(West Caldwell, NJ) – During a special presentation held at the West Caldwell Municipal Building, the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders honored the Wellmont Theater for providing 10 years of service to Montclair, New Jersey and the surrounding communities since its reopening in 2008. Freeholder President Brendan W. Gill presented Brian Stolar, and other members of the Wellmont staff, ...

EAST ORANGE, NJ - The East Orange Pop Up Shop is opening up its doors with special hours on Wednesday, June 19th between 12pm-7pm to commemorate Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or the day that announced the abolition of slavery 154 years ago. 

The East Orange Pop Up Shop is located at: 15-33 Halsted Street, East Orange, NJ

TRENTION, NJ -- Governor Phil Murphy has announced that The Smithereens will be inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Performing Arts Category in the fall.

The Smithereens -- Jim Babjak, Dennis Diken, Mike Mesaros, and the late Scotch Plains native Pat DiNizio -- will be inducted at the 11th annual ceremony to be held on Sunday, October 27, 2019, at the Paramount Theatre ...

BLOOMFIELD, NJ--This is the team representing the Bloomfield 10u All Stars. 

Brady Cole
Jack Menake
Miles Jimenez
Dominick DelPizzo
Jack DelPurgatorio
Izaiah Brown
Javier Villaplana
Connor Ennis
Nicholas Spina
Joseph Biro, Jr.
Jayden DosSantos
Joseph Payne

Manager Wilferdo Villaplana
Assistant Coaches 
Gary DelPizzo 
Ciro Spina

BLOOMFIELD, NJ--The team representing Bloomfield Little League in this years 2019 All Star 12u tournament has been selected.  The team, coached by Head Coach Jimmy Polidoro along with Coaches Joe Weber and Kevin Sayers is comprised of the following players; #1 Jack Lardner, #4 Kevin Obiedzinski, #5 Sean Sayers, #6 Darius Rivas, #10 Braeden Weber, #12 Nicholas Kopacz, #13 ...

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ - The Super Essex Conference earlier this month approved the realignment of its divisions for the 2020 baseball and softball seasons.

Divisions are revised annually based upon competitive level.

In baseball, the American Division will replace Columbia with Bloomfield. Columbia will move down to the Liberty Division, with Bloomfield going from the Liberty to the ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - A lengthy funeral procession with police honor guard and police cars from departments across New Jersey will make their way to the New Cemetery on South Bridge Street Wednesday where Piscataway police officer Julia Caseres, 28, will be buried.

A former soccer star at New Jersey City University, she was stricken with a rare form of lung cancer one year ago. She died on June 21.

Be advised that the Annual Sunset Classic 5 Mile Road Race will take place on Thursday, June 27, 2019.

Roadways will be shut down from  approx 6:30 PM- 9:00 PM.

The following major roadways will be closed for the event- Broad St between Belleville Ave & Watchung Ave, JFK Drive North/South between Belleville Ave & Hoover Ave, Essex Ave between Sunset Ave and Benson St.

Many ...

NEWARK, NJ — A 29-year-old West Caldwell resident has been arrested and charged with second degree endangering the welfare of a child for possessing more than 1,000 items depicting the sexual abuse and exploitation of children, according to Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II.

Members of the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, New Jersey State ...

HACKENSACK, NJ - A 30-year-old Uber Eats driver faces charges after police say he was caught masturbating in his vehicle during a food delivery.

Vinicius Porto was arrested June 14 and charged with lewdness in connection with the incident, which occurred the previous afternoon in Hackensack, Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt said in a news release.

Around 4:45 p.m. on June 13, a 23-year-old woman ...

MONTCALIR, NJ -- It was a sunny day in Montclair's Brookdale Park for Breaking The Chain Through Education's Summer Kickoff 5k Walk and Run event.

"This is our first annual Brookdale Park 5k run," said BTCTE founder Evan Robbins. "We're hoping to have a lot of fun on a beautiful day."

BTCTE is dedicated to eradicating child slavery in Ghana, ...

