BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Hundreds of people spread out across Bloomfield on April 24 armed with rakes and garbage bags to participate in the townwide cleanup, picking up trash and other debris in every park in town, plus a few other locations. The 500 volunteers in 70 different places included Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School yet again has a student who has been accepted to multiple Ivy League schools. Even more impressively, the Odekunle family yet again has a student who has been accepted to multiple Ivy League schools. David Odekunle, a senior at BHS, has been accepted to seven Ivy League schools: Princeton […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — This year, the Bloomfield Educational Foundation will distribute a record 25 scholarships, totaling $56,000, to Bloomfield High School students pursuing a college education. These scholarships were available to a great number of students, based on criteria such as academic/athletic awards, to those interested in a particular field, such as science, or those […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The 13 Little Free Libraries scattered around Bloomfield haven’t been neglected during the past six months. They’ve been taken under the wing of Bloomfield High School’s National Honor Society members, who have been checking in on them periodically to organize, restock and refresh the books inside, as well as to maintain the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School’s winter sports season, while strange because of the COVID-19 pandemic, ended on a high note as the basketball program was awarded the Thomas Wachenfeld Award for sportsmanship. Voted on by all the basketball officials in northern New Jersey, the award recognizes the exemplary sportsmanship of basketball players, cheerleaders, coaches […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Like all students in Bloomfield this year, Lisa Basile’s English-as-a-second-language students haven’t gotten the chance to be in their regular classrooms at Bloomfield High School because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which meant they didn’t get to put on their annual arts event in the BHS library and art gallery this winter, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Virtual classes haven’t stopped the curtain from rising on Bloomfield High School’s annual winter musical. Students will take the stage on Feb. 25 for opening night of “Into the Woods,” the Stephen Sondheim musical based on fairy tales. Chosen in part because of the smaller cast and fewer required set pieces, the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School girls soccer team kicked in an impressive win against Cedar Grove High School on Oct. 6. The final score was Bloomfield 3, Cedar Grove 0. Photos Courtesy of Jerry Simon
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School Bengals are back on the playing fields. The boys soccer team was the first Bengal squad back in action, visiting Glen Ridge and falling to the Ridgers on Oct. 1. Bloomfield football took on a strong Montclair team and played hard in defeat on Oct. 2. The girls soccer […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — As part of their community outreach initiative, the Bloomfield Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 214 awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Bloomfield High School graduate Sienna Tyransky, a member of the Class of 2020. Tyransky will be attending John Jay College of Criminal Justice this fall in pursuit of a career in criminal […]