BLOOMFIELD, NJ — By the end of this week, Bloomfield Police Director Sam DeMaio said there will be 22 body cameras in use by his police officers. The devices are less than one-half the size of a pack of cigarettes and record both video and audio. They will not be issued to individual officers; they will […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A parade of classic cars will travel down Broad Street at about 6 p.m. on July 6, Aug. 3 and 31. Their destination will be the five-point area at Bloomfield Avenue and their purpose will be to show off during another classic car display. Classic cars will gather at the site each Wednesday […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A suspect in a Bloomfield home invasion is scheduled to be arraigned in Newark Superior Court tomorrow morning, Friday, June 10. A grand jury indicted Jashua Price on May 25 on seven counts stemming from the 1:30 a.m. invasion of an Edison Street home on Feb. 6. Price, 25, is alleged to have […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Following two weeks of testimony, a six-member jury in Newark Superior Court determined that Bloomfield would have to pay investor Howard Haberman $2.9 million as fair and just compensation for the historic train station property on Lackawanna Place. The verdict was 5-1. Haberman owned the property until the township condemned it and took […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Two Rutgers, New Brunswick, students were diagnosed with bacterial meningitis this spring. As a precaution, the Bloomfield Department of Health has issued an alert to nurses at Bloomfield and Glen Ridge high schools that students planning on attending this college campus in the fall are advised to be vaccinated against meningitis B. “Two […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Concluding a tumultuous Bloomfield primary race season, registered Democrat voters chose Mayor Michael Venezia over Councilman Joseph Lopez by a 2-1 margin, according to uncertified figures released by the Essex County Clerk’s Office. The results have Venezia with 4,588 votes, or 67.8 percent, and Lopez with 2,166, or 32 percent. For the three […]
Following two weeks of testimony, a six-member jury in Newark Superior Court determined that Bloomfield would have to pay investor Howard Haberman $2.9 million as fair and just compensation for the historic train station property on Lackawanna Place. The verdict, which was announced Friday, June 3, was 5-1. Haberman owned the property until the township […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The civil trial to determine the monetary value of the privately owned property containing the downtown Bloomfield historic train station continued for a second week in Newark Superior Court. Judge Robert Gardner is presiding. The oblong-shaped property being contested runs parallel to the westbound New Jersey Transit tracks, between Glenwood Avenue and Washington […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Joint Memorial Day Committee cancelled the Memorial Day Parade which was scheduled for Monday, May 30. With a storm headed in from the south, a dire but inaccurate weather forecast for northern New Jersey prompted the cancellation decision to be made early Sunday evening. The parade was to begin at 9 […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — During the last few weeks, the Bloomfield candidates running in the Democratic primary on Tuesday, June 7, were interviewed by The Independent Press. Registered Democrats will have an opportunity to vote for a mayoral candidate and three council candidates. The top vote-getters in each category will run against Republican, and possibly independent, candidates […]