ASBURY PARK, NJ -- TAPintoTV spoke with filmmakers Jeff Auer and Alex Emanuel about their latest release, The Incoherents, which won “Best Home Grown Feature” at the 2019 Garden State Film Festival and will be shown this weekend at the Soho International Film Festival.

The Incoherents is a dramatic-comedy feature film about a group of 40-something friends that decide to reunite ...

NUTLEY, NJ - The Oakley Kitchen and Cocktails, the township's gastropub located near the On3 campus, is expanding its hours of operation with the addition of lunch service.

Just before opening, owner Khris Reina told us that "Nutley needed a 'new something'" so he took on the challenge that would evolve into the Oakley.His goal is to create a food and entertainment ...

HACKENSACK, NJ - Several local, county and state officials were among the many attendees at the official launch of The Anthony Bourdain Food Trail at Hiram’s Roadstand in Fort Lee.

After his death a year ago, the food trail - which highlights 10 New Jersey restaurants that Bourdain featured on his CNN show - was created as a way to pay tribute to the Leonia native.

On June 13, ...

This story first ran on TAPinto Westfield.

The pizza slices served at Westfield's train station Saturday night were not from your average pie.

Burim Regjaj and his staff at Outta Hand Pizza assembled and baked the 9-foot by 4-foot Sicilian pizza showing the red, white and blue of the American flag for Westfield’s “Summer Movie Night Kickoff” festivities. The event drew ...

This story first ran on TAPinto Paramus.

A family-friendly food truck festival will roll into Paramus on Sunday, June 23, at Garden State Plaza offering an afternoon of live music, children's activities and offerings from more than two dozen food trucks, as well as a beer and sangria garden.

The Paramus Food Truck Festival will run from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Nordstrom parking ...

CEDAR GROVE, NJ - Local residents are rallying behind Luca Sandomenico, a 10-year-old fourth grader at South End School, who has been hospitalized in Philadelphia for more than two weeks with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.  Luca continues to grow stronger every day, and after spending seven days in a medically induced coma and nine days on a ventilator, he’s awake, alert, ...

HAMILTON, NJ -   Matt Midura was a Hamilton boy, just 19-years old when, one year in the Army, he landed on the shores of Normandy Beach driving a comanding officer's Jeep as droves of soldiers stormed the shores. 

He served under General Patton in the U.S. Army Red Diamond 5th Division when they were sent on a secret mission that became a major turning point ...

NUTLEY, NJ – National Cancer Survivors Day is an annual, treasured celebration of life that is held in hundreds of communities nationwide, and around the world, on the first Sunday in June.

It is a celebration for those who have survived, an inspiration for those recently diagnosed, a gathering of support for families, and an outreach to the community.

In our area, members of Nutley ...

BLOOMFIELD, NJ – The 165th Bloomfield High School Commencement Exercise honored the Class of 2019 under perfect skies on Friday night, June 21 at Foley Field.

Principal Christopher Jennings began the program with an introduction of dignitaries and distinguished guests, including members of the Bloomfield Board of Education, District Principals, and members of the Township ...

BARNEGAT - New graduates face some challenges when it comes to entering the business world.  Putting a resume together equates to creating a calling card. This pertains to those with degrees at all levels. Meanwhile, those finishing trade schools or certificate programs will also benefit from these critical resume tips.

In years past, most resumes began with the applicant’s ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Rutgers is selling a portion of Camp Kilmer, a large swath of land with a storied past that the school purchased in the 1960s.

The university's Board of Governors passed a resolution at its meeting on Wednesday to allow the sale of the land to move forward.

According to the resolution, Rutgers entered into negotiations with "a party" interested in ...

BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Men’s Health Month was declared by the Township of Bloomfield, and a presentation regarding the reinstatement of Main Street Program by Bloomfield Center Alliance highlighted the Council’s Conference Meeting on Monday, June 17 at the Law Enforcement Building.

Present at the meeting were First-Ward Councilwoman Jenny Mundell, Second-Ward Councilman ...

BLOOMFIELD, NJ - The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) has recognized the Township of Bloomfield, and specifically Bloomfield Center, as a booming downtown commercial district, and has welcomed Bloomfield into an agreement with the DCA and Main Street New Jersey (MSNJ) program.

