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 compelling read. Crisp in its telling of the tragic murder of Clarkson University sophomore, Katy Hawelka, the book focuses largely on the struggle of the ...

"Today, we were notified that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is going to file an administrative complaint and has authorized a suit in federal court to block our proposed transaction that would have enabled us to build the first premier academic medical center in New Jersey to increase services and provide better access to such care for New Jersey residents.  We are incredibly disappointed by these FTC actions against our proposed transaction, which has received full approval from New Jersey’s Attorney General ...

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. Through the thin batten board wall separating their rooms, Hardin yelled angrily to wake Cougar. When Cougar failed to respond, John Wesley Hardin ...

*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!

TRENTON – Bring em’ on. The more gun restrictions in New Jersey, the better. And that’s why we should also welcome seven new gun laws the governor signed yesterday. Let’s now celebrate that people must actually learn how to fire a gun before getting a gun permit. New Jersey is also banning 50 caliber weapons, making it easier to sue gun manufacturers and dealers, forcing newcomers to register their weapons, mandating micro-stamping technology, limiting handgun ammunition and cracking down even further on ...

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 Von Arnim, is set in 1922.  Lotty Wilton (Monette Magrath) is restless and depressed with yet another rainy February in England. She sees ...

Hello, TAPinto reader and Looking Forward listener! Today on Looking Forward, we’re going to focus on the world of engineering.  We’ll discover how engineers are working together to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges. We’ll also learn about the future of engineering, the many OPPORTUNITIES this field will offer, and how you, as a consumer, can support the work of engineers. To help us, we’ve brought on a highly credentialed and credible expert on this topic. He’s ...

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 billion budget for the next fiscal year starting July 1.  That will come to a brutish end very quickly, and a very politically precarious 17-month ...

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 Ownership Opportunities Webinar and discussing the profitable and fulfilling experience of being a TAPinto owner/publisher with the ...

Welcome to Walk In Sunshine. We are so honored and humbled to be a resource that continues to see hundreds of unique visitors each month to our website. Founded in Westfield in 2018, Walk In Sunshine is a best-in-class website for grieving parents to find the resources they need, while providing financial assistance to local NJ families who have suffered the most devastating of losses. The new design features an easy-to-use platform for New Jersey families who have lost a young child to apply for financial assistance, as well as an ...