ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Sheriff Armando Fontoura HAS expressed his gratitude to nonprofit organization Vested Interest in K9s for its donation of body armor for the Sheriff’s Office’s K-9 Unit. Officer K-9s Buzzard, Chex, Hanner, Joe and Marko will receive bullet and stab protective vests thanks to the charitable donation. The vests are sponsored by […]
NEWARK, NJ — On Saturday, July 11, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, Archbishop of Newark, ordained 22 permanent deacons for service in the Archdiocese of Newark. The ordinations were celebrated during two Masses that were livestreamed at 10 a.m. and at 2 p.m. from the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark on the archdiocesan YouTube […]
BLOOMFIELD / MONTCLAIR, NJ — Quarantined at home, 50 budding activists from Bnai Keshet in Montclair and Temple Ner Tamid in Bloomfield, as well as a few unaffiliated young adults, jumped at the chance in early May to participate in a new social justice internship program named for Ner Tamid member Fred Pressman, who died […]
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey’s black county elected officials stand united to remove the term “freeholder” from the state’s governmental and political lexicon. The state’s 19 black freeholders together established an alliance that will address key issues and needs of black communities within their counties and the state. “The origin of the title runs afoul […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Public Library has extended its free Wi-Fi coverage to cover outside the library, the State Street lot and the library courtyard. The expanded coverage will allow residents to remain safely connected outdoors so that they can get whatever information they need at this time. “During this time of COVID-19 and […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — On July 9, the Essex County freeholders approved a resolution opposing the transfer of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees to facilities in different states around the country. The resolution expressed the board’s opposition to this practice, and called on the Department of Homeland Security and ICE to promptly halt all […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The township of Bloomfield will hold free shredding events on Saturdays, Aug. 1 and Nov. 7, from 9 a.m. to noon at Pulaski Park, located at 24 Mt. Vernon Ave., rain or shine. “We try to provide as many services to residents as we possibly can to ensure that they get value […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — NiCori Studios & Productions, in association with Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center and Frungillo Catering, will be producing “Music at the Mansion: Porch Performances” beginning July 25. Join NiCori Studios & Productions for an evening of dinner and entertainment with host Corinna Sowers Adler that will be safe, socially distant and fun! Each […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — In an ongoing effort to make Bloomfield a more environmentally conscious and sustainable community, the township has purchased and installed two “Zero Waste Boxes” for residents to recycle used water filters. The boxes have been installed at the DPW at 230 Grove St. and the Municipal Building at 1 Municipal Plaza, first […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — John Zack of Bloomfield has never mowed a lawn before, but that didn’t stop him from becoming a cast member on “The Great Grass Race,” a reality game show that kicked off on July 10 and will air on the streaming site Menace Vision. Zack and his teammate will spend the next […]