MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood is no longer accepting partial property tax payments, a change in policy that comes after South Orange voted in June to allow its tax collector, Aderonke Zaccheus, also serve as Maplewood’s tax collector. Payments may now only be paid for each quarter in lump payments by Feb. 1, May 1, Aug. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Police Department held its third annual graduation ceremony for its high school-aged Junior Police Academy students. The youngsters are called recruits, and over two weeks they were barked at by supervising officers, came to attention, performed calisthenics, and were introduced to the procedures of law enforcement agencies, including the NJ State […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Glen Rock Savings Bank celebrated a grand re-opening of its location at 83 Northfield Ave. in West Orange with a host of festivities on Saturday, Aug. 4. Held to showcase a redesign of the branch’s interior to feature a lighter, more open and more efficient space, the event drew customers, business […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Visitors who step into the 1978 Maplewood Arts Center until Aug. 31 may think they are seeing double as they look at Christine Romanell’s work in “Everything is Connected.” Romanell’s work explores patterns that do not repeat, many of which are found in nature. The art on display in the exhibit is […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office held a public discussion at the Glen Ridge Congregational Church on Wednesday, Aug. 15, about the proliferation of opioids in New Jersey. Opioids are a class of drugs derived from the poppy plant, similar to morphine and heroin. Opioids are also made synthetically and prescribed to control […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Geoff Gove, a photojournalist and member of the Bloomfield Open Space Committee, has died. Gove passed away Aug. 13, his 75th birthday, as a result of a head injury sustained July 21 in an automobile accident on Route 46, in Little Falls. “He was a very kind and gentle person who appreciated people […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A special Bloomfield council meeting was held Monday evening at the Bloomfield Middle School to discuss the most recent lead testing results of residential water. The meeting was not well-attended, with about 10 people who were not township employees in the audience. But the meeting was recorded by Bloomfield TV for later transmission. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Children and adults using Vassar Field will now be able to exercise body and mind thanks to the recent installation of a “Little Free Library.” A good-size container with a framed, clear plexiglass door, the library is basically an enclosed bookshelf on a post. Books may be left, taken or exchanged by anyone. […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — It is safe to say that Glen Ridge residents do not ordinarily think of their borough as a treasure island, and for the want of a map there’d be a pirate’s plunder for the taking. But consider Glen Ridge High School sophomore Jack Wooten and his metal detector. For the last three […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A new principal will take over at Columbia High School when classes begin in September, after interim Superintendent of Schools Thomas Ficarra announced the shuffling of several district administrators, including former CHS Principal Elizabeth Aaron. After serving as the high school’s principal for the last four years, Aaron is now a principal […]