By KRISTINA BEHR
May 16, 2022NEW JERSEY — “Did you know that the state animal is the horse?” asked Assemblyman Kevin Rooney (R - District 40).
He knows a few things about horses. And about public service too.
Rooney has over 20 years of public service. He served as Wyckoff Township committeeman from 2010 to 2016, as deputy mayor in 2010 and 2014 and mayor in 2011, 2015 and 2016. He also ...
By KRISTINA BEHR
May 16, 2022NEW JERSEY - A young Plainfield burn victim thanks first responders who saved her. Plus, Piscataway celebrates the 75th Anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrierl. And, East Brunswick Boy Scouts spend a day with police. Also, the Green Village Fire Department in Chatham celebrates 100 years.
TAPinto's Kristina Behr has today's Now in New Jersey, ...
By JOANNE BRASHIER
May 12, 2022On Saturday, May 14th Letter Carriers across the country will take part in their 30th Annual “Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive”. The drive, sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), is America’s largest one-day food collection event that provides millions of pounds of food to local hunger relief agencies. To help, all you need to do is place non-perishable food ...
SUMMIT, NJ – MAY 6, 2022 – The Overlook Foundation, the non-profit, private organization that supports Atlantic Health System’s Overlook Medical Center, kicked off a public campaign to raise funds for a multi-phase expansion and enhancement project that will transform the hospital, positioning it for future excellence.
The campaign, Overlook Ahead, will help to financially ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – May 10, 2022 – Atlantic Health System, a leading provider of health care in New Jersey, today announced that Morristown Medical Center, Overlook Medical Center, Newton Medical Center and Chilton Medical Center all earned the highest possible safety rating of ‘A’ by The Leapfrog Group in its Spring 2022 Hospital Safety Grades.
“Safety is the ...
By SHARI SEFFER AND JOHN HARMON
May 10, 2022This statement is being written in response to the letter “For Immediate Release” Frank Cooney sent out (on behalf of the Montville Township Committee) on May 6th on Facebook regarding the dilapidated Route 46 corridor in Pine Brook. The Montville Township Committee now states that it will address the old Suppas and Pine Brook (we call it Bates) Motel. It’s good to ...
By TAPINTO MONTVILLE STAFF
May 15, 2022MONTVILLE, NJ – May and June are busy months for OneMontville, as they have the following events coming up:
On Wednesday, May 18 at 7 p.m., Rabbi Myers of the Tree of Life Synagogue will be speaking at the Pine Brook Jewish Center.
On October 27, 2018, during Sabbath morning services at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, a gunman opened fire, killing 11 people and wounding six ...
By MELISSA BENNO
May 7, 2022MONTVILLE, NJ – The Montville Baseball and Softball Association celebrated its 70th year with an opening day parade April 30 after two years of COVID hiatus. MBSA President Nick Marino guessed that 20,000 kids had played in the league over the years. The parade, which began at Lazar Middle School and brought all of the baseball and softball players to the Municipal Fields on River Road, ...
By FRED J. AUN
May 16, 2022ROXBURY, NJ – A Roxbury family is asking the public to help two refugees from the war in Ukraine who are now living in the area and dealing with health issues for which they have no medical insurance coverage.
A GoFundMe site, set up by Maya Deutch, hopes to raise $10,000 for the refugees, Lyudmila and Vladimir Yakimov. Deutch is the daughter of two Roxbury residents, one of whom used to ...
ROXBURY, NJ – The developers of a large housing project in Landing have yet to fully comply with all the erosion control measures they were ordered to implement after heavy rains last month washed away dirt that ended up in nearby Lake Rogerene, according to a report.
The report was issued Wednesday by the Morris County Soil Conservation District (MCSCD), the agency that hit the project ...
By JON "FERRIS" MEREDITH
May 12, 2022WAYNE, NJ – Wayne’s Finest made quick work of the mystery of the remains of the human fetus discovered this past Sunday, May 8. The very next day, the investigation led to two arrests in connection with this strange case.
The following account is based on a statement released by Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff and Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes.
Nicole Tsentas (33) ...
WAYNE, NJ – New York Jets Quarterback Zach Wilson and star Wide Receiver Elijah Moore surprised the Wayne Valley Girls Flag Football team at their practice Tuesday evening - not just visiting but participating and providing encouragement the day before a huge matchup with undefeated Ridgewood.
It was the New York Jets who provided Valley with an $8,000 grant in order to get their team ...
By TAPINTO.NET STAFF
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ — TAPinto Founder and CEO Michael Shapiro was a recent guest on Sergeant Marketing's Milestone Mindset Live speaking about Local Marketing in a Digital World. The series helps viewers attract and retain clients and donors.
Shapiro and host Nancy Sergeant talked about a number of topics, including the value of local marketing in the post-pandemic economy, how ...
By RE/MAX NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTIES
The following homes have OPEN HOUSES presented by RE/MAX NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTIES this weekend May 14th - May 15th:
OPEN HOUSE(S) on SATURDAY, MAY 14th:
30 Edwards Road, Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp., 07054
12:00-2:00 PM
Contact RANDI BENNETT or TRACY WARSAW for more info. at 973-610-7123/ 973-722-8801
OPEN HOUSES on SUNDAY, May ...
By BRIAN LYNCH
May 3, 2022The Great Spring in Kenvil is a relatively small wetlands area where cool spring water rises from an aquifer below to create the Black River in Roxbury. The spring is on the southern tip of over 800 acres of industrial land once owned by the Hercules Powder Company.
Explosives were manufactured on that land for over 150 years. In all that time, the spring remained undeveloped.
Because it is ...
By FERN WEIS
Do you find it hard to have any credibility with your teen? Join the club. They can't yet see that we know anything worth knowing.
That's because they're on a quest to figure everything out for themselves. You can't possibly understand what they're going through... so they say.
And I say, let them. This is their time for exploration, self-discovery, mistakes and ...
By JOHN CHRISTMANN
May 20th is World Metrology Day.
I am counting down the hours on an atomic clock which is accurate to 1 second in 10 million years.
Metrology is the scientific development of systems of measure. Unlike Meteorology, the study of weather, you don’t have to be chipper and TV good looking to study Metrology. You do have to have geekish tendencies and more degrees than a thermometer, ...
By LIZ KEILL
CHATHAM, NJ — This delightful play, set in Yorkshire, England, lends a risque air to the Women’s Institutes at a local church parish.
The play and film were based on a true story of middle-aged women who were seeking a fundraising idea for Leukemia Research.
They’re desperate to find a way to support their charities and somehow come up with the idea of ...
By DFSNNJ
*NOTE VENUE CHANGE*
DATE AND LOCATION:
Hennessy Hall (the Mansion)
Fairleigh Dickinson University
1 Mansion Mall
Madison, NJ 07940
Friday, June 3rd, 2022 from 5:30 pm to 10:00 pm
There will be fabulous designer purse bingo, tricky tray raffle, 50/50 raffle, dessert, AND door prizes!
By JEFF OSTROFF
Hi everyone. Today we’ll be discussing something that directly affects a significant percentage of the estimated 1.2 BILLION people around the world who have disabilities. ff you are not one of these individuals, odds are they are one of your family members or friends.
I’m speaking about those who have “invisible” disabilities. In other words, they don’t use an ...
By JEFF OSTROFF
Hello, TAPinto readers and listeners! In Part 1 of this two-part series, we spoke about how people’s religious affiliations have evolved over the past few decades, which religions are growing in numbers, and why that may be.
In Part 2 of this two-part series, we’re going to take a look at such things as what impact COVID has had on people’s religious beliefs, what the ...
