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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, N.J. -  A late layup proved to be the difference in Bloomfield's matchup against CACC North Division rival Felician College Tuesday night, as the Lady Deacons dropped a 48-46 home decision to fall to 9-13 overall and 7-8 in conference play.

 

After falling to Felician in the team's first meeting of the season on January 24, the Lady Deacons were hoping for payback against the top team in the North Division along with a…

BLOOMFIELD, N.J. - Senior forward Matt Wafula (Harlem, N.Y.) led all scorers with 25 points to continue his banner senior campaign Tuesday evening, as Bloomfield's men's basketball team improved to 19-6 overall and 13-2 in conference play with a 83-55 home victory over CACC North Division rival Felician College.



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The Bloomfield High School girls’ bowling team clinched first place in the girls’ Super Essex Conference-American Division  for the third consecutive season.
The SEC-American is the highest division of the conference.
The BHS boys’ team finished second to Nutley in the boys’ SEC-American.

By Joe Ragozzino

Sports editor

This time, it was a little bit easier for the Bloomfield High School boys’ varsity basketball team.

Jameel Patterson scored 25 points to go along with 10 steals and five assists and fellow junior guard Jaleel Jimenez had 16 points and three steals as the third-seeded Bengals began its Essex County Tournament run with a 73-61 home win over No. 14 seed Orange in the round of 16 last Saturday Feb. 4.

The win came four days after…

The Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity basketball team enjoyed a valiant run in the Essex County Tournament.

Maya Harris scored eight points for the 19th-seeded Lady Bengals in a 56-23 loss to third-seeded Mount St. Dominic in the round of 16 last Saturday Feb. 4 in Caldwell.

The loss snapped the Bengals’ four-game winning streak. BHS moved to a record of 9-9.

The winning streak began with a 58-11 home win over No. 26 Newark Vocational in the first round preliminary on Jan.…

NYACK, N.Y. - Sophomore forward Mike Williams (Trenton, N.J.) led a trio of double-figure scorers with a game-high 23 points off the bench Wednesday evening, as Bloomfield's men's basketball team improved to 17-6 overall…

YACK, N.Y. - Senior guard Vanessa Lamison (Laurel, Md.) led a trio of double-figure scorers with a game-high 20 points Wednesday night, as Bloomfield's women's basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak by…

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,…

By Joe Ragozzino

Sports editor

Senior guard Megan Hanna hit a running layup with 40 seconds remaining to lift the 19th-seeded Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 36-35 upset over 14th-seeded Nutley in the second round preliminary of the Essex County Tournament this past Monday Jan. 30 at Nutley High.

Hanna hit a three-pointer with 1:30 remaining to tie the game at 34-34. Hanna’s layup put the Lady Bengals up 36-34.

Junior forward Maya…

By Joe Ragozzino

Sports editor

The Bloomfield High School boys’ varsity basketball team hopes to make a strong run in the Essex County Tournament.

The third-seeded Bengals will begin play this Saturday Feb. 4 in the round of 16 at BHS and will face the second round preliminary winner between No. 14 seed Orange and No. 19 seed West Orange, which will be held on Feb. 2 at Orange High at 5:30 p.m. The Bengals received byes in the first and second rounds of the…

The Bloomfield Bandits, the travel baseball division of the Bloomfield Babe Ruth League, will sponsor travel teams at the 13-, 14- 15- and high school levels this spring.

Travel teams will play in the Cerbo Spring Baseball League and/or the Montville Spring League. The Bloomfield Bandits won New 13, 13 and 14 travel titles last fall in the Cerbo Fall Baseball League and the Extra Innings East Hanover Fall League.  Free tryouts will be conducted at the following times and…

Bloomfield High School varsity wrestlers Nathaniel Garcia and Kyle Christiansen captured championships in their respective weight classes at the Essex County Tournament at Codey Arena in West Orange last Friday and Saturday.

Garcia, the fourth seed, won the 145-pound title. In the first round, Garcia pinned Joe Iorio of Nutley in 3:45. In the quarterfinals, he pinned Columbia’s Obinna Nwanonyiri in 53 seconds. After decisioning Seton Hall Prep’s Pearse Sweeney, 7-2, in the semifinals,…

    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…

BLOOMFIELD, N.J. (January 28, 2012) - Bloomfield senior forward Matt Wafula (Harlem, N.Y.) netted a career-high 34 points to go with eight rebounds in a standout performance Saturday afternoon, as the men's basketball team improved to 16-6 overall and 10-2 in conference play with a 81-69 home victory over CACC South…

The Bloomfield Bandits, the travel baseball division of the Bloomfield Babe Ruth League, will sponsor travel teams at the 13-, 14- 15- and high school levels this spring.

Travel teams will play in the Cerbo Spring Baseball League and/or the Montville Spring League. The Bloomfield Bandits won New 13, 13 and 14 travel titles last fall in the Cerbo Fall Baseball League and the Extra Innings East Hanover Fall League.  Free tryouts will be conducted at the following times and…

  Thomas Farnsworth Meekins died  Dec 19, 2011 in Bloomfield, NJ. He was born on July 26, 1933 and was the son of the late Thomas Romaine Meekins and Lillian {Farnsworth} Meekins of Glen Ridge NJ.

    Mr Meekins was a graduate of Trinity Pawling School and Franklin and Marshall College. He received an MBA from Fairleigh Dickerson University and a Masters in Finance from CCNY. He was a Senior member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and was employed at Harris Upham in NYC-…

By Daniel Jackovino, Staff Writer

Bloomfield’s council voted Monday that it will amend the town’s Open Space ordinance. The amended ordinance, as yet unwritten, will allow for funds previously dedicated to Open Space purposes to also be used for maintaining local public parks and for historical…