BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School Robotics Club held a fundraiser on Thursday, Jan. 18, in the first-floor gymnasium known as “the Pit.” Billed by club advisor Michael Warholak as the first-ever drone race at the school, students had the opportunity to try out the high-tech whirligigs that are not easy to fly. “We’re trying […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Rich Rockwell, 64, the vice-president of the Historical Society of Bloomfield, has been appointed to the township council. He was sworn-in Monday evening, Jan. 22, as an at-large member. Rockwell fills the vacancy left by Carlos Pomares who was elected Essex County freeholder, District 5, in November. There are two years left in […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A Bloomfield High School senior headed for the U.S Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Grace Perrotta, daughter of Stephen and Kate Sheehy Perrotta, of Essex Avenue, learned the good news last week in an email. “I told my older sister first,” Grace said about her reaction to her acceptance. She spoke last weekend […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The 72nd annual Glen Ridge Antiques Show will be held Friday, Feb. 2, and Saturday, Feb 3, at the Glen Ridge Congregational Church. According to Debbie Turi, the dealers’ manager for the second consecutive year, the show is the longest-running one of its kind in the state. Turi is also a dealer […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A township couple has started a nonprofit organization with the hope of saving family pets caught in house fires. “We obviously love animals,” David Tucker Jr. said of himself and his wife, Elaina Unnasch, in the living room of their Mill Street home Sunday, Jan. 21. “We wanted to do something to help […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield residents, assisted by those from surrounding communities, paid homage on Saturday morning, Jan. 13, to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by taking part in the fourth annual MLK/Bloomfield Day of Service. The event was an opportunity for volunteers to make a difference by improving the township infrastructure. In the past, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Horace Ashenfelter III, 94, Olympic gold medalist and Glen Ridge resident, has died. His son James said his father died peacefully on Saturday, Jan. 6, in West Orange. A top American runner from the late ‘40s into the ‘50s, Ashenfelter won the Gold Medal in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics in the 3,000 […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Township Council reorganized at the Municipal Building on Wednesday, Jan. 3, swearing into office its three ward council members. Nicholas Joanow, the senior council member with the most time served; Jenny Mundell, an incumbent appointed to a chair vacated earlier this year; and Sarah Cruz, a political novice, each expressed personal gratitudes […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield’s Health Officer Michael Fitzpatrick has received a Certificate of Achievement from the NJ Local Boards of Health Association on Thursday, Dec. 14. Fitzpatrick has been with the Department of Health and Human Services since 2009, following a career in both the private and the public sector. He was nominated for the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — On Friday, Dec. 8, Bloomfield residents Steve, Lorajean, Kyle and Emily Tice continued their annual tradition of dressing as Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, and Santa’s elves for children in the neighborhood and providing hot chocolate and cookies at their Bolten Place home. In recent years, Steve, who plays Santa, and his family […]