Sopranos Can Film in Bloomfield

Score one for sanity in a blow against intolerant political correctness.

Tony Soprano is welcome in the North Jersey town of Bloomfield after all. Earlier this week, the town's mayor and council had denied a permit to film the series' final scene, saying they found the HBO mob drama a disparaging portrait of Italian-Americans.

However, township attorney Brian Aloia determined the council doesn't have a say in the permit process unless a waiver is needed, and said the town clerk has now issued the filming permit.

A waiver wasn't needed because producers would be filming in a commercial area after 8 p.m., he said.

HBO intended to shoot the scene at an ice cream shop in Bloomfield. The town borders Newark, where fictional mob boss Tony Soprano grew up.

Previously: Bloomfield to Sopranos: Fuhgeddaboutit.