarming statistic. “Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen a dramatic increase in […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Three-hundred laptop computers — Chromebooks — were distributed to two groups of Bloomfield Middle School students during August to initiate a pilot program which will link the students to their teachers and to students around the world. The pilot program launches an effort by the Bloomfield School District to equip all students with […]