TOP LOCAL News
By TAPINTO EAST BRUNSWICK
May 14, 2025
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY - The 259th Anniversary Commencement at Rutgers University–New Brunswick and Rutgers Health will occur on Sunday, May 18, at SHI Stadium. This ceremony features commencement speaker Peter Seligmann, a Rutgers alumnus and pioneering conservationist and global environmental leader ...
MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ — Netflix is officially ready to rock…and roll! Lights! Camera! Action! In its boldest production yet in New Jersey, Netflix is set to break ground on a massive $903 million film and television studio at the historic Fort Monmouth military base, in Monmouth County. A private ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Atiba Page is a daughter, sister, auntie, caregiver and community leader. And, as a stage-four breast cancer survivor, she is also a reminder of the very reason the $1 billion, 12-story, 519,000-square-foot Jack and Sheryl Cancer Center was built.Page, who received a standing ...
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ – Robbinsville scored six goals in the second quarter and went on to a 16-8 girls lacrosse victory over East Brunswick on Tuesday.Lynsey Parrott and Lilly Solarczyk each had three goals and two assists for Robbinsville (9-9) and Morgan Gonser also connected for three goals in the ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Five East Brunswick High School students graduated from Middlesex College today.Yes, you read that right. Five EBHS students earned enough credit through the EBHS/MC COLLEGE PATHWAYS program to complete an associate's degree. That's two years of college under their belts ...
COVE CITY, NC - East Brunswick Girl Scout Troop 81608 spent their spring break in North Carolina working on rebuilding homes with the Coastal Carolina Disaster Resiliency Agency Members, Mahima Pai, Ramya Chandra, Nikita Shah, Rishita Ahad, Divya, Balaraman, and Aanya Shah, joined their leader, ...
Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka – who is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor – has been charged with federal trespassing after he was arrested on Friday during a chaotic scene involving protesters, members of Congress and federal agents outside Delaney Hall, the first new immigration ...
UNION, NJ - – 14 East Brunswick Bears continue to shine in their advanced educational programs.Kean University is proud to recognize 3,010 undergraduate students who earned a place on the Dean's List for the Fall 2024 semester, including the following local residents:Carlton Wright of East ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - After the third-graders at Frost School learned about non-profit organizations as part of their social studies lessons, they participated in a grassroots fundraiser to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey. “Students earned money by having adults sponsor ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ – Bella Stagliano pitched a three-hitter to lead East Brunswick to a 5-1 softball victory over Spotswood on Monday.Stagliano struck out 10 batters and walked five in seven innings.Makenna Gay singled in drove in two runs and Eva Munoz knocked in a run with a single. Munoz and Maria ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – Alexandra Badaway of North Brunswick will speak as class valedictorian at the 2025 Middlesex College Commencement Ceremony on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at the Jersey Mike’s Arena.“When I found out I was named valedictorian, I felt an overwhelming mix of pride, gratitude, and ...
Sharpe James, a controversial Democratic New Jersey politician who led Newark for 20 years as mayor, died today at 89 after a series of illnesses.James served as the city's 37th mayor from 1986 to 2006 after succeeding former Newark mayor Kenneth Gibson. He went on to fill the unexpired senatorial ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The East Brunswick Public Schools Arts Department is excited to announce the 5th Annual Outdoor Art Walk. The art installation will run from May 16th through June 16th at the Municipal Complex on Civic Center Drive. Student music compositions can also be accessed through QR ...
SOUTH RIVER, NJ - 8-year-old Logan Firestine of South River was honored as the Shining Knight of the Game, while leading the team onto the field and serving as an Honorary Captain in the annual Rutgers Football Scarlet-White Spring Game on Saturday, April 26th at SHI Stadium. A collaboration ...
Chatham, N.J. – On Saturday, May 3, 2025, Shreya Dutt, Tanvi Walia, and Yash Pathak of East Brunswick graduated from the Governor’s STEM Scholars, a year-long program of the Research & Development Council of New Jersey. They were among 111 high school and college students from all 21 counties ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Middlesex County invites residents to Celebrate the Arts Institute of Middlesex County’s FolkLIVE series featuring live performances by two A-list headliners and local talents!This event will take place RAIN OR SHINE on Saturday, June 28 from 2-6 pm in Monument Square Park in ...
Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka was released from the Homeland Security Investigations Newark office at about 8 p.m. Friday after he was arrested during a protest at Delaney Hall that afternoon. Baraka was arrested for trespassing, and Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba’s ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Crystal cake stands. Holly Christmas wreaths. Billy Joel CDs, 1980s designer jeans, plastic princess handwashing stations with pink faucets. As 9 AM dawned bright and windy on May 10, dozens of people rushed into the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, wielding Aldi shopping ...
NEWARK - The controversial $6 billion Newark Bay Bridge replacement has received a permit and “finding of no significant impact” from the U.S. Coast Guard, clearing the way for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to proceed with the construction of an extension between Interchanges 14 in Newark and ...
NEW BRUNSWICK - At the very top of Alex Geppert’s LinkedIn profile is a statement that reads like a challenge and a mission: “Technology is fast, and so am I.”It’s not a boast – it’s a fair summary of a young scholar who, at just 18, will graduate from Rutgers on May 18 with a double major in ...
NEW JERSEY — Gov. Phil Murphy cannot run for a third term and the field to replace him is wide open and crowded as 11 candidates vie for their party’s nominations in the June 10 primary election.That has left voters across the state with a number of questions on their minds, including some of the ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – East Brunswick advanced in the semifinal round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament with a 5-3 boys lacrosse victory over Monroe on Saturday.Matthew Kurczeski collected two goals and two assists for East Brunswick (6-7), which outscored Monroe, 3-1, in the third ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The Township of East Brunswick invites residents to its Freecycling event at the East Brunswick Community Center. The event will take place on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Freecycling Day is a community event for residents to exchange usable items. These items include ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The East Brunswick Community Sinfonia will host a Concert on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at 3 PM at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center. Enjoy a beautiful afternoon of music performed by talented community musicians from all over New Jersey for their third and final concert of ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ -- East Brunswick has drawn the fourth seed for the Greater Middlesex Conference baseball tournament, which gets underway with preliminary round games on Saturday.Woodbridge was awarded the top seed, and South Plainfield received the No. 2 seed.Woodbridge will host the winner of ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — The New Jersey Press Association (NJPA) has honored Middlesex College’s student newspaper, “Quo Vadis,” with 15 awards for outstanding writing, design, and social media.The college’s student news staff earned five first-place honors in the 2024–25 NJPA’s college newspapers ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - On May 4, East Brunswick Magnet School buzzed with excitement as they hosted the first East Brunswick Symphony Orchestra Star Wars Concert. The “May the 4th Be With Us” concert was a memorable event, bringing music lovers, the community, and the Star Wars fandom together.The ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – Bella Stagliano scattered five hits and East Brunswick wrapped up its White Division schedule with a 4-1 softball victory over Woodbridge on Wednesday.\Stagliano struck out four batters and walked none in seven innings for the Bears (15-1), who went 11-1 to finish first in the ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Sixteen of Middlesex County’s brightest high school and college students are now New Jersey Governor's STEM Scholar graduates, among a 2025 class comprised of 111 students from across the state.These students completed a yearlong immersive STEM experience, and graduated on ...
NEW JERSEY, - Growing a healthy lawn in a more sustainable manner is better for the environment and can also help reduce maintenance. As a major component of landscapes, they provide living surfaces for play areas and pathways while protecting the soil from erosion and slowing stormwater ...