By JAMES MCQUEENY
TRENTON, NJ — Things have never looked better for the Democrats who rule Trenton these days. Flush with federal cash. Democratic majorities in the Assembly and Senate. A Governor re-elected as a Democrat last November for the first time in four decades.
It’s a real bubbly bonhomie in the state’s capital as they tie up the last loose strings of the state’s $50 ...
By TAPINTO STAFF
July 3, 2022Parents, caregivers, and health care providers are being warned to not use neck floats with babies for water therapy interventions, especially with babies who have developmental delays or special needs, such as spina bifida, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1, Down syndrome, or cerebral palsy, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The use of these products can lead to ...
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By JORDAN GREENE
So far in this free agency period, there have been many assumptions to where NBA stars Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant may end up. After reports from insiders Adrian Wojnarowski and Shams Charania stated that Durant wanted out of the Brooklyn Nets organization, there has been speculation that Irving may travel elsewhere.
While the Miami Heat and the Phoenix Suns are the top destinations ...
By JORDAN GREENE
So far in this free agency period, there have been many assumptions to where NBA stars Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant may end up. After reports from insiders Adrian Wojnarowski and Shams Charania stated that Durant wanted out of the Brooklyn Nets organization, there has been speculation that Irving may travel elsewhere.
While the Miami Heat and the Phoenix Suns are the top destinations ...
By TAPINTO PASSAIC VALLEY STAFF
July 2, 2022LITTLE FALLS, N.J. - The Little Falls 4th of July Street Fair returns this summer on Monday, July 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sponsored by the Little Falls Police Benevolent Association 346, the annual fair will be held along Main Street and Stevens Avenue.
Craft vendors, local businesses, food trucks, and activities for kids will be offered up for attendees, including other entertainment and ...
Passaic – A food truck parked outside of Mt Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church in Passaic on Saturday morning, but this wasn’t any ordinary food truck service. Hungry customers walked away from the food truck with full plates of breakfast food and it was all for free!
United Passaic Organization enlisted fellow community action agency United Community Corporation of Newark to ...
By STEVE LENOX
June 27, 2022PATERSON, NJ - When Tony Vancheri puts his mind to something he usually gets it done. He’s a man to whom many titles apply: deputy mayor, friend, father, grandfather, to name just a few.
On Saturday, once again, it was his status as a veteran that took center stage as the access road leading to the top of Veterans Park at Hayden Heights, Paterson’s own Hill of Heroes, was renamed ...
PATERSON, NJ - The sound of freedom rung out in Paterson's newest national park on Saturday as dozens of local leaders and residents gathered at the Huntoon & Van Resnalier site to commemorate Juneteenth.
Earlier this year the Huntoon-Van Rensalier Site was added to the National Parks Service Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, making it one of 16 new listings across 11 ...
By REBECCA GREENE
July 2, 2022FAIR LAWN, NJ - Deputy Mayor Cristina Cutrone weighed in on the Pride Block Party on Sunday, June 26, when Parmelee Avenue was flooded with community members who attended the event hosted by the Community Relations Advisory Committee.
"The Pride Block Party was a huge success! You could feel the love and see the smiles on everyone’s faces as you walked around and enjoyed the ...
By ANN MARIE PETERSON AND HOPE FOLEY
June 17, 2022UPDATE: Since this article was originally published one year ago, Juneteenth Independence Day was signed into law by President Biden as a federal holiday in 2021. Juneteenth Day has been celebrated on the third Friday of June as a state holiday in New Jersey since 2020.
WHY JUNETEENTH SHOULD BE CELEBRATED BY ALL AMERICANS
Juneteenth – it is a term heard more and more in the last ...
By JOHN CHRISTMANN
On a stifling hot moonlit night in the summer of 1871, the infamous outlaw and gun slinger, John Wesley Hardin, shot a man for snoring.
Legend has it that Hardin, traveling with his cousin Gip Clements, fell back in his room at the American House Hotel in Abilene, Kansas after a raucous night drinking. The next door down, rancher Charles Cougar was sleeping peacefully, if noisily, in his room.
By TAPINTO.NET STAFF
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ — TAPinto Founder and CEO Michael Shapiro will be holding an informational webinar on July 13, 2022, at 12:30 p.m. for anyone who may be interested in owning/operating a TAPinto local news and digital marketing platform.
"TAPinto has become the dominant player in the local news and digital marketing space," Shapiro said. "I look forward to our July ...
By LIZ KEILL
MADISON, NJ — It’s a welcome sign to see The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey opening for its 60th Anniversary Season. “Enchanted April” is a charming and moving choice with warmer weather coming on. The play also speaks to us on a number of levels, especially after our long hiatus during COVID-19.
The script by Matthew Barger, from a novel by Elizabet ...
By BETH MORONEY
A Stranger Killed Katy: The True Story of Katherine Hawelka, Her Murder on a New York Campus, and How Her Family Fought Back by William D. LaRue (Chestnut Heights, 2021).
For true crime buffs, A Stranger Killed Katy: The True Story of Katherine Hawelka, Her Murder on a New York Campus, and How Her Family Fought Back by William D. LaRue, an award-winning journalist, is a ...
By JOAN HERRMANN
This month, July 8 to be exact, marks the 13th anniversary of the premiere of the Change Your Attitude…Change Your Life brand and radio show.
Back in 2009, I was going through a bit of an identity crisis trying to figure out my next move. I had given so much of myself to my family that I got lost. I had no career, my children were growing up, and my marriage was stagnant. It was during ...