SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ —B Street Band, the ever popular Bruce Springsteen tribute band, played a free “drive-in concert” at the Union County VoTech campus on Raritan Road in Scotch Plains on Sunday, evening that had attendees honking in the dark.

Emcee Brian Remo encouraged the audience to honk their horns and flash their lights in appreciation of the performance since the ...

NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - In the spirit of kicking off the fall season, Mayor Al Morgan approves the Pilley pumpkin as the community's BIGGEST pumpkin ever!

New Providence resident Doug Pilley, along with his brother John and son Knevin, grew a “giant pumpkin” in their backyard, estimated to be around 850 pounds, to enter into a multi-state annual weighted competition in Ridgefield, ...

SUMMIT, NJ – On Saturday, September 12, the Summit Area YMCA hosted its first virtual Laugh Out Loud (LOL) Charity Auction & Comedy night, a fundraising event to not only help fund the Y’s financial assistance program and its many important community programs, but to sustain the Y through this year’s dire financial crisis due to COVID-19. With safety in mind, the Summit Area ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The Berkeley Heights Business and Civic (BHB&C) held their first in-person breakfast on Friday since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March. Delicious Heights hosted the breakfast for about 50 business and civic leaders under the tent that provides extended outdoor seating.

While 5Ks and town wide events were canceled this year, the BHB&C ...

NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - Village Shopping Center was abuzz with excitement as the red carpet was rolled out for guests attending the YK Salon Grand Opening festivities at 1274 Springfield Avenue on Saturday.

With the sound of live music, balloon towers and canopies -- shoppers were drawn to the celebration.  Under the canopies were glam stations where tweens, ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The Berkeley Heights Business and Civic in partnership with TAPinto Berkeley Heights has launched its latest strategy for making customers feel safer as they venture out to Berkeley Heights businesses during the pandemic.

The Berkeley Heights Cares campaign provides business owners the opportunity to show they agree to stick with the latest health guidelines.

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — For Gov. Livingston High School athletic director Ann Clifton, all the preparations and digestion of special guidelines has made getting ready for the revamped 2020 scholastic fall sports season "like five years condensed into two months. We are in completely uncharted territory. You are given the framework and you have to color in the lines."

Normally, ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Scotch Plains native John Pak finished Round 2 tied for 33rd place and was the only amateur and the only player from the New York metropolitan area today to advance.

Patrick Reed finished at the top spot with -4, followed by Bryson DeChambeau at -3. Harris English, Justin Thomas, and Rafa Cabrera-Bello finished in a three-way tie for third at -2.

The ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Johnny Pak more than held his own in his U.S. Open Golf Championship debut on Thursday at Winged Foot, one of the world's most challenging courses. The Scotch Plains native tied for 14th at -1 and is tied for the lead among amateurs through Round 1.

How well did he do? At one under par, Pak is tied with seven other golfers, including two of the ...

SUMMIT, NJ - Summit Superintendent of Schools Scott Hough and Principal Donna Gallo have announced that a second Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School student has tested positive for COVID-19. The announcement, in the form of a letter from Hough and Gallo to the "Summit Public Schools Community," comes just four days after the confirmation of the first case.

The ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The Board of Education has announced that the location and schedule for the Combined Conference and Regular Meeting to be held on Thursday, September 10, 2020 has changed. Board of Education members will be meeting at Governor Livingston High School, 175 Watchung Avenue, Berkeley Heights, NJ. Executive Session will begin at 5:30 pm, and the Public session will begin at 7:30 ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The schools within the Berkeley Heights School District welcomed students back to school into a never-before-seen schooling model in town.

The district, which is operating under “Plan B”, allowed students throughout the district to step back into school for the first time since March when the governor's COVID-19 executive order forced ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The Berkeley Heights. New Providence & Summit League of Women Voters is sponsoring a virtual candidates' forum on Thursday, October 8th at 7:30 p.m.  The forum will stream live on YouTube (TBA). The forum features those candidates running for Township Council in Berkeley Heights: Jeanne Kingsley (Republican), Susan Poage (Democrat), Brett Sayre ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Ahead of November's general election, which will be primarily vote-by-mail, Union County Board of Elections Administrator Nicole Dirado announced the installation of secure ballot drop-off box in Berkeley Heights for this upcoming November 3rd General Election. 

