By TAPINTO MORRISTOWN STAFF
March 15, 2020MORRISTOWN, NJ - Atlantic Health Systems has announced that there will be no visitors allowed at hospitals for everyone's health and safety as coronavirus concerns escalate.
The limited exceptions include: One visitor for critical care, hospice, maternity, emergency, pediatrics, inpatient surgery, infusion center and outpatient surgery or procedures. All other sites of care including ...
UNION, NJ - In response to the coronavirus, the Union Public Library will close it's doors beginning Monday, March 16, through Monday, March 30.
"In an abundance of caution for the health and safety of everyone in our community, the Union Library and Vauxhall branch will close," said Library Director Karen O'Malley.
O'Malley said patrons with materials due ...
UNION, NJ – The Vauxhall Historical Society awarded three winners in their Black History Essay Contest at a ceremony Tuesday night.
At the ceremony, held at the Congressman Donald M. Payne Vauxhall Meeting Center, Vauxhall Historical Society members presented awards to essay contest winners Laura Chaves, Christopher Davis, and Selomae Henok, who then presented their ...
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By TAPINTO UNION STAFF
March 7, 2020UNION, NJ – A Union High School senior, selected from seven finalists, has been chosen the Boys & Girls Club of Union County 2020 Youth of the Year winner.
Masara S. was chosen from finalists from the Boys & Girls Club of Union County’s Union, Elizabeth and Plainfield Clubs. Masara, 17, plans to attend Norfolk State University to study child psychology. She ...
UNION, NJ – BSA Troop 168, Union’s all-girl troop, held a Court of Honor Monday night to celebrate their one year anniversary, introduce new scouts, award rank advancements, install new patrol leaders, and recognize the troop’s accomplishments.
“We are happy to be able to recognize the troop’s achievements and the its new leaders,” said Scout Master Patrick ...
By CHUCK O'DONNELL
March 11, 2020NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The announcement of Rutgers’ imminent shutdown was just a few hours old, but Ariel Gohar was going home.
The sophomore accounting major was out in front of Clothier Hall with three packed bags, waiting for his Uber ride to take him away.
Behind was half a semester’s worth of coffee, sweat and tears. Ahead of him? That was a much harder question to ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - A Catholic high school teacher and volleyball coach engaged in sexual acts with two underage students over the course of about five years, according to the Morris County Prosecutor's office today.
The man, Carlos Franco-Leon, 42, of Rockaway Township, engaged in the illegal behavior "on various occasions between 2015 and 2029" while he was working as a ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — At a Springfield Planning Board Meeting next week, the board will be hearing the final site plan presentation for the Gomes project.
The building, which formerly sat on a block of Morris Avenue in between Center Street and Caldwell Place before being demolished last year, is one of the major projects that has been undertaken as part of the downtown redevelopment ...
ROSELLE, NJ - A body was found on Wednesday in Warinanco Park, which borders Roselle and Elizabeth, Roselle Council President Denise Wilkerson announced via social media.
According to Wilkerson, there were no signs of foul play and the death appears to have been due to natural causes. The Union County Police are handling the investigation because the death occurred in a ...
ELIZABETH, NJ - The fatal shooting of a Middlesex County man in Elizabeth early this morning is under active investigation, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo announced Monday.
The victim has been identified as Zakee Cooper, 36, of Perth Amboy.
At approximately 2 a.m. on Monday, Elizabeth Police Department patrol units responded to the 1000 block of North Broad Street, ...
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — A yellow sign posted on the front lawn of the Summit Road residence shows the home for sale eight months after a driver struck and killed the 79-year-old woman who lived there.
Rita D’Anna, a longtime paraprofessional at Deerfield Elementary School, was crossing just outside her house on June 6, 2019 when the driver, 27-year-old Danielle Rego, fatally hit ...
By TAPINTO UNION STAFF
March 13, 2020UNION, NJ - Battle Hill School third and fourth grade students raised money during February for the American Heart Association in memory of Christopher Kiser.
Kiser was the son of longtime and much beloved Battle Hill School teacher Donna Kiser. He died last year due to a heart related issue. Mrs. Kiser retired from full-time teaching, but she is currently a daily ...
