BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Donald Jervis, a former Bloomfield fire captain, pleaded “no contest” in a Wisconsin courtroom Thursday, April 6, to four charges of child pronography and is expected to receive a prison sentence of 16 years next month. Jervis, 53, who retired from the Bloomfield Fire Department in August 2015 and moved to Kenosha, WI., […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Enlisting the effort of its students, Fairview Elementary School recently raised $2,500 for the American Heart Association. The students received small toys from the AHA in return for the donations they brought in. Their effort began March 7, and finished Monday, April 3, when the kids had the opportunity to promote a health […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Investors Savings Bank presented Foley Field Foundation with a symbolic check for $100,000 at the Bloomfield Board of Education meeting, Tuesday, March 28. A press conference had been held earlier in the day at the Civic Center to formally announce the 2015 donation. The money will help construct a community-activities building at the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A bike depot was officially opened in downtown Bloomfield on Friday, March 24. The structure looks similar to a small greenhouse and is tucked away, at ground level, in a corner of the Glenwood Villages parking deck. It is made of clear, polycarbonate windows supported by aluminum studs and has floor and wall […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Kirill Pavlov, of Scout Troop 147 in Nutley, sponsored by the Franklin Reformed Church, received the Eagle Scout Award, Scouting’s highest rank, at an Eagle Court of Honor held on March 16. Troop Chairman Michael E. Groome led the Eagle presentation. To earn this award, Kirill had to be active in Scouting, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — For a little over a year now, the Bloomfield Police Department has been deploying a police mobility vehicle on downtown-area sidewalks. Known as a PMV, the mechanism is a 375-pound, electric-powered, three-speed tricycle, with a throttle, that can travel 30 miles per hour. Narrow enough at 30 inches to a enter store, and […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Department of Health has received funding to conduct an audit of the accessibility of parks, schools, and mass transit destinations by pedestrians and bicyclers. The money is part of a Partners in Health “Healthy Communities” grant for $20,000. “We’re going to actually study walking paths,” said Karen Lore, the health department […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Women’s Club of Glen Ridge held its annual My Favorite Doll’s Tea Party on Sunday, March 12. As the name implies, the event was for little girls, their dolls and their mothers. It was about the 10th year for the tea party, according to club president, Jill Simmons. The Girls’ […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A playwright and director who once presented her theatrical works at the Christ Episcopal Church in Glen Ridge will have her latest work performed in New York City during the next few weeks. Cilque (pronounced “silky”) Brown, a Bloomfield resident, has written “Safe,” a play about a minor league baseball team in the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Police Department has been accredited by the NJ State Association of Chief of Police. According to BPD Director Sam DeMaio, the department applied for accreditation two years ago and learned in late October 2016 it had earn accreditation. At the most recent township council meeting, Monday, Feb. 27, Harry Delgato, of the […]