By WARDLAW+HARTRIDGE SCHOOL
EDISON, NJ-- On Feb. 25, the College Counseling team at The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison held a webinar hosted by Dr. Dulcie Head, Director at Compass Education Group, on Navigating College Admission Tests. The aim of the program was to answer some of the questions surrounding standardized tests – how much they matter, whether they matter, and what the future is likely to hold ...
By WARDLAW+HARTRIDGE SCHOOL
EDISON, NJ-- The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison wrapped up its celebration of Black History Month with more events and activities in all three divisions last week.
The Upper School embraced its weekly theme of Hip Hop, Comedy, Dance and Art with guest speakers and student presentations. They culminated the week with a group poem recited by members of the Spoken Word Club. The 13-minute ...
By WARDLAW+HARTRIDGE SCHOOL
EDISON, NJ-- Middle School swimmers at The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison set two school records last week.
Phoebe Kaplan of Scotch Plains set a new school record in the 50-yard breaststroke with a sizzling time of 36.70 seconds. Phoebe also joined Tom O’Connor of South Planfield, Coco Lee of Edison and Sammy Faust of Westfield to establish a new standard in the 100-yard ...
By WARDLAW+HARTRIDGE SCHOOL
EDISON, NJ-- Ariana Di Landro of Elizabeth, a senior at The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison, was more than proud to represent her school at the National Girls and Women in Sports Day. The honor made Ariana reflect on her own achievements and what the school has meant to her in the past four years.
This year’s event was not held in person on the Seton Hall University campus as in past ...
By WARDLAW+HARTRIDGE SCHOOL
EDISON, NJ-- Nadia Valcourt of South Plainfield and Mehkai Huey of Piscataway, athletes at The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison, have been named to this year’s Greater Middlesex County Student-Athlete Advisory Committee basketball teams. Both Rams leaders were honored in February for their contributions to their teams in early season games.
Nadia has brought senior leadership and ...
By WARDLAW+HARTRIDGE SCHOOL
EDISON, NJ-- To celebrate the beginning of the Lunar New Year, students in Miss Ellen Colandrea’s second grade class were treated to a special presentation via Zoom by Ms. Lang Li of Edison, mom of Austin Li ’31. Everyone had fun watching a video about the origins of the Chinese Zodiac, learning to write “Happy Year of the Ox” in Mandarin, and creating beautiful ...
By COUNTY OF UNION
The Union County Board of Commissioners encourages Union County residents to help keep County parks free of litter, by reducing their use of single-use plastic bags and other disposable plastic items.
“Spring is in sight and visitors will be returning to the County parks and we are asking everyone to pitch in and help preserve the environment in our green spaces. Plastic bags and ...
By COUNTY OF UNION
The Union County Board of County Commissioners urges residents to download the Recycle Coach App to get reminded of their curbside recycling schedule, learn about upcoming county recycling events, get advised of any changes or interruptions to service and learn the best ways to recycle. The free app is designed to help make recycling and solid waste information more accessible to County ...
By ROBERT RAMIREZ
March 2, 2021CRANFORD - Superintendent of Cranford Public Schools Dr. Scott Rubin announced on Monday that the goal of the District is to fully reopen in September.
According to his announcement, the District is planning for all students to have the opportunity to safely attend school in-person, full-time, every day starting in September.
"We have not yet received information ...
By UNION COUNTY OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
March 7, 2021The Union County Board of Elections reminds voters who plan to change their party affiliation that they must do so by April 14, in order to participate in their new party’s Gubernatorial Primary Election on June 8.
“Voters often do not realize that the deadline to change their affiliation is set long before Primary Day,” said Board of Elections Administrator Nicole DiRado.
By ANDREA CROWLEY-HUGHES
March 6, 2021ELIZABETH, NJ — A contractor’s lawsuit claiming Union County violated state bidding laws is not stopping plans for a new government complex on the site of the county’s motor vehicle services division in Elizabeth from moving forward.
After a hearing on Tuesday, Superior Court Judge Thomas J. Walsh denied temporary restraints on the project requested by the Wayne-based Dobco ...
ELIZABETH, NJ — Two women — an assistant prosecutor and a victim witness coordinator with the Union County Prosecutor’s Office — claim in lawsuits that the county’s top law enforcement official discriminated and retaliated against them, each for different reasons.
Attorney Juan C. Fernandez, who represents Susan Gleason and Maria Reynolds-Jerussi, said his clients ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Jordan Mirrione is strong — world record-breaking strong.
There was cause for celebration when the Westfield High School freshman broke his father’s record for the most jump squats in one minute, 87, on Sunday in Manhattan. His dad’s record stood for a mere seven months.
“I can’t describe the joy I have for breaking my dad's world ...
By DAVID B. LEVINE, MD
The tagline for the 1995 Tom Hanks movie Apollo 13 (slightly overrated, in my humble opinion) included the phrase, “Failure is not an option.” That may certainly have been true for the Apollo crew, as failure likely meant death. However, the phrase has sadly been used in situations that it should not, especially when it comes to parenting. I cannot tell you how many ...
By KAREN ZATORSKI
Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center and Overlook Medical Center have been named among the World’s Best Hospitals by Newsweek for the third consecutive year of the publication’s ranking. In addition, both Morristown and Overlook are ranked among the Best Hospitals for Infection Prevention in 2021.
The World’s Best Hospitals 2021 ranking is based on ...
By DR. BARBARA MINKOWITZ
As a pediatric orthopaedist, I regularly discuss bone health with my patients, expounding on the multitude of benefits of vitamin D supplementation. Vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, is a cheap, easily available nutrient that impacts bone quality and is known to boost immunity, which is especially relevant as we try to stay healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What is profoundly interesting is ...
By JACKIE LIEBERMAN
March 6, 2021For a quick and easy lunch or weeknight dinner, grilled cheese has it all — easy, cheesy, gooey comfort food at its finest. Press it in a sandwich press or indoor grill, toast it in a hot pan or pop it into the oven and it’s ready in minutes.
But don’t stop there. Level up your sandwich-making game with these tips for making the best grilled cheese ever:
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By ERICKA RIKER, TAPINTO.NET STAFF
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - The TAPinto Featured Franchisees for March 2021 are Steve Lenox and Elizabeth Meyers from TAPinto Hamilton/Robbinsville.
Neither Lenox nor Meyers are new to the TAPinto community.
TAPinto Hamilton/Robbinsville was the third site Lenox launched, after previously opening TAPinto Paterson and TAPinto Bayonne. Lenox was awarded TAPinto’s 2021 Highest Honor ...
By MIKE SHAPIRO FOR EDITOR & PUBLISHER
There’s a famous saying that “All politics Is local.” As politics has become nationalized and even local candidates are now being forced to follow or defend the pronouncements of the national political parties, the adage is seemingly less accurate. Meanwhile, COVID-19 has caused the news industry to be turned on its head as all news is becoming local.
For instance, when ...