Bloomfield Center is experiencing a renaissance, with increasing transportation alternatives and ...

BLOOMFIELD, NJ --To accommodate Bloomfield commuters, the Bloomfield Department of Parks, Recreation & Cultural Affairs is adjusting and expanding their shuttle bus service, which nearly one hundred residents rely upon each day.

Track repair on NJ Transit tracks owned by Amtrak, which is expected to begin Monday and last through September 6, will divert Midtown Direct rail ...

NUTLEY, NJ - The Oakley Kitchen and Cocktails, the township's gastropub located near the On3 campus, is expanding its hours of operation with the addition of lunch service.

Just before opening, owner Khris Reina told us that "Nutley needed a 'new something'" so he took on the challenge that would evolve into the Oakley.His goal is to create a food and entertainment ...

NEWARK, NJ – TAPinto SOMA has won a second-place award for its reporting in 2018 from the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.  

Joe Strupp, who formerly wrote for TAPinto SOMA, won the second-place award in the category of Best Grassroots Journalism for his “Video of School Board Member in Altercation with Police at Traffic Stop in South ...

BARNEGAT - New graduates face some challenges when it comes to entering the business world.  Putting a resume together equates to creating a calling card. This pertains to those with degrees at all levels. Meanwhile, those finishing trade schools or certificate programs will also benefit from these critical resume tips.

In years past, most resumes began with the applicant’s ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ - Rabbi Elliott Tepperman of Bnai Keshet in Montclair, has been named 2019 Rabbinic Human Rights Hero by T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights.

On May 22, Tepperman was given the award during a ceremony for leading his congregants and colleagues across faiths to fight for a variety of social justice causes, including LGBTQ rights, reduction of gun ...

Registration is open Day Camp/VBS at Christ Church! Camp is open to kids entering Kindergarten through 6th grade and runs from August 5-9 (Mon-Fri), 9am-3pm. It is only $110 for the entire week, which helps cover snacks, programming, and the Cross Roads camp staff. Scholarships are also available.

For one week every summer, Christ Church hosts a VBS (Vacation Bible School) program with the ...

EAST ORANGE, NJ - The City of East Orange mourns the death of arguably one of the most beloved pastors in the city, Bishop Limmie Forbes. Until his death, Bishop Forbes had the longest tenure as senior pastor of any Christian church in East Orange serving Faith Temple Free Will Baptist Church #1 for almost 60 years. 

In 1959, Pastor Forbes established Faith Temple No. 1 in East Orange and ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Dr. Carey A. Williams, Associate Extension Specialist in the Department of Animal Sciences at Rutgers University, and Associate Director of Extension at the Rutgers Equine Science Center, was awarded The American Feed Industry Association’s Award for Equine Nutrition Research.

The award is it is used to help stimulate excellence in equine nutrition research, ...

FAR HILLS, N.J. — U.S. Olympic veteran Will Coleman rode his longtime partner, Obos O'Reilly, to the win in the Advanced division of the MARS Essex Horse Trials at historic Moorland Farm. Coleman finished cross country with no jumping and 6.40 time penalties for a three-phase score of 42.10 penalties on his 16-year-old Irish Sport Horse.

"My horse is like an old shoe. He just ...

Servis-Trained Monongahela Wins Grade 3 Iselin Stakes

OCEANPORT, N.J. — A pair of horses that had been strangers to the winner’s circle the past two years dominated the two biggest stakes races on Monmouth Park’s bundled stakes program on June 22.

Hunter O’Riley, who hadn’t won since July of 2017, stormed home to take the Grade 1 United Nations Stakes by a neck ...

NEWARK, NJ - The city will be getting its first dog park and it will be located in Branch Brook Park after a community group pushed for space where their four-legged friends could run unleashed.

"We are happy to work with the Forest Hills Neighborhood Association, which came to us with the idea for a dog park in Branch Brook,” said Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo.

PARKLAND, FL- The tragedy at Stoneman Douglas in February of 2018 affected people near and far. As the greater Parkland community continues to heal, one the most helpful groups in the healing process are being recognized this year in a more formal way.

