ESSEX COMMUNITY GUIDE 2016
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Advertising Manager Kimberly Cummings 973-272-3107, cummings @ northjersey. com
Advertising Account Manager
Celeste Federico-Belleville / Nutley 973-272-3248, federico @ northjersey. com
Advertising Account Executive
Brian Winterberg-Bloomfield / Glen Ridge 973-272-3385, winterberg @ northjersey. com
Editors
Owen Proctor – Bloomfield / Nutley 973-233-5001, proctor @ northjersey. com
Mollie Gray – Belleville / Glen Ridge 973-233-5007, gray @ northjersey. com
Production Coordinator Kimberly Wilson
Reporters
Roman J. Uschak – Belleville 973-233-5010, uschak @ northjersey. com
Reporter – Bloomfield 973-233-5011, bloomfieldlife @ northjersey. com
Erin Roll – Glen Ridge 973-233-5013, roll @ northjersey. com
Hasime Kukaj – Nutley 973-233-5014, kukaj @ northjersey. com
Editorial Assistant
Deborah Ann Tripoldi 973-233-5006, tripoldi @ northjersey. com
Staff Photographer
Dale Mincey 917-886-3437
Editorial Design Michael Ostendorp
Ad Layout Frank Barbaro
On the cover: Clockwise from top left, Bloomfield High School Marching Band member Nicole Velez plays " Taps " at the Veterans Day ceremony; Michael Cortese takes a leap while Donovan Greco waits his turn at the Glen Ridge Community Pool; Kohana Iida checks out Bloomfield Public Works Department ' s Big Truck & Electronics Recycling Day; Linda Ribaudo, Vicky Chalk and Janis Wolfe bring the Kingsland Manor ' s“ Bus” McGinnity Speakeasy to life; Belleville Rec Baseball opens its season at Municipal Stadium. Photos by Dale Mincey and Deborah Ann Tripoldi.
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