Hear ye, hear ye! Now is the time for New Year’s resolutions.l Befitting the moment, a fair number of local personages, distinguished by their appearance in The Independent Press during the most recently concluded year, were queried as to their 2025 resolutions. This request is far from precedent. According to the Pew Research Center, 30 […]
In an Oct. 18 letter, the New Jersey Historical Sites Council gave NJ Transit the go-ahead for its proposed rehabilitation, and Americans with Disabilities Act enhancement, of the historic Bloomfield railroad station. The accepted NJT proposal will destroy the existing concrete canopy and replace it with a steel canopy with 30 percent coverage at the […]
In Bloomfield High School girls basketball history, there was no one better than Tyiana Sears. A 6-foot-2 power forward, Sears proved unstoppable during her career, leading the Bengals to county and state sectional titles in her junior season and graduating in 2001 as the program’s all-time leading scorer. Sears, one of the top scorers all-time […]
After 37 years as an educator, Oak View Elementary School media specialist Patricia D’Avanzo is closing the book on homeroom bells and fire drills and will officially retire Dec. 31. Her final school dismissal is tomorrow. Born in Little Italy in New York City, her family moved to Bloomfield when she was three and lived […]
The New Jersey Chinese Teachers Association recently presented three Glen Ridge High School students with awards for their volunteer efforts and another award to a GRHS student for leadership. The winners were all boys this year, the volunteer awards going to freshmen Fatehbir Pouauchi and David Ness, and senior Kyle Piano. The leadership award was […]
Students from Bloomfield and Glen Ridge were honored at Mount St. Dominic Academy for their scores on the Advanced Placement (AP) program exams taken at the independent Catholic college preparatory school in Caldwell. Lorelei Middleton of Glen Ridge was named an AP Scholar with Distinction for scoring a three or higher on at least five […]
Richard Rockwell, a Democrat appointed in 2018 to fill a vacated Bloomfield council seat, resigned Nov. 19. He concluded his tenure with an email to the township clerk. “It was very simple,” he said. “Short and sweet.” Rockwell ran unsuccessfully for council in 2010, then successfully in 2019 and 2022. In 2018, he had replaced […]
Several activities last week, after the Monday, Nov. 11, official township observance on The Green, wrapped-up Bloomfield Veterans Day activities. Carteret Elementary School held its annual Veterans Day assembly Thursday, Nov. 14. On hand were four veterans: Eduardo Bosquez, National Guard, Saudi Arabia; John Sapienza, Marines, Vietnam, Purple Heart recipient; Michael Costantino, Army, Korea […]
Bloomfield observed Veterans Day on Monday with a parade from Town Hall to the war monument on Franklin Street. Only perhaps two dozen chairs were arranged for the ceremony, but there was a fair number of veterans on hand, all standing. The weather was fine, sunny with occasional gusts of wind. The emcee of the […]
The student council at Oak View Elementary School held its elections this week. They were noteworthy because they served as a marker, providing the opportunity to look back on the previous student administration which was the first one ever at the school. Principal Linda Lo, in her second year now, instituted the governing body when […]