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Press Releases
By GREG TUFARO
December 12, 2023
TRENTON, NJ - Senator Patrick Diegnan’s bill creating a “School Safety and Security Task Force” is headed to Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk to be signed into law. Designed to ensure a safe learning environment for students and school employees, the legislation has unanimously passed both ...
“On behalf of the entire Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners, we are proud to announce the retirement of long-time Middlesex County partner and the Executive Director of Keep Middlesex Moving (KMM), Bill Neary. Bill has served as a leader at Keep Middlesex Moving, a non-profit ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Keep Middlesex Moving, Inc., Middlesex County’s nonprofit transportation management association, has announced the retirement of Executive Director Bill Neary. Neary was named Executive Director in 2005 upon the retirement of Plainsboro Mayor Peter Cantu. Neary also served ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ -- Playhouse 22's annual production of "A Christmas Carol" is returning to the Playhouse 22 stage starting December 8. Performances are through December 17 on Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Directed by Ken Paris and adapted by Tony ...
The following are marketing options available to all candidates for the 2024 elections. To discuss marketing on TAPinto, please contact your local TAPinto site owner/publisher or click here. Site Advertising: Leaderboard (728 x 90 pixels desktop, 320 x 100 pixels mobile): $750 per month or ...
The Athletic Trainers’ Society of New Jersey (ATSNJ) presented Senator Patrick Diegnan with the prestigious National Athletic Trainers’ Association Friends of Athletic Trainers Award for his support of athletic trainers statewide. “I am honored to receive this recognition from the ATSNJ, whose ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – Middlesex College’s Center for Justice-Impacted Students (CJIS) has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation that will be earmarked for the College’s Justice Scholars Program as well as for programming to support currently incarcerated students by ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - Kick off the holiday season with Middlesex County East Jersey Old Town Village’s annual celebration. Experience music, wagon rides, children’s crafts, and carolers while enjoying refreshments. Later in the afternoon, stick around for storytelling of timeless holiday ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – Middlesex County Magnet Schools have won first place in two categories in the 2023 New Jersey School Public Relations Association (NJSPRA) communication awards. The only school district to receive two first-place honors, the Magnet Schools were recognized in the ...
WESTFIELD, NJ – In a district that President Joe Biden won by nearly 18%, State Senator Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield) cruised to re-election, proving that his brand of bringing political balance to government can win over even the most difficult districts for Republicans. Bramnick's significant win ...
WASHINGTON, DC (November 14, 2023) – Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) introduced the Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act. The bipartisan and bicameral bill, part of the nation’s planned Semiquincentennial celebration, would authorize the Architect of the Capitol to ...
TRENTON –The 2023 “State of Lung Cancer” report reveals that New Jersey is 4th in the nation for lung cancer surgery. This means that New Jersey is among the best in the nation for surgery as part of their first course of treatment, though more work is needed to reduce the burden of lung cancer.
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -- In March 2019, New Jersey resident Samantha Josephson was kidnapped and murdered near the University of South Carolina by an individual impersonating a Rideshare service driver. In the aftermath of this tragedy, Josephson’s family created the #WHATSMYNAME Foundation to ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – Middlesex County and its Department of Community Services hosted a Behavioral Health Policy Summit, bringing partners together, including Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, the Medical Society of NJ, the AMA and community leaders to discuss creating health policy ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - On Saturday, December 9, and Sunday, December 10 at 2:00 pm, come to Plays-in-the-Park as they present an exciting new production, Any Dream Will Do, a musical revue and tribute to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, at Stephen J.
COLTS NECK, NJ - Real estate agent John Sherrod, 54, is no stranger to hard work. So when the Colts Neck, New Jersey, resident was fixing up a large investment property, he could tell that something was off each time he got out of breath while climbing the three flights of stairs. He would get so ...
Edison – In a remarkable display of determination and scholarly excellence, St. Thomas Aquinas High School students, Nicholas Tonzola III and Marissa Nieves, from the class of 2024, have made headlines by having their groundbreaking research published in the International Youth Neuroscience ...
MARLBORO, NJ - The term “all in the family” has special meaning to Ann Kushmick, who is in her early 50s, and her father, Eugene McAnuff, 82, of Marlboro. Both underwent successful hip replacements on the same day at Old Bridge Medical Center performed by joint replacement fellowship trained ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – As part of an ongoing series of educational events led by Middlesex County Office of the Prosecutor – Newtown, Connecticut Police Chief David Kullgren was invited to present a debrief and key learnings case study from the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. This event ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – With the holiday season rapidly approaching, Middlesex County’s food distribution organization, REPLENISH, is collecting donations of food and basic supplies to help the food insecure. REPLENISH collects and distributes food and necessities to a network of 150 ...
The Latino Action Network has endorsed Senator Patrick Diegnan and Assemblymen Robert Karabinchak and Sterley Stanley for the upcoming election. The grassroots network is composed of individuals and organizations committed to engaging in collective action at the local, state, and national levels ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr., a lifelong South Plainfield resident who has served the 18th Legislative District since 2002, is seeking re-election and being challenged by Republican candidate Neal Shah of East Brunswick. A private practice attorney for over 40 years, Diegnan ...
WASHINGTON, DC -Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman released the following statement regarding her vote on House Resolution 798: I’m deeply disturbed by the sharp rise in antisemitism in recent years and particularly since the horrific attacks by Hamas on Israel on October 7th and the ...
Towns in the 18th Legislative District will receive a combined $3.67 million in New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Municipal Aid Program grants for road improvements. The NJDOT’s program provides funds to municipalities committed to advancing projects that renew aging ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – Residents seeking employment who have been impacted, directly or indirectly, by the opioid epidemic now have an opportunity to apply for the Middlesex County Pathways to Recovery program led by the Office of Workforce and Career Development. Applications are now open and can ...
One of New Jersey’s largest health care unions has endorsed Senator Patrick Diegnan and Assemblymembers Robert Karabinchak and Sterley Stanley for the upcoming election. JNESO District Council 1, IUOE-AFL-CIO represents 5,000 nurses and technicians in facilities across New Jersey and ...
Governor Murphy and the New Jersey Legislature created the Affordable New Jersey Communities for Homeowners and Renters (ANCHOR) program to provide property tax relief for eligible homeowners and renters. New Jersey residents who meet program criteria can receive up to $1,750 in property tax ...
NEW JERSEY - Last week, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, whose vision is to imagine a just and equitable New Jersey where people of all races and communities have equitable access to opportunities to thrive, announced its first-ever "Open Call" to support racial justice organizations across the ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - In 1818, 137 African American souls’ freedom was stolen when they were kidnapped by the Van Wickle Slave Ring and sent from East Brunswick to permanent slavery in the Deep South. Join Kristal C. Langford to learn about the resilience and resistance demonstrated by freed and ...
EDISON, NJ - The county will be hosting its annual fall job fair at Middlesex College in Edison on Thursday, November 16th. The event will be from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. To register for the event, click here. The job fair will be in the West Hall (The Parkview Room). Parking will be available in ...
