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By CHUCK O'DONNELL
April 25, 2024
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 ...
CAMDEN — 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 Puerto ...
CRANFORD – If you grew up in Cranford, someone in your family went to the Cranford Barber Shop. 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. But the shop will close on ...
WESTFIELD — 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, ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Judge Barnett Hoffman presided over more than 325 criminal trials, including more than 50 first-degree murder cases, and he somehow managed to do it with dignity, compassion and a touch of humor. Many times over his 19 years as a judge in the Middlesex County Superior Court’s ...
TRENTON, NJ – More older adults and individuals with disabilities in New Jersey are now eligible to save on prescription drug prices, Medicaid premiums, hearing aids, utilities and other household expenses using the NJSave application, thanks to an increase in income eligibility ...
U.S. Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., a former Newark city councilman, died on Wednesday, April 24. The Democrat congressman for New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District represented parts of Essex, Hudson and Union counties, including Newark. Payne served District 10 since 2012 and lived in ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The city is in line to receive $2.15 million in state funding to outfit Alec E. Baker Park with a new splash pad, fitness circuit equipment and other upgrades. A walking/jogging path, dog park, picnic area, soccer field, basketball court and playground renovations are also ...
WILLIAMSTOWN - Brian Gallagher, the 60-year-old mayor of Somerville, made history early Tuesday morning as the only Somerset County mayor to jump from an airplane over South Jersey. "Awesome, what a rush, it was exhilarating," Gallagher said, back on solid ground. He, like every other first-time ...
EAST BRUNSWICK - Maricel, the owner and head chef of East Brunswick's newest foodie hotspot Maricel's Kitchen, will appear on the Season 6 premiere of the Food Network’s hit show, "Supermarket Stakeout," hosted by the renowned chef Alex Guarnaschelli. Tune in on Wednesday, May 1 at 9 p.m. on the ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The woman behind the counter at the furniture store was surprised when Atiya Aftab produced a tax-exempt form at checkout. The chairperson of Center for Islamic Life explained that several chairs and tables – not to mention religious items – had been destroyed during a recent ...
WOODBRIDGE — The Henry Inman Public Library branch in Colonia has reopened as a newly refurbished, million-dollar-plus facility. Closed to the public after it suffered Hurricane Ida’s 2021 flood damage, the Inman library branch now has a new roof, disability-access doors, better insulation and ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – A 24-year-old New Brunswick man has been charged in connection with last week’s break-in and robbery of the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers. Jacob Beacher, who is not affiliated with Rutgers, has been arrested in an investigation led by the FBI, according to a statement from ...
CARTERET, NJ — Scores of students from 31 New Jersey schools will head to Iowa State University in May for 2024's worldwide “Odyssey of the Mind” competition, the nation’s oldest and largest problem-solving contest. These 31 winning schools earned top spots at New Jersey’s “Odyssey of the Mind” ...
CAMDEN – When the Camden County Police Department’s ShotSpotter technology detects gunfire in Camden, police collect spent firearm casings, treating them as evidence. Those who fire a gun in public run away and do not stay behind to retrieve their casings, police say. Each casing is analyzed, ...
NEW BRUNSWICK - The American Diabetes Association, the nation’s leading organization committed to fighting diabetes by supporting those affected, has recognized Saint Peter’s University Hospital for its Center for Diabetes Self-Management Education program. It’s the 10th time The ADA’s Education ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The developers of the $750 million New Jersey Health + Life Sciences Exchange (HELIX) – the first phase of which will gather Rutgers, RWJBarnabas Health and other tenants in a 12-story hub of innovation – will put $1 million in a trust account for the city to use at its discretion ...
NEW BRUNSWICK - The proposed 2024 municipal budget calls for the hiring of 13 new police officers, outfitting firefighters with additional safety equipment and the creation of a municipal stormwater utility to combat future flooding in New Brunswick. It also calls for expanding programming and ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – A 50-something gentleman sporting a gray ponytail and a T-shirt with cut-off sleeves had bellied-up to the counter at Puffin one recent afternoon. At Earth & Ivy about a week later, a professorial-looking man with thick-rimmed glasses and a tan sports jacket was running down ...
NEW BRUNSWICK - Freeman Hrabowski III, a renowned educator, mathematician and president emeritus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will be awarded an honorary doctor of letters degree when he addresses graduates at the 258th anniversary commencement of Rutgers University-New ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – A Sayreville Middle School student-teacher has been arrested for possessing multiple photos of a child from the school who was undressed in the photos, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée M. Robeson. Ciccone and Robeson ...
METUCHEN — Most folks around here already know downtown Metuchen is a terrific place to visit, dine, shop, and enjoy the arts. Now, the rest of America will realize that, too. Money Magazine has named Middlesex County’s “Brainy Boro” as New Jersey’s 2024 Best Place to Live. In fact, Metuchen is ...
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 ...
SAYREVILLE -- Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Daniel Plumacker of the Sayreville Police Department announced that Manuel Rivera, 43, of Sayreville, was pronounced deceased on April 17, 2024, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Rivera was charged with aggravated ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Israel Valentin continued his strong play with a victory in first singles to lead the New Brunswick High School boys tennis team to a 4-1 victory over Perth Amboy on Tuesday. Valentin defeated Dante Perez, 5-7, 6-2, to help the Zebras improve to 3-1 on the season. At third ...
Rutgers Day, the big spring event at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, is set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 27, on Busch campus in Piscataway, N.J., and the College Avenue and Cook/Douglass campuses in New Brunswick, N.J. More than 500 programs and activities are planned. Admission ...
CAMDEN – As a City School District nurse for 23 years, Robin Cogan has seen medical conditions go untreated because the children were not covered by health insurance. The list of medical issues is long, including uncontrolled asthma, food allergies and other maladies that were not getting proper ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Two members of the New Brunswick Fire Department, a highly trained group of men and women dedicated to saving lives and property in the city, received promotions at a ceremony last week at City Hall. Mayor Jim Cahill promoted Theodore (Teddy) Wright Jr. to the rank of captain and ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – 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 ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Three incumbents running under the banner “A New Beginning” made it a clean sweep Tuesday, easily fending off three challengers in the race for three seats on the New Brunswick Board of Education. Board president Jennifer Sevilla (379 votes, 21.33%), as well as board members and ...
