BLOOMFIELD, NJ — On Saturday morning, June 2, dozens of volunteers joined DPW workers in cleaning up the triangle at the border of Newark and Bloomfield at Bloomfield Avenue and 15th Street. This event was organized by the Bloomfield Beautification Committee, which leads various town cleanup events downtown and in parks every year. The Beautification […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Demarest Elementary School students traveled to historic Philadelphia last week for the day. The school’s fifth-graders have been making the journey for years, according to Principal Mary Todaro. “It’s a big trip that takes a lot of planning,” Todaro said. “For instance, getting tickets into Independence Hall. I don’t think a trip to […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — For nearly half a century, the first person students saw when entering the Bloomfield High School guidance department was its secretary, Patricia Carter — the daughter of an Olympian; wife to a former Bloomfield Recreation Department director; and mother of the current BHS football coach. Carter, who retired in December, recalled this past […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Geni Sackson, a Ridgewood Avenue Elementary School fifth-grade mathematics teacher, will be retiring at the end of this school year. It is her 19th year as a teacher and her 14th in the district. She said it felt good to go now, 19 being a whole number and all. “I just feel […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — For the recent 10th annual Montclair Art Museum exhibit, “Art in Bloom,” selected local artists used flower arrangements to capture the essence of an artwork held by the museum. Glen Ridge floral designer Tova Garrett was asked to work from a sculpture by Cyrus Edwin Dallin named, “Appeal to the Great Spirit.” […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — First- and second-graders at Carteret Elementary School are learning to become better readers thanks to a new after-school literacy program. The effort, in its third year, is being taught by special-education teacher Beth Armstrong and third-grade teacher Banita Smith. Forty-eight students took advantage of the program, which this year expanded to include 42 […]
Two Nutley residents, Nutley Police Sgt. Jeffrey Polewka and Detective David Fontoura, of the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, were awarded Medals of Valor by the 200 Club of Essex County. The narrative that accompanied the medal is printed here in full. On the evening of Oct. 31, 2017, Detective David Fontoura was “off-duty” at his […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Nutley staged its 12th annual Relay for Life on Friday, May 18. The event was originally scheduled for DeMuro Park, but the threat of inclement weather moved the festivities indoors to the Nutley Parks and Recreation Building. It did not rain, but no matter. The crowd inside the building was everywhere enthusiastic and […]
Brianna Cruz – NHS softball team, Sophomore When did you first start playing softball? I first started playing in first grade and I loved the sport. You play third base — the hot corner. What are the challenges at that position? One of the challenges I have at third is getting those fast line drives down the line. It […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — In another week or so, Glen Ridge resident Nancy Nathanson anticipates seeing the monarch butterfly return to her property. Scientifically named Danaus plexippus, large-winged and patterned boldly in orange outlined in black, they will be migrating north, laying their eggs on milkweed plants, on the underside of its leaves. At Nathanson’s home […]