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April 26, 2024PISCATAWAY, NJ – A federal grant has been secured to help cover the costs of upgrading ...
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By ROD HIRSCH
April 26, 2024
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - WWII aviator Donald Stern, who survived 32 combat missions in Italy as a bombardier onboard a B17 Flying Fortress, returned to the skies Thursday, taking off from Central Jersey Airport with his son Russel and pilot, Ret. Air Force Major Glenn Sinibaldi, who briefly handed over ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Families who live on the Scotch Plains postal route of mail carrier Mickey Casey are expressing an outpouring of love for their longtime mailman. He not only knows the addresses along the route, but also the first names of family members, and even their pets. To many, he has ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — A lifelong love of games and a rare experience of having appeared on multiple game shows paid off recently when Westfield resident Scott Menke reached the final round of “Wheel of Fortune,” and had to solve the final phrase. Hostess Vanna White lit up the board with a few letters, ...
CRANFORD, NJ – For anyone who grew up in town, the Cranford Barber Shop has been a mainstay. A fixture in the downtown since 1912, the shop hasn’t changed much since Amasio Marsiglia arrived from Italy in 1955 to take over the shop from his uncle, Fred Casoni. Generations passed through the ...
CAMDEN, nj — Some Camden City School District students are likely still reminiscing about spring break or looking ahead to summer vacation. Dyannis Rosario, a 10th grader at Creative Arts High School, told TAPinto Camden she has something even more thrilling to think about: her upcoming trip to ...
NEWARK, NJ - U.S. Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., a former Newark city councilman who died on Wednesday, April 24, led a political life from the cradle to the grave. The son of late Congressman Donald M. Payne, who left a legendary legacy in county and national politics, Don Jr. worked hard to establish ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Suck in your gut, shimmy into your old Scarlet Knights hoodie and get ready to party like it’s 1999. Or 2011. Or 1976. Thousands of alumni from graduating classes spanning the decades will make the pilgrimage to the Banks of the Old Raritan on Saturday for Rutgers Day. It’s a free ...
PARAMUS, NJ — As the ambulance pulls into the emergency driveway, it waits a moment for the neighboring town’s rescue squad to pull out. Once inside, the EMT is unsure where to park the stretcher with all the rooms filled and patients overflowing into the hallways. This has been the scene at local ...
WILLIAMSTOWN, NJ - Brian Gallagher, the 60-year-old mayor of Somerville, NJ made history early Tuesday morning as the only mayor of the Somerset County borough to ever jump from an airplane over the bright blue skies of southern New Jersey. "Awesome, what a rush, it was exhilarating," Gallagher ...
FAIR LAWN, NJ - Thoughts about memory loss for a teen are scary and confusing. Healthy teens, after all, really have no basis in what it's like not to remember short term, nor long term memories, but Christina "Emi" Southgate did. Her grandmother, Mitsuko Matusuda, was diagnosed in 2023 with ...
CAMDEN, NJ – A big strength of the city’s public education ecosystem is that parents can choose a traditional city school, a charter school or a renaissance school for their children, says a leading proponent of education in Camden. "When we talk about a great education for every single child in ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — On Thursday, Westfield’s municipal judge essentially threw out the ticket that made headlines in August, when a video posted on YouTube appeared to show a Westfield police officer giving a driver a false ticket in retaliation for flipping him the middle finger. Westfield Municipal ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ — When the red scissors cut through the ribbon at The Valley Hospital's new location in Paramus, it had to feel like déjà vu for Joan Gilson. 73 years earlier, she was at the official dedication of the Ridgewood facility on Van Dien Ave. as the second employee ever hired by a small ...
NEWARK, NJ — The soil and groundwater of a 7.6-acre industrial park on the banks of the Passaic River in the North Ward remain contaminated — the result of “historic site operations,” accidental spills, illegal dumping, and improper waste disposal, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
NEW BRUNSWICK – About 125 Rutgers faculty members brandished signs and chanted slogans on the College Avenue campus on Wednesday to protest the cutting of Writing Program classes and the elimination of adjunct lecturers who teach them. The Strikeiversary – so named by the faculty to mark the ...