The 14 therapy dogs that were brought onto campus following the shooting have their own yearbook page in the 2019 MSD High School Yearbook. The ...

BLOOMFIELD, NJ -- The Bloomfield Animal Shelter and Animal Control Division have obtained a new state-of-the-art vehicle for responding to calls. Using general funds from the Division of Public Safety’s budget, the department purchased a brand new 2019 Ford F250 pickup truck with a Custom Fiberglass C-100 Animal Transport Unit, which is the most in-demand by animal care professionals for ...

SPRINGFIELD, NJ - Th second day of battle dawned bright and clear if a little humid. But for the American re-enactors, who drove the 'British soldiers' back across the river the weather was just right.

Yesterday's re-enactment, which picked up where the first day left off, was the finish to the Battle of Springfield re-enactment, held to celebrate the 225th anniversary of the ...

NEW JERSEY - As the school year winds down, many folks will be heading down the shore to enjoy the 130 miles of coastline from Sandy Hook to Cape May. Since Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer on the Jersey Shore, has passed a large majority have already started the weekend ritual of finding a spot on the sand to savor. Of course, once Memorial Day weekend hits, the dreaded beach badge ...

SPRINGFIELD, NJ - Saturday afternoon, cannons roared and muskets cracked at Meisel Field.

However, despite the noise, no foreign forces were waging war in town. The event was a reenactment of the Battle of Springfield, a pivotal turning point in the Revolutionary War that took place locally in 1780.

This is not the first reenactment to be held in town. A previous event was held in 2005 ...

PARAMUS, NJ – A family-friendly food truck festival will roll into town on Sunday at Garden State Plaza offering an afternoon of live music, children's activities,  and, of course, great eats.

The Paramus Food Truck Festival will run from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Nordstrom parking lot of Garden State Plaza. Admission is $5, and children under age 10 will be admitted for ...

WASHINGTON – Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. is calling for transparency during the investigations into the deaths of nine American tourists.

In a letter to the Department of State and FBI, Pallone requested that bereaving families receive timely updates during the ongoing investigation and for the Department of State to reassess the Travel Advisory for the Dominican Republic so that ...

LONG BEACH ISLAND -  It is the second weekend in June, the weather report is rather good. Below is a lislt of the entertainment on LBI this weekend.  Don't forget to check out the Stafford Township Founders Day Parade at 10 a.m. with activities all throughout the day at Doc Cramer Park culminating with fireworks at dusk. 

The Tide Table Group of Restaurants is our Presenting ...

LONG BEACH ISLAND - It is Memorial Day weekend!  The official kickoff to the 2019 summer season.

The Tide Table Group of Restaurants is our Presenting Sponsor for our 2019 summer entertainment guide. 

Old Causeway Steak and Oyster House: 1201 E. Bay Avenue in Manahawkin

Friday 10 p.m:   Rock Lobsters
Saturday 10 p.m:   Sneak Attack
Sunday 10 p.m. The ...

BELMAR, NJ — Belmar hosted Monmouth County’s official opening of this year’s tourism season yesterday with a gathering of county and local officials at Taylor Pavilion.

And if the breezy and balmy weather is a harbinger of what’s ahead for the summer, the county is in store for quite a beauty of a tourism season — and Belmar is hoping to be at the top of the ...

MORRISTOWN, NJ - Two Morristown residents took home prizes in this year's Bike to Work Challenge. Christopher Buck was the Miles Master Winner riding 840 miles and Marshall Keener was a Resolute Ride Winner with 44 trips. Buck and Keener, along with 98 commuters traded in their cars for pedals as part of the TransOptions' annual Bike to Work Challenge.

During the month ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Most fishing communities from North Carolina to Maine are projected to face declining fishing options unless they adapt to climate change by catching different species or fishing in different areas, according to a Rutgers study in the journal Nature Climate Change.

Some Maine fishing communities are at greatest risk of losing their current fishing options, according to ...

NEWS BRUNSWICK, NJ - Warming waters in the western tropical Pacific Ocean have significantly increased thunderstorms and rainfall, which may affect the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and global sea-level rise, according to a Rutgers University–New Brunswick study.

