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By TAPINTO STAFF REPORT
April 16, 2024
Linden, NJ – The parent company of Elizabethtown Gas Co. broke ground Tuesday on a $440 million renewable energy project on the site of the former American Cynamid-Warners plant in Tremley Point. Once completed, the Linden Renewable Energy (LRE) project will become the nation's largest food ...
NEW JERSEY, NJ - New Jersey is the least federally dependent state in America in 2024, according to a study done by WalletHub. The personal finance website ranked all 50 U.S. states by their own total score, which is based off each state's ranking in the following categories: State Residents’ ...
NEWARK — City youths who do not stay within 100 feet of their homes during certain nighttime hours could face police action starting Friday, April 12. The city announced that officers will enforce Newark's longstanding curfew ordinance, which prohibits people under 18 unaccompanied by an adult ...
CARTERET, NJ — Savnoor Kaur’s keen artistic vision turned trash into treasure. This 17-year-old Carteret High School junior’s art class creation – a stunning gown made entirely of recyclable “junk” – took Savnor all the way to the French Riviera. That’s where this smart, lovely teen made her ...
Ten families comprising 25 adults and three children in Newark were displaced due to structural damage resulting from the 4.8 magnitude earthquake that was felt across the region on Friday morning, the city's public safety director said. Firefighters responded to 313, 315, 317 7th Avenue on a ...
NEPTUNE TOWNSHIP - Yesterday's Mega Millions $1.13 billion jackpot was won by a single ticket sold in New Jersey, and it confirmed by NJ Lottery that the lucky winner bought it here in Neptune Township. At today's press conference at ShopRite Liquor #781 (2200 Rt 66, Neptune Township) New Jersey ...
NEWARK — A significant expansion of the Newark Museum of Art that proposes the construction of 250 apartments and 2,598 square feet of retail space in downtown may be delayed as City Council withholds its award of a tax incentive to the developer. City officials said the move is to force L+M ...
CAMDEN, NJ – The Battleship New Jersey was quietly pushed into a 180-degree turn on the Delaware River just after noon on Thursday as it began a journey south to spend a couple of months for bow maintenance in dry dock at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. “Is it moving? Is it moving?” one ...
NEWARK, NJ — An investigation into the city’s nationally heralded replacement of lead water service lines found that of 90 residences examined so far, 12 still contained lead components, the state Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner said on Wednesday, March 20. DEP Commissioner ...
Jigisha Desai is in need of a kidney. Here is her story: My name is Jigisha Desai from Rockaway, New Jersey. I am 55 years old and have lived with chronic kidney disease for 20 years. I found out about my condition by accident when I had to go for surgery for another health issue. Chronic ...
A 2-year-old boy is in “stable” condition after falling out of a second-floor window in the 100 block of South 16th Avenue in Newark on Sunday night, March 17, police said. The boy’s mother carried him to the 4th precinct police station and police took him to University Hospital, Public Safety ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ — Jersey City has recently highlighted a local pencil company in The Heights that has been operating in the city for over 13 decades. The General Pencil Company at 67 Fleet Street has been manufacturing writing utensils for use by everyone from school children to architects and ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The community raffle, created by the Westfield United Fund, was the non-profit’s new fundraising initiative that offered an exclusive experience for the winners. On March 8, Gauri Rijhsinghani, 7, and her brother, Anuj Rijhsinghani, 5, spent an afternoon learning about the roles ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Reported bias incidents at Rutgers-New Brunswick more than doubled in 2023 from the previous year, according to statistics released by state officials. There were 77 reported bias incidents in 2023, up from the 36 that were reported in 2022, according to data from Attorney ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — New Jersey’s largest health network broke ground on the nation’s first-of-its-kind, $200 million health and wellness center at MetroPark, a major transit hub on NJ Transit’s Northeast Corridor line. Hackensack Meridian Health executives joined Gov. Phil Murphy and other ...
TRENTON, NJ — Advocates for transparency and open government testified Monday, March 11, against an overhaul to the state’s Open Public Records Act as government interests lauded the measure. The bill (S-2930), which if passed would be the first major update to the state’s public records law in ...
The Center for Politics and Race in America at Rutgers-Newark is now the Sheila Y. Oliver Center for Race in Politics in America. University officials, along with state and local officials, renamed the school at a ceremony attended by family members of the late lieutenant governor on Friday, ...
The groundbreaking on Monday, March 4, for the first phase of the Millard E. Terrell Homes redevelopment in Newark's East Ward was bitter-sweet for Newark native Rosemary Horsley. The 75-year-old raised in the since-closed Terrell Homes low-income housing development had been one of the last to ...
UNION, NJ – The planting of bamboo, considered an invasive and difficult to control plant, will no longer be permitted in Union, according to an ordinance passed at Tuesday night’s Township Committee meeting. According to the ordinance, certain types of bamboo can cause significant damage to ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - It's a Leap Day baby for sure. The first of two American Bald Eagle eggs laid in the nest atop a 90-foot Sycamore tree in a wooded area along the Raritan River at Duke Farms cracked open over the course of several hours during the afternoon and early evening hours of Leap Day ...
NEWARK, NJ — Free classes being offered to Newark women aim to improve their financial literacy in a place where wide economic disparities persist. First Lady Linda J. Baraka announced the “Newark Women Moving Forward” initiative during a news conference with city leaders at the Krueger-Scott ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Two men with emergency medical training recently came to the aid of a gym member who collapsed while working out. On Feb. 19, Ameya Patel of Piscataway and Johnny Tsang of Dunellen were both in the right place at the right time. At approximately 6:30 p.m., Tsang, 22, was ...
BLOOMFIELD, NJ -- For any fan of The Sopranos, Bloomfield holds a place in their heart whether they even realize it or not. Anyone who watched the show clearly remembers the final episode where the Soprano family gathers one by one for dinner at Holsten's, a place that Tony claimed had "the best ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Fire broke out in a long-time Piscataway food pantry on Wednesday, destroying food and clothing donations earmarked for homeless and low-income families throughout the area. The 100-year-old building where FISH, Inc.–Dunellen Area operated and served the needs of thousands for ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Fire broke out in a long-time Piscataway food pantry on Wednesday, destroying food and clothing donations earmarked for homeless and low-income families throughout the area. The 100-year-old building where FISH, Inc.–Dunellen Area operated and served the needs of thousands for ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The facility that hosted a youth baseball game in 2022 where a Westfield boy was hit in the head by a line drive and seriously injured was negligent in allowing the use of aluminum bats and otherwise failing to protect young players, a new lawsuit asserts. The New York State ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Dorenia Villalona always took her customary seat at the end of the table as the student representative at the Board of Education meetings, sitting shoulder to shoulder with long-serving members such as Dr. Dale Caldwell, Benito Ortiz, Emra Seawood and Ed Spencer. So you can ...
The public should soon know the full taxpayer cost anticipated for the planned redevelopment of a dilapidated and historic school building in New Jersey’s largest city following a state Superior Court judge’s decision in a New Jersey Open Public Records Act case filed by TAPinto Newark. The ...
NEWARK, NJ — A proposed 67,467-square-foot cannabis cultivation facility could bring some green to an industrial area of the city’s East Ward. But first, Canna P Farms LLC will need a green light from the Central Planning Board, which earlier this week granted the grower an extension, so the new ...
NEWARK, NJ — A longstanding practice of offering top executives at the Newark Housing Authority personal use of taxpayer-funded vehicles is being discontinued in what is a series of changes, the agency’s executive director said this week. Executive Director Leonard J. Spicer, whose leadership of ...