NEWARK, NJ - Newark is renowned at this time of year for the annual burst of color in the North Ward at Branch Brook Park, where its cherry trees erupt in shades of pink and white, purple and red, magenta and mauve. But only two miles away in Newark's downtown, the tourist agency that works to ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – About 80% of Rutgers-New Brunswick students who participated in spring elections have voted in favor of referendums calling on the university’s administration to cut business and educational ties with Israel. In a vote conducted last month, 6,538 students agreed that Rutgers ...
RAHWAY, NJ — April is Parkinson's Awareness Month, and April 11 was World Parkinson's Day. Recently, Rahway resident Patty Bentley enjoyed an exceptional opportunity in honor of the day and the month, singing the U.S. national anthem at Yankee Stadium as part of a very special choir group called ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Four Westfield High School students, who are part of the school’s chapter of Model United Nations, were selected to go to Philadelphia last week to watch the solar eclipse alongside Vice President Kamala Harris. Model UN is a program run as part of the civic engagement programs ...
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ - Excitement fills the air in Mountainside as Echo Lake Park transforms into a bustling Hollywood set for the filming of a highly anticipated Bob Dylan biopic movie. Starring Timothée Chalamet, the film promises to captivate audiences with the folk legend's story. Fans eagerly ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - With a little help from his friends and complete strangers, generous families and businesses large and small, US Army veteran Brandon Everhart worked side-by-side with Raritan Valley Habitat for Humanity volunteers to build a two-bedroom, 1,200 square-foot "sweat equity:' ranch ...
WAYNE, NJ – The Ice Vault in Wayne is hosting the inaugural USA Hockey Warrior National Championships, where 34 teams from states all over the U.S. will compete for a national championship. The New Jersey Warriors, co-founded and coached by Wayne’s own Ted Curtin, won their first-round game on ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Despite having a new home and new name, Teddy the cat is still fighting for another chance at life. Westfield business owner Maria Ferreira, along with Westfield residents Hannah Caicdeo and her daughter, Leah Caicedo, are seeking donations to support Teddy’s medical expenses and ...
ROXBURY, NJ – Three young sisters from Roxbury are making names for themselves in snowboarding across the nation. The girls, Harper Beach, 13, Piper Beach, 12 and Keller Beach 10, compete in United States of America Snowboard and Freeski Association (USASA) events. The USASA is a California-based ...
NEWARK, NJ — 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 ...
CAMDEN, NJ – Chronic absenteeism rates in some grades for Camden students in the 2022-23 school year were as much as four times the average rate for the same grades statewide, according to data released last week by the state Department of Education. Annual rates for chronic absenteeism have been ...
HOBOKEN, NJ - A new two-year contract for garbage collection in Hoboken is costing the City over $7.5 million, a 73 percent increase from the previous contract. Despite the price hike, services provided by Cali Carting will remain the same. According to officials, Hoboken, where garbage is ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Hillside Intermediate School fifth grader Olivia Sorensen wrote a story for her English class called “A Day In the Life of a 5th Grade Girl” – and now her story is being turned into a book. Sorensen’s teacher, Kiran Masud, said she stumbled on a program called “Student ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - At this solar eclipse party, expect to be handed eclipse glasses, folding chairs, books, a microphone – and apples. On Monday, April 8, as the moon hurtles through its orbit on a path that will inevitably lead it between the Earth and the sun, members of the Rutgers-New ...
NEWARK, NJ - Essex County’s Branch Brook Park boasts 5,300 cherry blossom trees - more than the nation’s capital - and starting Saturday, April 6, it will celebrate with its 48th annual Cherry Blossom Festival. For the record, East Potomac Park, in Washington, D.C., has just 3,800 trees, according ...