For Berkeley Heights residents wishing to drop off their ballot in a secured location, the ...

NEW JERSEY — Less than two months from Election Day, Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday said a new website will allow New Jersey residents to register to vote and track their mail-in ballot all while on the go or from the comfort of their home.

“This online form is safe and secure, and can be accessed anywhere – whether from a library computer or your smartphone,” Gov. Phil ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - A construction crew from EUC Corporation made quite an unexpected discovery when they found a vehicle buried in the ground at the new Municipal Complex site in Berkeley Heights.

EUC was preparing the site for paving when their heavy equipment went over an area that felt uneven. They dug to make sure there wasn't anything problematic and found the ...

UNION, NJ - An emergency drive-up food distribution for Union County residents to aid those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic will be held on Saturday, September 26, beginning at 9 a.m. at Kean University, 1000 Morris Avenue. The distribution will take place in the parking lot located at the intersection of North Ave. and Morris Ave.  The food distribution will be first-come, ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - Coming from the Young Adult section of the library of the new municipal complex, this week’s update includes carpeting in the library complete, lighting has been installed, decorative overhead lights were installed in the children’s room and crews are doing final painting and other finishing work in this space. Outside, site work crews will be paving the South ...

UNION COUNTY, NJ — COVID-19 has shut down another event. The annual Four Centuries in a Weekend celebration in October, has been canceled, the County of Union announced Wednesday.

“The safety of staff, volunteers, and our residents is of the utmost importance and our highest priority,” said Freeholder Chairman Alexander Mirabella. “The Freeholder Board and the ...

Estrada was first Latino elected to the Board; concludes more than 20 years as Freeholder

UNION COUNTY, NJ -- Union County Freeholder Vice Chairman Angel G. Estrada, the first Latino elected to the Board in 1999, today announced his retirement from office effective Sept. 1. 

“I am grateful for the opportunity to have served the residents of Union County, and to have helped ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - Students in grades two through five are invited to enter the Berkeley Heights Community Policing Unit Logo Contest. Entries should be submitted to EGAFFNEY@BHPOLICE.ORG by October 15, 2020.

The Police Department is raising money to outfit the Police Department's new Training Facility where the logo will be prominently displayed. The logo will also be used on ...

UNION COUNTY, NJ — COVID-19 has shut down another event. The annual Four Centuries in a Weekend celebration in October, has been canceled, the County of Union announced Wednesday.

“The safety of staff, volunteers, and our residents is of the utmost importance and our highest priority,” said Freeholder Chairman Alexander Mirabella. “The Freeholder Board and the ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ -- For those who are looking for some live entertainment nearby, make a reservation now for Sunday Sept. 13, for dinner and a comedy show at Marcellos Italian Ristorante.

On the bill that night will be singer Joe De Gennaro, host of the TV show ‘Bringing Italy to You,’ and comedian and TV show personality Uncle Floyd. Dinner, which will be served al fresco ...

Sal Passalacqua, owner of Dimaios Cucina in Berkeley Heights, shared a cell phone video that one of his waiters took of a black bear strolling through their outdoor seating area on Thursday just before dinner service.  The bear traveled through their parking lot, under the tent, through the main seating area then continued north across Springfield Avenue.

This close encounter is just one ...

KENILWORTH - Attilio Guarino, owner of Ava's Kitchen & Bar in Kenilworth, says enough is enough and plans to open for indoor dining on Tuesday, September 8. 

Nearly all restaurants, with the exception of those who can open two walls for better ventilation, have been banned from serving food and beverage indoors since Governor Murphy's Executive Order back in ...

NEW JERSEY — September is widely recognized as National Honey Month. This month typically marks the end of the honey collection season for beekeepers across the US.

You don’t have to be arms deep in a beehive to appreciate the thick, golden stuff that makes everything sweeter. The Garden State has a number of bee and honey farms that produce high-quality, local raw ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ -- On Jan. 4, three Girl Scouts talked to the Township Council about their Silver Award Project. That was pre-COVID-19, and the audience listened intently as they discussed their plans to upcycle used T-shirts and turn them into reusable and environmentally sound grocery bags. Once finished, the bags would then be given away as part of Earth Day celebrations, and the ...

