BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A trial to determine the monetary value of the abandoned historic train station located on Lackawanna Place in Bloomfield, across from the Glenwood Village redevelopment project, began in Newark Superior Court on Wednesday, May 18. The trial is by a jury of six with Judge Robert Gardner presiding. Township officials have hailed the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Proving that the squeaky wheel gets the grease, a Hazelwood Road resident, dissatisfied with the township response to an hydraulic fluid leak in her neighborhood, contacted the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection about her concern. The DEP then alerted the Hazmat Unit of the Nutley Fire Department, which handles hazardous material accidents […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School Thespian Society gave its last performances for the school year on May 21 and 22. As has been customary the last four years, it is not a stage play or musical, but a theater project. According to the director of the production, Brandon Doemling, a theater project is “an […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Township Council passed a rent-control ordinance Monday evening. The vote was 5-0. Councilmen Elias Chalet and Carlos Bernard were absent. The ordinance amends the current ordinance. Landlord and tenant representatives saw it as a step in the right direction. Landlords will now be able to increase rents in one of two […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The National Council of Jewish Women, Essex County Section, honored three Essex County high school students with the Nancy and Robert Eskow NCJW Volunteer Awards. Selected out of an outstanding field of 36 applicants, the recipients of the awards were recognized for their contributions to many different causes, including starting a community […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield FOP 214, a union which represents a portion of the Bloomfield police force, held a fishing derby at Clark’s Pond on Saturday morning, May 14. The event was coordinated by Det. Anthony Picciano. Twenty-six sponsors donated about $3,000, of which $1,800 went to stock the pond with 200 trout and bass. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Chelsea Clinton came to town last week and stopped at Heritage Village, the retirement community across the street from Town Hall. She provided an audience of 100 with a number of reasons to vote for her mother, Hillary Clinton, the current Democrat presidential frontrunner and former first lady to her father, Bill Clinton. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Councilman Elias Chalet underwent open-heart surgery in New York City on April 28. Speaking in his Broad Street real estate office earlier this week, Chalet said the surgery was necessary after something turned up on his EKG during a routine medical examination. Alerted, his cardiologist put him through a battery of tests. “He […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield officially opened a small park at Oaktree Lane on Saturday, May 14. Called a pocket park because of its size, its location was once a route for the Morris Canal. The dried bed of the former waterway and forgotten mule path is now a trail for hikers, having been cleared of a […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield has asked two police organizations to conduct a study of its own police practices for motor-vehicle stops. According to Mayor Michael Venezia, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives and the National Coalition of Latino Officers, will conduct the study. The decision is a result of a report issued last month […]