Progress in Bloomfield has been extensive over the last year. In 2024, the engineering department resurfaced 3.3 linear miles of roadway. This year, another 18 streets will be resurfaced. “Many of these projects include stormwater drainage improvements, installation of new curbing, traffic signal upgrades and installation of ADA compliant handicap ramps at the intersections,” said […]
A gala, for the Aftercare Program taking place daily at Carteret Elementary School, was held at Oakeside Cultural Center on Thursday, May 8. It was the third annual gala although the program, for special education K-8 children, has been active for more than 25 years. According to Gladys Navas, a Carteret paraprofessional who is the […]
The musical director of the Church on the Green, Tim Witzel, 35, resigned his position effective April 30 citing the cost of living in New Jersey. He was director for almost 10 years. “I’m leaving for some opportunity in Kentucky that I simply didn’t have here,” he said last week in the church chapel after […]
Carteret Elementary School was a hive of activity on Friday, April 25. Preparations for the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment tests in mathematics and language arts were underway. These standardized state tests were scheduled for yesterday, today and tomorrow. Earth Day, nationally commemorated Tuesday, April 22, was also observed last Friday at the school and […]
The Bloomfield School District is about to embark on universal preschooling for township children. Revised application requirements for a state grant was the motivating factor behind the decisive April 8 vote by the board of education giving Bloomfield Schools Superintendent Sal Goncalves the green light to apply for a grant. “The governor’s mandate has changed,” […]
Rich Rockwell, Bloomfield historian and former councilman, will no longer be guiding two popular historic tours or be part of the continued rehabilitation of an historic site. Rockwell led Morris Canal and Bloomfield Historic District tours and has been key in a make-over of the 18th-century Collins House, from a haven for feral cats to […]
Bloomfield residents and local citizens coalesced Saturday afternoon, April 5, as other communities did across the nation, to protest actions by the recently installed federal administration of President Donald Trump. There were a myriad of objections fueling the hubbub expressed on hand-held signs and the responses of protesters gathered at the municipal building who, moving […]
The 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, when American military forces ceased fighting, was observed at Glendale Cemetery, on Saturday. The day was proclaimed National Vietnam War Veterans Day by President Barack Obama in 2012 and in preparation for this anniversary, the Belleville Historical Society cleaned the grave markers of the soldiers […]
Bloomfield Superintendent of Schools Sal Goncalves was awarded an honorary doctorate by Montclair State University on Feb. 28. The recognition came unexpectedly at the annual MSU Gratitude Dinner and was for initiating the district’s involvement with an exchange program between the university and district. “It was an honor and a privilege to be recognized,” Goncalves […]
At the March 10 Bloomfield Township Council meeting, a proclamation recognized Special Olympian Brian Maly “for his outstanding Alpine Racing skills as the very first Gold Medal Champion in Advanced Level Skiing for Bloomfield.” Maly’s gold medal came at Mountain Creek, Vernon, in the Super G. This event requires competitors to individually race downhill against […]