BELLEVILLE, NJ — On Feb. 15, the Murphy administration announced $8.6 million in 2022 Safe Streets to Transit program grants for 19 municipal projects in nine counties, including $290,000 to Belleville for a pedestrian safety project in the area around Silver Lake Light Rail Station. This year’s grants represent the largest amount of funds provided […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — Perceiving Belleville senior citizens to be underserved, Belleville officials are placing this group of residents front and center. “We’ve been focusing a lot on senior initiatives,” Mayor Michael Melham told the Belleville Post in a recent interview in his office. “When I was elected, I rode the senior bus.” Elected in 2018, […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — Belleville and Forino, an Italian town of 5,376 residents about 500 miles south of Rome, have reestablished their sister city ties. The resolution to adopt Forino as a sister city was approved at the Feb. 8 Belleville Township Council meeting. Forging ties with Forino can create “great benefits to all residents from […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — The Year of the Tiger was ushered in with Mayor Michael Melham making remarks followed by a virtual fireworks display that lit up the sky over Town Hall on Feb. 1. Chinese New Year is a time for Belleville to recognize an important chapter in its history. The very first Chinese New […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — In early December, Belleville Mayor Michael Melham led a contingent of officials that included state Sen. M. Teresa Ruiz and members of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection on a tour of Belleville neighborhoods that routinely flood from the Third River. The group, which also included Essex County Executive Joseph N. […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — Newark Police Detective Michael Morgan Jr., a native son of Belleville, was recently remembered as a very good man, a loving son and a dedicated police officer who sought to serve and protect the most vulnerable in the community. On Nov. 7, 2021 — the 10th anniversary of the night Morgan was […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — Belleville capped off a day of Veterans Day celebrations on Nov. 6 with a 5K road race throughout the town’s streets, raising $4,000 for the four veterans organizations based in the area. This year’s 5K was Belleville’s third Veterans Day race; last year’s race had to be canceled due to the COVID-19 […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — Belleville always looks to Veterans Day as a time to recognize those men and women from its tight-knit community who have selflessly served our country. This year, the community took extra time to remember the sacrifice and service of Michael Donnelly, a Vietnam War veteran who died Aug. 7. Friends, family members […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — Among the 1,000 or so residents who attended the township’s inaugural Green Fair on Sept. 18 was one young man who scraped his leg. Help arrived quickly despite the heavy crowds, and the boy’s wounds were soon cleaned and dressed. It didn’t take long for the Belleville Fire Department’s new bike patrol […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — Two Belleville men, Samuel Fontanez and Ivan Mancheno, who saved an 81-year-old man from drowning in the surging flood waters from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, were honored for their heroism with a proclamation at the Sept. 28 Belleville Township Council meeting. The neighbors and close friends rushed from their nearby homes […]