BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The mayor, two council members, and the IT director held an informal session Monday night, May 14, to let residents know how the township plans to communicate relevant information to them in the future. About 30 people attended the event at the Civic Center. Ironically and whether by coincidence or not could not […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The reason things happen may be in the stars, but by a confluence of worldly factors a Bloomfield High School graduate, Dawn Ferrara, Class of 1989, has created what may be the first bowling league in the state for people who are blind and visually impaired. The teams will be meeting every Wednesday […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield School District held its 41st annual elementary school chess championships on Saturday, May 5, at Fairview Elementary School. The tournament was under the direction of Fairview sixth-grade language arts teacher and chess club adviser, Mary Donovan, with the assistance of the Fairview Home & School Association. The championship is traditionally held […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A musical debut of sorts took place at Bloomfield Middle School on Sunday, May 6. In a scheduled concert by the Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra, a member of the orchestra performed on a mandobass. Easy to spot, the mandobass is the big, upright bass standing on an end pin in a field of handheld […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The grassroots and defunct “Ice and Iron” proposal, which sought to rehabilitate the unused track bed of the former Boonton train line into a pedestrian and bicycle pathway, has resurfaced with some clout. The old line runs from Montclair, through Glen Ridge and Bloomfield, Belleville, Newark, to Jersey City. On May 1, […]
NUTLEY, NJ — The recent food drive conducted by the Nutley Boy Scout Troop 147 and Cub Scout Packs 141 and 142 saw a record collection for the Nutley Food Pantry, housed at the local Nutley Family Service Bureau office, formerly the Red Cross office, on Chestnut Street. As of this date 27,633 food items […]
Jonathan La, Boys tennis – NHS senior How old were you when you started playing tennis. What got you interested? I was very young. I started when I was in fourth grade and immediately fell in love with it. My dad had a passion for it and definitely got me interested in the sport. What are your […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School has a nationally ranked fencer. Eleventh-grader Gareth Spiteri, 16, began the sport with the township recreation department during the summer after his promotion from the third grade at Oak View Elementary School. He liked the sport enough to take lessons that paid off. For the last three years, he has […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Multi-talented Hollywood funnyman Adam Sandler has been making audiences laugh out loud for nearly 30 years. His movies have grossed more than $3 billion worldwide and include memorable box office blockbusters such as “Grown Ups,” “Happy Gilmore,” “Big Daddy” and “The Wedding Singer.” On his current standup comedy tour, Sandler has […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield College students taking a first-year writing course have been uncovering township and school history that may go onto the college website commemorating the sesquicentennial, or 150th anniversary, of the school. The students are in three classes being taught Assistant Professor Nora McCook, who is in her first year at BC. What her […]