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By Daniel Jackovino, Staff Writer

A book fair was held at Brookdale School last week. Sponsored by the school’s Home and School Association, it occupied the first-floor Media Center and required the librarian to travel from class to class, according to one mother helping with the…

Bloomfield Educational Foundation Board Vice Chairwoman Madeline Wollner, announced the winners of the Joseph Kliminski Teacher Grants at a BOE meeting held at Fairview School on Jan. 24. Joseph Kliminski, foundation chairman emeritus, presented all award recipients with certificates of achievement.

Wollner,…

    Dorothy Ann Pross (nee Mussone), 96, formerly of Bloomfield, N.J., passed away on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, at the Arcadia Nursing and Rehab Center in Little Egg Harbor, N.J.

    Relatives and friends were invited to attend the funeral service at the O'Boyle Funeral Home, 309 Broad St., Bloomfield, on Monday.

Interment was at Glendale Cemetery. Please express condolences at www.oboylefuneralhome.com.

     Born in Orange, N.J.,…

    Hildegard E. Lordi (nee Illy), 87, formerly of Glen Ridge, died on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at home in Verona, N.J.

    Relatives and friends were invited to attend the funeral from the O'Boyle Funeral Home, 309 Broad St., Bloomfield, N.J., on Monday. The Funeral Mass was offered at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Bloomfield. Interment was in Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Upper Montclair, N.J.

    Born in Bronx, N.Y., Hildegard lived in Jersey City, N.J.; Ridgefield…

    Anna V. Chaplinski (nee Farrell) passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, N.J.      

    Relatives and friends were invited to attend the funeral from the O'Boyle Funeral Home, 309 Broad St., Bloomfield, N.J., on Friday. The Funeral Mass was offered at St. Valentine's Church in Bloomfield. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, N.J. Please express condolences at…