Sal Passalacqua, owner of Dimaios Cucina in Berkeley Heights, shared a cell phone video that one of his waiters took of a black bear strolling through their outdoor seating area on Thursday just before dinner service.  The bear traveled through their parking lot, under the tent, through the main seating area then continued north across Springfield Avenue.

This close encounter is just one ...

SUMMIT, NJ – On Saturday, September 12, the Summit Area YMCA hosted its first virtual Laugh Out Loud (LOL) Charity Auction & Comedy night, a fundraising event to not only help fund the Y’s financial assistance program and its many important community programs, but to sustain the Y through this year’s dire financial crisis due to COVID-19. With safety in mind, the Summit Area ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - In honor of World Polio Day, which is widely recognized on 24 October, The Rotary Club of Berkeley Heights is proud to be part of Rotary’s 27-year mission to eradicate the crippling childhood disease polio.

Each year the club donates upwards of $2,000 to this ongoing campaign.  Each and every member of the club participates in this global initiative.

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - VFW Post 6259 hosted a town barbecue on Saturday with food and live music on a beautiful late summer day. The fund-raising barbecue was to help raise money for building and property maintenance.

With the recent 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the timely barbecue has brought the community together to support and honor the veterans that have served the ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — Officials are in the early stages of planning mass vaccination clinics for COVID-19, the director of the Westfield Regional Health Department said Monday.

Director Megan Avallone, who serves as local health departments’ lead to the state Health Department’s COVID-19 vaccination task force, told the Westfield Board of Health the vaccines could be available for ...

TRENTON, NJ — Marking the milestone of six months since the confirmation of the first coronavirus case in New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy kicked off the holiday weekend by signing an Executive Order to allow for the resumption of indoor dining, albeit at 25 percent capacity. The order also allows for movie theaters and other indoor entertainment businesses to open, limited to 25 percent ...

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - As New Jersey drifts into flu season, many residents will once again decide whether to get their flu shots; where to get them; and if a flu shot has any preventative impact on COVID-19.  The differences between the two viruses affect not only the mortality rate and symptom development, but also prevention and cure.

According to the World Health Organization ...

NEW VERNON, NJ - Aside from music concerts and your favorite restaurants, there are other reasons to escape the confines of your home during a pandemic, while still respecting social distancing standards. Community members are invited to attend the house tour of Tyvan Hill Mansion, located at 579 Ban Beuren Road. 

Splendor in September, which was renamed from Mansion in May due ...

NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - In the spirit of kicking off the fall season, Mayor Al Morgan approves the Pilley pumpkin as the community's BIGGEST pumpkin ever!

New Providence resident Doug Pilley, along with his brother John and son Knevin, grew a “giant pumpkin” in their backyard, estimated to be around 850 pounds, to enter into a multi-state annual weighted competition in Ridgefield, ...

ANNOUNCEMENT: A wedding ring was found on Robbins Avenue in Berkeley Heights. Could it be yours? 

Call Pam at 908.500.3397.

FAIRFIELD, NJ -- Allison Kulesza, General Manager of Car Lofts in Fairfield, spoke with TAPintoTV’s Executive Producer, Brian Brodeur about the facility's unique offerings for car enthusiasts and how the business has managed and pivoted during the pandemic. 

Car Lofts is a vehicle storage facility with a private social club for car enthusiasts, along with rental venues ...

SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY — Summit Marches On is hosting a candlelight vigil and call to action to honor the life and legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday, September 21st at 6:30 pm in Summit. The vigil is one of hundreds happening all over the country in response to the death of the Supreme Court Justice on Friday.   

The vigil will include the Mourner’s Kaddish ...

NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - On Friday, Sept. 11, the nineteenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States, Faith Lutheran Church in New Providence will conduct an online service at 6:45 a.m. in its memorial garden.  The message will be, “We Are One.” 

To participate in the service, go to facebook.com/FaithLutheranNewProvidence/

The service will remember ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The Church of The Little Flower is announcing its LGBTQ+ support group, “You Are Mine.”

Margaret Manning, Pastoral Associate at Church of the Little Flower, said the name was chosen as a “reminder that we are all God’s children and also that LGBTQ individuals are our beloved children.” Manning also assists with outreach to the homebound ...