BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Demarest Elementary School first-graders had a lesson in computer literacy last Friday, Dec. 7, as part of the 2018 Computer Science Education Week, Dec. 3-9. It was taught by Rosemary Vetrano, the media-arts specialist, and was a basic lesson in coding, or how to program a computer to do what you want it […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Funding for the development of a secondary source of Bloomfield drinking water has been proposed by Township Administrator Matthew Watkins. Photo by Daniel Jackovino Township Administrator Matthew Watkins and Engineer Paul Lasek look over a map of Bloomfield while discussing the proposed water pumping station.At a Monday, Dec. 3, conference meeting, Watkins told […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Christmas time is peak time for the U. S. Postal Service and at the Glen Ridge Post Office, those people just love to work. Letter carriers ordinarily start at 8:30 a.m., but lately they have been on the job by 6:30 a.m. Postmaster Paul Camporeale is already there, and he is not […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The KinderSmile Foundation, whose mission is the oral health of low-income children and pregnant and perinatal women, has been awarded a $10,000 grant by Partners for Health Foundation. Located in Montclair, PHF is observing its 10th anniversary by awarding 10 $10,000 grants to nonprofits and individuals who have made an impact on […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Watsessing Elementary School second-graders have been busy building dioramas — 3-dimensional scale models — of familiar Bloomfield locations as part of their social studies class. According to second-grade teachers Cathy Velardi and Laura Foster, the project is to help familiarize their students with the differences between urban, suburban and rural environments. This is […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Gas Lamp Players will be presenting, “A Christmas Carol,” with a cast of 105 adults, teenagers and children. According to its director, Kristy Graves, this production is the same as the one-act, Broadway musical version that had a running time of 90 minutes, but the Gas Lamp show will have an […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Following the rejection by the voters of the school district’s ballot measures this past election for the second year in a row, the Nutley Board of Education and the superintendent will need to find new ways to alleviate overcrowded classrooms. The latest initiative was split into two questions – one that would […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Is there enough holiday cheer to go around? Bloomfield resident Nelson Valentin does not think so. A member of the Nutley Little Theatre, Valentin has had enough of Christmas chestnuts like “A Christmas Carol,” “It’s A Wonderful Life” and “Miracle on 34th Street.” He’s not a bah-humbug kind of guy. He just wanted […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — With race-time temperatures hovering in the teens, the annual Ashenfelter 8K and Tom Fleming Mile were run Thursday, Nov. 22, with diminished fields because of no-shows. Race director Daniel Murphy said there were 2,500 finishers for the 8K race with 618 no-shows. For the mile, 387 runners finished, with 182 no-shows. According […]
Garrett Groeling – NHS Soccer, senior What got you interested in playing soccer? The culture of soccer has always had a spot in my family’s heart. My grandfather played for a large majority of his life and played professionally. My dad played soccer throughout his youth and continued playing at the college level. Since I was young, […]