Since the mid-1990s, West Antarctica – a massive ice sheet that sits on land – has been ...

Montclair, NJ, [June 18, 2019] -- The Transitional Care Unit (TCU) at Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center, a post-acute skilled nursing facility located on the sixth floor of the hospital, received the highest ranking (Five Stars) by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The Five-Star Quality Rating System is based on three categories including Health ...

Parent's Choice Advantage Infant Formula Milk-Based Powder with Iron has been voluntarily recalled by Perrigo Company. The infant forumula, sold exclusively at Walmart, is being recalled due to the potential presence of metal foreign matter, said the company in announcement.

According to the announcement, the affected containers have a Lot Code of C26EVFV with a "use by" ...

MORRISTOWN, NJ - Michael Gallardo and Marie Margaritondo of Westfield, New Jersey, had an intimate wedding planned weeks before the birth of their first son. But baby Michael Preston, had other ideas.

After her water broke three weeks early, Marie was rushed to Morristown Medical Center in Morristown. Not wanting to list Michael as “fiancé” on the baby’s birth ...

NEWARK, NJ - Mayor Ras Baraka and the NJ Urban Mayors Association released a joint statement Friday slamming a purported mass deportation sting as "racist, bigoted and inhumane."

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid is expected to begin in the early morning hours Sunday, the Washington Post reported two unidentified sources as saying. President Donald Trump earlier this ...

ROBBINSVILLE, NJ --  Before an emotional crowd of family, classmates, and elected leaders, Governor Phil Murphy signed "Sami's Law" on Thursday.

The new law is named after Samantha Josephson, a Robbinsville resident who was brutally murdered in March while attending college in South Carolina, allegedly by an individual she mistook as a driver for a ...

NEWARK, NJ - The first phase of a park that was supposed to be built to coincide with the opening of Prudential Center in 2007 has finally been completed to much fanfare.

MORE: Newark unveils $100 million investment near Prudential Center

Mulberry Commons, formerly known as Triangle Park, was ushered in today by city officials and developers. The city spent about $10 million ...

NEWARK, NJ - The future of a grassroots art gallery that rents space at Market and Washington streets is unclear as a prominent developer plans to demolish the building for a 14-story mixed-use project.

The city planning board on Tuesday unanimously approved the 226 residential unit project by RBH Group, the same developer of Teachers Village. Index Art Center has been subleasing the space at ...

NEWARK, NJ - The once-vacant Second Presbyterian Church on the corner of James and Washington streets is now home to 400 Audible technologists and designers.

Preserved stained glass windows now serve as the backdrop for the audiobook giant’s employees, who also get to enjoy amenities like a refurbished bowling alley and cafe. The new office space sits about one block from the ...

CLIFTON, NJ - The efforts of The Palestinian American Community Center’s (PACC) Civic Engagement Team to engage more Arabic speakers in the voting process for the upcoming 2019 state elections and 2020 Presidential election took a big step forward on May 29 when it was announced that New Jersey’s voter registration forms became available in their native language for the first ...

You’ve grabbed your water bottle, sunscreen and hat for a hike in the park or some gardening. Add a bit of tick protection to your must-have items when you head out the door for an adventure, to garden or play.

Continue enjoying the outdoors by enlisting a variety of strategies to limit your risk of exposure to ticks and the disease pathogens they transmit. Here are just a few of the ...

Add a bit of cool flavor to your beverages and meals this summer with homegrown mint.  Try using peppermint leaves in fruit cocktails and ice cream.  Add spearmint to your tea or use the leaves to season lamb and jelly. Or try chocolate mint for a unique sweet and refreshing flavor in desserts and drinks.

This vigorous plant is easy to grow and suited to container ...

Proper watering is key to gardening success, but untangling and dragging heavy hoses across the yard, smashing delicate flowers and young vegetable plants along the way is a common occurrence in many yards. If this describes your escapades when watering garden beds and planters, it may be time to look for some time-saving solutions that reduce the hassle of hand watering.

Protect edging ...