East Brunswick News
By TAPINTO EAST BRUNSWICK
July 3, 2024
EAST BRUNSWICK'S JULY 4TH CELEBRATION! Thursday, July 4, 2024 - Doors Open @ 6 PM (Rain Date July 5) Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick Join us for East Brunswick’s July 4th Celebration & Fireworks! Featuring DJ Nick Devine, Children’s Entertainers, East Brunswick ...
Social media has become an integral part of daily life in the digital age, especially for the younger generation. Platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and Facebook provide endless content streams, encouraging connectivity and creativity, but they also present significant mental health ...
NEWARK — Plans to move a statue of a celebrated Italian-American figure from a neglected park have angered Ironbound residents, who turned out at a meeting Monday to voice their concerns about the proposal, which was discussed by City Council earlier this year. The statue of Roman Catholic St.
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Lenape Park, tucked into the southern elbow of East Brunswick's historic district off Old Bridge Turnpike on Millman Avenue, will be the home of a new playground for children with physical and neurodiverse challenges due to the quick-thinking and quick-acting EB Department of ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The state’s new record-setting $56.6 billion budget for FY2025 earned praise from N.J. Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin for its historic property tax relief and greater aid for schools and healthcare. Gov. Phil Murphy approved the state’s new $56.6 billion budget on Friday, ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - Criminals are getting smarter and wiser these days, especially those who troll social media posts for opportunities to rob a home, Mercer County Sheriff Jack Kemler said in a social media post recently. Kemler went on to advise residents to refrain from posting their ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Well, it looks like you just can't keep a good Bear down! East Brunswick High School graduates continue their academic achievement at colleges and universities around the nation. Here are some of our local academic heroes: Emma Perone graduated from Felician ...
PERTH AMBOY, NJ -- A Perth Amboy man has been charged with murdering his 80-year-old grandmother on June 30, according to an announcement from Perth Amboy police chief Lawrence Cattano and Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone on Monday, July 1. Authorities received a 911 call at ...
CARTERET, NJ — Money keeps rolling into Boro Hall for its ferry service to Manhattan. The latest is a $5.6 million grant that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded for construction of the 47,000 square-foot headquarters, the hub of Carteret’s forthcoming ferry service, Mayor Daniel ...
LONG BEACH ISLAND REGION - The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association have been fighting strong winds recently that have made fishing somewhat of a challenge. As the winds subside, and the water continues its upward rise in temperature, fishing will be productive. Fluke continue ...
EUGENE, Ore. -- Sam Mattis, a 2012 graduate of East Brunswick High School, finished second in the men’s discus at the U.S. Olympic Trials on Saturday. Mattis' throw of 216-9 was short of the Olympic standard (220-5), but he had entered the competition ranked 13th in the world, so he is ...
NEWARK, NJ — Their grandfather started by selling lemon ice with specks of real lemon and the frozen Italian desserts, spumoni and tortoni. That was 85 years ago, and Nasto’s Ice Cream Co. has since become an Ironbound institution, serving desserts from its shop at the corner of East Kinney and ...
MILLTOWN, NJ - The Milltown Fourth of July Committee starts planning the day-long festivities on July 4 not too long after the fireworks are over. On Saturday, Milltown Fourth of July Committee President David Potter and Vice-Presidents Neil Marotta and Russ Einbinder took a few seconds to snap a ...
MILLTOWN, NJ - Online registration ends for the in-person 5K and the one-mile Fun Run ends at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, July 2. The cost of the in-person 5K is $30 and the fee for the Fun Run is $10. Registration for the virtual 5K and Fun Run ends on Sunday, June 30. The cost of the virtual 5K is $25 ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - East Brunswick's Crystal Springs Water Park will now include a competition-sized pool as a result of a grant facilitated by District 18 Assemblyman Sterley Stanley. The office of Mayor Brad Cohen and the Township Council have announced that the 2025 NJ State Budget will ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ -- Lenore Cibelli-Lambert, 66, a 10-year resident of Sayreville, is the 2024 Ms. New Jersey Senior America at Harrah’s Resort and Casino in Atlantic City. She believed in her personal philosophy of being confident, and was overjoyed to win this year’s competition. “Women at our ...
