TOP LOCAL News
By KATHERINE WYDNER AND STEVE ALBERT, BIRDING EAST BRUNSWICK
January 21, 2025
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - On Saturday, January 18, East Brunswick held its annual Winter Birding Day under “relatively” mild winter conditions. It was a great day with about a dozen birders collectively seeing a record 59 species for the winter count around East Brunswick. Highlights included American ...
MILLTOWN, NJ - The Milltown Police Department is investigating another burglary on Colombia Avenue. This attempted robbery occurred in the early morning hours on Tuesday, January 21, while the homeowner was upstairs asleep. The first residential burglary, also on Colombia Avenue, took place last ...
NEWARK - Chants of “a people united will never be defeated,” “dare to struggle, dare to win,” and “MLK, live like him” echoed down Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard during the MLK March of Resistance on Saturday, Jan. 18.Standing before the Martin Luther King statue, under the engraving ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Attention East Brunswick residents with young children! Children who will be five years of age on or before October 31, 2025, are eligible for the East Brunswick Public School full-day Kindergarten Program for the 2025-2026 school year, according to a message from the East ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Irwin School will have a delayed opening this morning, Tuesday, January 21. Here is the message from the East Brunswick Public Schools:"Good Morning East Brunswick Community,This is Victor Valeski, Superintendent of Schools. This morning we have a power outage at Irwin ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Borough of South Plainfield has officially designated TAPinto as its online news source for a ninth consecutive year, something that officials in Carteret and Woodbridge may also consider. South Plainfield's council adopted a Jan. 6 resolution to designate TAPinto as its ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — NJ Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin and Assemblywoman Yvonne M. Lopez are running for re-election in 2025 to their 19th Legislative District seats with one Democrat challenger, so far. The duo announced their re-election bid in a Jan. 17 prepared statement.Coughlin, 66, lives in ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - A packed congregation brought praise and worship to life Wednesday night as A Better Life Ministry hosted a special church service to remember, celebrate, and, most importantly, renew, the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reverend Daryl M Griffin, Sr. of Monumental ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - A local firefighter and chef is ready to give to those fighting the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles. Retired Green Knoll firefighter Jeffrey Holtz, owner of Bridgewater-based catering company Chef Jeff, is heading to Los Angeles Saturday to cook meals for firefighters and ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - A high school wrestling match featuring two of the Greater Middlesex Conference’s top teams will celebrate the life of Marisa Tufaro and raise money for the foundation bearing her name. Donations collected at the door during Wednesday’s eighth annual Marisa Tufaro Memorial ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Animal rights activists from Avenel walked away disappointed with a recent Township Council meeting, learning local officials may soon renew the SeaQuest indoor aquarium’s municipal business permit. Town officials also did not address a proposed ordinance from activists who hope to ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ -- East Brunswick built an 18-point lead by halftime and went on to an 83-60 boys basketball victory over South Brunswick on Saturday.Junior guard Matt Mikulka scored 28 points and handed out four assists for East Brunswick.South Brunswick (2-12) trailed, 11-7, before East ...
NEW JERSEY – The amount of acute respiratory illness causing people to seek healthcare across the country is at a high level. COVID-19 activity has increased in most areas and seasonal influenza activity remains elevated across the nation. RSV activity is very high in many areas, particularly in ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Meals on Wheels in Greater New Brunswick has been delivering hot food planned by a registered dietitian each weekday since 1973. On weekends, it has been able to arrange for relatives and neighbors to step up and prepare meals for a few seniors who have needed a helping hand.
CAMDEN, NJ – If people are illegally dumping on the streets of Camden, they may hear a voice from above warning you to stop. The admonition won't come from the heavens, but from high on a light pole as part of the city's participation in a New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection program ...
WAYNE, NJ – A North Jersey Water Commission water main somehow cracked open under Demarest Drive in Wayne Township, NJ on Thursday evening and began to eat away at the foundation of the road until a tractor trailer rolled over it and crashed through. Police responded and put up barricades on both ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ —The East Brunswick Public Library and the East Brunswick Sustainability Task Force want you to keep usable items out of landfills. They are holding their first ever Repair Café at the library (2 Jean Walling Civic Center Drive) on Sunday, January 26 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. A ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – In a much lower-scoring rematch of their December meeting, Woodridge avenged a loss to East Brunswick by beating the Bears, 47-44, in boys basketball on Thursday night.When they met in Woodbridge in December, East Brunswick prevailed, 65-61. Bryan Anderson led Woodbridge (7-5) ...
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ - Sebastian Whyte scored a hat trick to help the Chargers-Bears-Rams ice hockey team defeat South Brunswick High School 7-2 on Wednesday at the ProSkate Ice Arena. The victory was CBR's third in a row. South Brunswick's Issaq Shakir-Trush started off the scoring with a ...
EDISON, NJ – Residents of all ages are invited to join the Edison Public Library as they celebrate Lunar New Year. Lunar New Year is celebrated in many east Asian countries, including China, Korea, and Vietnam, with the 12 honored animals rotating on a fixed Chinese Zodiac cycle. 2025 marks the ...
MILLTOWN, NJ - The Milltown Police Department is currently investigating a residential burglary that occurred on Colombia Avenue on Thursday, January 16 at around 4 a.m. Homeowners were asleep in the house at the time of the break-in, according to a press release by the Milltown Police ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Judge Esther Salas, who led the charge to safeguard judges’ personal information following a 2020 home attack that resulted in the death of her son, is among the new class of Rutgers University Hall of Distinguished Alumni. Salas, the first Hispanic woman appointed to the ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ - A new exhibit at the Middlesex County Museum, the historic Cornelius Low House in Piscataway, pays tribute to this enduring legacy with a dynamic showcase of the county's athletic history. The exhibit, which is now open to the public, highlights Middlesex County's storied ...
NEW JERSEY — The Garden State’s cannabis industry has become a billion-dollar-a-year business, according to the NJ Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJCRC), saying it has generated over $2 billion in revenue since its April 2022 inception. State officials announced that New Jersey’s legal marijuana ...
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ - The Chargers-Bears-Rams hockey team took to the ice at the ProSkate Arena on Tuesday against the Edison-JP Stevens High School co-op. CBR won its second game in a row, defeating Edison-JP Stevens 10-5. Marcello Ferrari and Daniel Novoselov both scored hat tricks for ...
COLONIA, NJ – East Brunswick opened a 13-point lead after a quarter and went to a 50-26 girls basketball victory over Colonia on Tuesday.Ava Catanho scored 24 points and grabbed five rebounds for East Brunswick (5-6), which took a 22-9 lead after one quarter.Makenna Gay finished with 11 points and ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Wenjun You, visiting from central China, speaks just enough English to say that her English isn’t very good. Luckily, she speaks the international language of dance. Her balletic version of a traditional fan dance set to what sounded like a gently plucked guzheng was one of the ...
LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ – Save LBI, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the marine environment and coastal communities, announced on January 13, 2025, a lawsuit against several federal agencies and the Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind project. The suit alleges violations of multiple ...
CARTERET, NJ — A 34-year-old woman from the Avenel section of Woodbridge was killed on Saturday night in a two-car accident here, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Police Chief Theodore Nycz said in a prepared statement.Authorities said the woman, Cristina Flores, was pronounced dead ...
CARTERET, NJ — The borough has won a new $2.38 million competitive grant from the NJ Department of Transportation (NJDOT) to help pay for major improvements along Carteret Avenue from Carteret Park to Locust Street, Carteret Mayor Daniel J. Reiman announced. The new grant, from the state Local ...