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    Joseph B. Grosch Sr., 93, passed away on Wednesday November 16, 2011, at home in Millington, N.J., surrounded by his loving family.

    Relatives and friends were invited to attend the Funeral Mass at St. Peter’s Church, Belleville on Saturday. Interment private. Visitation was held at O’Boyle Funeral Home, 309 Broad Street, Bloomfield

    Raised in Belleville, Joseph Grosch attended St. Peter's grammar school and graduated from Belleville High School in 1936. He worked for…

By Roman J. Uschak, Staff Writer

Belleville’s Just a Party celebration was postponed for a second time due to impending inclement weather.

A new date for the township’s annual block party,  originally scheduled for Sept. 15, was announced. The party will take place…

By Roman J. Uschak, Staff Writer

The 2011-12 school year that began Sept. 7 got off to a good start in Belleville, with significant initiatives at the high school.“The weather didn’t cooperate, but our staff and students did,” said Belleville Superintendent Joseph Picardo last week at a Board…

By Roman J. Uschak, Staff Writer

It was under solemn, overcast skies that Belleville Township hosted its annual Sept. 11 remembrance Sunday afternoon. More than two hundred residents attended the ceremony at 9-11 Memorial Park at Chestnut Street and Franklin Avenue to recall the tenth…

By Roman J. Uschak, Staff Writer

Members of the Belleville Township Council last month spoke out on what they  perceived as the desecration of the venerable cemetery at the old Dutch Reformed Church on Main Street. Tombstones dating back to the Revolutionary War were reported toppled over, and soil appeared to have been plowed.According to the current pastor of the church, however, it’s a case of don’t believe everything you see or hear.

“It’s nonsense,” said Pastor…