MILLTOWN, NJ - Looking for something to do this weekend? East Brunswick native and Jersey rocker Bobby Mahoney is giving an acoustic performance at Revilla Grooves and Gear on Sunday at 2 p.m. Mahoney's album, Another Deadbeat Summer, is being released on Wicked Cool Records. Wicked Cool Records is ...
CAMDEN – A bit of Camden’s history is up for sale, but the boarded-up house will need serious attention and rehab investment. The property at 1500 Baird Boulevard once owned by the late Jersey Joe Walcott, the 1951 heavyweight boxing champion of the world, can be yours for $225,000, according to ...
TRENTON, NJ - The path to returning Groundhog Day to Milltown took another positive step this week. Milltown Wranglers Russell Einbinder and John McNamara testified before New Jersey's State Assembly Regulated Professions Committee on Monday. Einbinder and McNamara spoke before the committee about ...
CARTERET, NJ — A tractor-trailer swerved off Industrial Highway on Wednesday, plowing into the back of two Chrome Avenue homes, according to borough fire and police sources, and multiple media reports. The 18-wheeler Porky Products delivery truck veered off Industrial Highway – also called ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ -- Four members of the East Brunswick boys tennis team, and one from South Brunswick, were named to the All-Greater Middlesex Conference team for Spring 2024. Nithin Sankar of South Brunswick is the All-GMC first singles representative. Andrew Cui of East Brunswick is the ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The East Brunswick Township Council met on Monday, June 24 as the summer began by addressing some managerial concerns, recent successes of township programs, infrastructure updating, and the ongoing problem of feral cats affecting the community. Some items addressed at the ...
BURLINGTON COUNTY, NJ — Members of the Burlington County community are rallying to support the family of Michael Jeffrey Stewart who tragically died on Monday at Liberty Lake Day Camp in Mansfield. The six-year-old boy was found unresponsive in a pool on the first day of summer camp. As a ...
TRENTON, NJ — Gas-powered leaf-blowers are noisy; their fumes are smelly, and some New Jersey towns have already banned their use. Now, state Sen. Bob Smith (D–17th Dist.), a veteran Piscataway lawmaker, is sponsoring a measure that gives New Jersey landscape contractors up to two years to phase ...
No matter the weather, weeds seem to thrive and reproduce, and if left unchecked, they can overwhelm the garden and gardener. These unwanted plants find their way into your garden as seeds, roots, rhizomes, or whole plants. Seeds can be carried in by the wind, birds, and other animals, or on the ...
NEW JERSEY - Tourist season in New Jersey brings life to our beaches. The Parkway becomes an automotive chess game with license plates reflecting exotic, far-off places like Michigan, Ohio, and Montreal. Most importantly, the season brings important dollars and employment to half a million New ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Sydney McLaughlin begins her quest to make her third U.S. Olympic Team on Thursday, June 27, in the 400 hurdles at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Sydney is the world record holder (50.68) and defending Olympic champion (51.46) in the event. McLaughlin, who grew up in Dunellen and ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Join the East Brunswick Public Library for a discussion of Blood and Ink: The Hall-Mills Murder 100 Years Later with author Joe Pompeo at 2:00 pm on Saturday, June 29 as the EBPL begins its summer reading program with a tale of local intrigue. One hundred years ago on the ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ—Summer has begun and East Brunswick Public Library (2 Jean Walling Civic Center Drive) invites you to a special day of programs to kick off summer reading on Saturday, June 29! Saturday's main event is an author talk with Joe Pompeo, who wrote Blood & Ink: The ...
WAYNE, NJ – The 17-year-old from Wayne, New Jersey stood, warming up, just meters from one of her idols, Reagan Smith, the 2019 world champion and former American record holder in this event they were about to race in, the 200-meter backstroke at the US Olympic Time Trials. “It was so surreal,” ...