By DONNELLY ENERGY
Daylight Saving Time starts this Sunday which means spring is right around the corner. It’s the perfect time to spring ahead and give your business or commercial facility some much need TLC. We’ve come up with a few spring cleaning items you may want to tackle this season.
DEEP CLEAN
Windows, restrooms, break rooms, desk. Any surface you can imagine! On top of your regular daily ...
By KRISTIN NUNES
UNION, NJ - Here's just a few things that happened in Union's schools last week:
Kawameeh Middle School Performing Arts Company presents Children of Eden Jr., March 5, 6, and 7 at 7:00 p.m. Buy tickets at the door for $10.00.
UNION HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS COMPANY presents "Once on This Island". From the Tony ...
By LUKE MARGOLIS
Morristown Medical Center team member earns DAISY Award for life saving action
Nurses are always committed to the care of their patients and don’t often get to provide care for each other, but that’s exactly what happened recently at Morristown Medical Center. A phlebotomist was drawing blood when she began to feel ill. She had developed a great rapport with the patient and wanted ...
By BETH MORONEY
The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown, 2018)
Who is “the perfect couple”in Elin Hilderbrand’s novel The Perfect Couple. Is it Greer Garrison Winbury, famous mystery author, and her husband, Tag, the owners of the Summerland estate on Nantucket? Is it the Winbury’s son, Benji and his beautiful fiancé, Celeste Otis? Is it Celeste’s ...
By ELIZABETH KEILL
NEW BRUNSWICK,NJ - A riveting, timely play is now on view at George Street Playhouse, exploring the conflict between Senators Margaret Chase Smith and Joseph McCarthy.
With the red scare taking place in the U.S., Smith became concerned that McCarthy had created an atmosphere of fear, where citizens were afraid to speak out. They might be labeled Communists or Fascists. Countless careers and ...
By MARIA SIKOUTRIS DI IORIO, MA, ED.S., MTF, LPC
March 13, 2020When a family becomes stressed, everyone feels anxious. The anxiety moves easily from person to person in the family. Anxiety that affects one, affects all. It can be contagious.
Our country and our community are in the midst of a great deal of panic and anxiety with the pandemic of the Coronavirus. We are bombarded daily with the updates on this illness and how it is ...
By MAUREEN BERZOK
March 15, 2020This story first ran on TAPinto East Brunswick.
Okay, I'll admit it. I grew up hating Irish soda bread. Too dry. Not good toasted. Weird shape. People brought it to my house every St. Patrick's Day, and I graciously accepted it and tried to palm it off on my guests. I made sure that everyone had some to take home. Oy, such a generous hostess!
I finally learned to make it myself, to ...
It’s no secret that most restaurants survive on thin margins, so when New Jersey officials started recommending “social distancing” to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, those in the business knew it could spell disaster for their bottom lines.
We asked how patrons can help. Here is what people told us:
Be understanding if a restaurant is short ...
We asked people who work at restaurants in New Jersey the worst things that customers did.
“Folks have no idea what happens behind the scenes or, for that fact, in front of them,” said a woman in Central New Jersey who asked not to be named. “Dirty diapers on the table. A woman used a pitcher to vomit in. A ‘Home Alone’ situation — yes, they forgot a ...
By SANDY SCRAGG
March 12, 2020NEW JERSEY -- Bill Ritter, Anchor of Eyewitness News on WABC-TV in the New York Metro Area, recently appeared on One-On-One with Steve Adubato. Adubato asked Ritter his thoughts about the president referring to journalists and members of the media as “fake news” and the “enemy of the people.”
“Our goal is to report facts and seek the truth wherever they fall ...
LITTLE FALLS, NJ -- With many companies preparing for employees to work remotely due to the coronavirus outbreak, East Main Media, a leading independent video production company in Northern New Jersey, is helping executives effectively communicate with their workforce.
East Main Media, which has been in business for nearly 20 years, utilizes a wide range of state of the art technology ...
Alex Aldea joined Brian Brodeur at East Main Studios to discuss his experiences in the New York and New Jersey television production world, projects premiering at the upcoming Garden State Film Festival and his work as a Commissioner of the Paterson Film & Entertainment Commission.
Aldea’s next role comes tomorrow evening on CBS, where he will be on the show Bull. Michael ...