CLARK, NJ — Traffic was snarled on Raritan Road on Wednesday evening around 8:00 p.m. due to a multi-vehicle accident according to Captain Ryan Might of the Clark Fire Department.

Firefighters were on the scene with police and the Clark Volunteer Emergency Squad to assist with vehicle evacuation, medical care, traffic control and clean up.

One person was sent to the hospital with ...

CLARK, NJ - Books and laptops closed on the first week of school Friday.   This year, some families chose in-person classes, others only remote learning or homeschooling and the rest are participating in various forms of hybrid learning.   No matter the method, school is back in session and children are back to their most important job, learning.

The school ...

CLARK, NJ - Whether your child's back-to-school experience this week was full-remote, hybrid or some other model designed for education in a new world, TAPinto Clark wants to see your photos.  Public school, private school, preschool or homeschool, let's see those kids headed into their new school year.

So share those first-day, schooling-at-home or students together for the first ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD -- Baseball marked an important milestone on Sept. 1, when the game celebrated the Pittsburgh Pirates team fielded by manager Danny Murtaugh 49 years ago; it was the first ever team of all Black players to start a Major League game. The lineup included Hall of Famers Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell and Dock Ellis, one of the game's more ...

The Gateway Family YMCA and Shaping Eastern Union County will join local groups across the country to celebrate the 19th Annual National Women’s Health & Fitness Day on September 30th 2020. As a virtual host site, The Gateway Family YMCA will provide complimentary guest access to YMCA Virtual Group Exercise and Chronic Disease Programs, with additional information and resources ...

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 ...

TRENTON, NJ -- NJ Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli today, during the governor's COVID-19 press briefing, warned of a possible “twin-demic” this year during flu season and urged New Jerseyans to get their flu shots.  

“As we enter the fall season, we are also moving into the flu season. This year we are preparing for the possibility of a twin-demic,” ...

TRENTON, NJ – Sue Fulton read a recent tweet from a man who had arrived at his local Motor Vehicle Commission agency site and, in short time, gleefully walked away with his new license plates.

Even Fulton, the head of the much-maligned and often-mocked state department, had to admit that such words of praise are few and far between these days.

Amid a storm of complaints of long lines ...

CLARK, NJ - The Stars and Stripes will fly again over New Jersey’s roadways. After public outcry over the removal of the flags, Governor Phil Murphy said on Tuesday that the American flags will remain displayed.

Before Murphy’s edict this week, flags and other local banners had been removed from Clark’s Garden State Parkway overpasses under the jurisdiction of ...

CLARK, NJ - The vacant lot at the intersection of Brandt and Westfield Avenues is about to get a facelift.  The area, which has been surrounded by a temporary chain-linked fence for years, saw heavy equipment razing buildings on Monday.

The work is the first step needed to begin construction of a CVS pharmacy.  Approval to build was given by the Clark Planning Board in late ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – DiFrancesco Enterprises, LLC, a South Plainfield-based ATM & Credit Card Merchant Services provider, has added the Swipe4Free cash discount and surcharging platform to its available client inventory. 

Merchants who switch to Swipe4Free will incur no monthly processing fees and, as a result, can save thousands in unnecessary costs and ...

HILLSIDE, NJ - Nicholas Vicidomini, a young boy with autism, has been named an honorary fireman with the Hillside Fire Department.  Vicidomini was recently asked to leave Christ the King Church in Hillside because he was playing and making noise.

Upon hearing the story, Hillside Councilman George Cook said he felt bad for the family and soon realized he worked with someone ...

CLARK, NJ - Looking to get rid of some of those unwanted items?  Can't decide what to do with all the stuff you have after decluttering those closets, basements and attics?

Mayor Bonaccorso is inviting the community to participate in a town-wide yard/garage sale.   He said residents can host a sale at their private residence on Saturday, October 17 and/or Sunday, ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Scotch Plains is mourning local legend Malcolm E. Nettingham, a member of World War II's famed Tuskegee Airmen, who died on Monday evening just a few days before his 102nd birthday. He lived in town for almost a century and in 2014 was chosen to be the grand marshal of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Memorial Day Parade. 

Mr. Nettingham was born in New ...

CLARK, NJ – The Clark community gathered at the James A. Nelson Memorial Park on Friday morning to pay tribute to those lost in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.  The park was named for a former Clark resident, and Port Authority Police Officer who died in the attack.

The attendees of the memorial service included police, firefighters, emergency service workers, township ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- While the real “Boss,” has not played any live shows this year, fans of his music will be able to enjoy the next base thing, as the B Street Band will preform live on Sunday, Sept. 20, at the Union County Vocational Technical Schools (1776 Raritan Road, Scotch Plains). Ray Andersen and Friends will open the show, which is scheduled to start at 7:30 ...

All your hard work is paying off with a bountiful harvest. Fresh produce is filling your garden, countertops, and refrigerator while the garden keeps producing more. Preserve some of your harvest to enjoy throughout the winter with some tried-and-true or updated variation of food preservation techniques.

Hanging bundles of herbs to dry is a long-time practice that works. Harvest herbs in the ...

Long-term slowdown in land development could be derailed by exodus to suburbs

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New data confirms that New Jersey has recently been using a lot less land for new development than it did 20 ...

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 ...

CLARK, NJ -  Those seeking to vote in-person this November have two choices and neither involves using an actual voting machine unless they are handicapped according to Clark Township Clerk Edie Merkel. 

Merkel said very limited polling locations will be open this year. When voters arrive, they will be given the opportunity to turn in their mail-in-ballot to a poll ...

As each New Jersey summer comes to a close, one sure thing that takes away the sting from saying goodbye to hot, sunshine-filled days is attending a San Gennaro Festival. This celebration, lasting 11 days in Manhattan and with smaller-scaled celebrations in our state, is a food-fest of Italian flavor. Peppers and sausage and zeppolis reign supreme with their tempting aromas in the ...

NEW JERSEY — It’s seven in the morning and Jimmy Greberis is in his element.

Between taking phone orders and watching over the sizzling grill, the owner of the Summit Diner prepares for the breakfast rush, a familiar routine in his decades in the diner business. But for the first Sunday in nearly half a year, he’s allowing customers back inside to sit at the vinyl stools ...

NEW JERSEY — Friday is the first day since mid-March that restaurants in the Garden State can allow diners inside. And while some businesses have been reeling from a lack of sales during that time, pizzeria owners say they’ve had nothing but demand.

That’s not to say the business has been without challenges.

The first two weeks after March 15, “I was so busy I ...

TRENTON, NJ -- Gov. Phil Murphy this week signed legislation (A1906) that would amend current law to include false incrimination and filing a false police report as a form of bias intimidation. The bill also establishes crime of false 9-1-1 call with purpose to intimidate or harass based on race or other protected class. 

“Using the threat of a 9-1-1 call or police report as an ...