BLOOMFIELD, NJ — With three open seats on the Bloomfield Board of Education, Bloomfield voters must choose three of six candidates during this 2021 election season. Running together under the slogan “Strength and Experience” are incumbents Shane Berger and Michael Heller and challenger Satenik Margaryan; Berger is seeking a fourth nonconsecutive term and Heller is […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The six people running for the Bloomfield Board of Education participated in a debate on Oct. 19, hosted virtually by the Bloomfield Information Project. Three seats are open on the nine-member board. Michael Heller and Shane Berger are incumbent members running for reelection. Others running for seats on the board are Satenik […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School Principal Chris Jennings spoke to the Board of Education about the high school graduation rate at the Oct. 12 meeting, explaining the factors that determine the rate at BHS and how many students graduate within four years of their first day of school as freshmen. “Students who move in […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — This election season is shaping up to be fairly quiet in Essex County, with few contested elections and foregone conclusions for some of the contested races. The biggest question on the ballot this upcoming Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 2, is the choice for governor. Democratic incumbent Gov. Phil Murphy, with running […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield School District science supervisor Lou Cappello presented the Sustainable Jersey Certification results to the Bloomfield Board of Education and district administrators at the BOE meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 21, saying that schools in the district have achieved the bronze level certification. The district as a whole does not apply to be […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Board of Education discussed the full-time return to in-person classes at its Aug. 24 meeting, as the Bloomfield School District prepares to reopen to all students every day for full days of school for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020. The first day of school […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Administrators in the Bloomfield School District addressed sustainability in the schools at the July 20 Board of Education meeting, after residents wrote in to the public comment portion of the meeting to ask about green initiatives. Solar panels were mentioned several times, with Assistant Superintendent Joe Fleres saying that, in order to […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A procession of Bloomfield High School seniors and teachers made its way down Belleville Avenue to Foley Field on Wednesday morning, June 23, for a traditional commencement, leaving behind more than a year of lockdowns and a senior year fractured by the pandemic. For the venerable school, it was the 167th graduation […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The recent proclamation of the Juneteenth holiday by the township of Bloomfield and state of New Jersey will be celebrated by the township, which will host its first Juneteenth festival. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the official end of slavery in the United States. “As we work to heal the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Board of Education heard a presentation on the district’s equity, diversity and inclusion program at its May 25 meeting, from the New Jersey School Boards Association’s Equity Council facilitator Penelope Lattimer and Adele Macula, an assistant professor in the education department at New Jersey City University and a former associate […]