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By TAPINTO EAST BRUNSWICK
August 5, 2024
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - You’re invited to virtually step inside one of the greatest international achievements with a behind-the-scenes guide to space exploration with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum curator Dr. Jennifer Levasseur. Revealing a new perspective into the world of space ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - “What is it?” “Look, a daddy longlegs!” “What kind of caterpillar is that?” “I see a moth!” The excited exclamations and questions of wide-eyed kids competed with chirping katydids on the wooded trails of Community Park on Saturday night as about 40 area residents of ...
MILLTOWN, NJ - P.J. Strahm is poised to launch his nonprofit, charitable gaming platform, RAFL, at the end of the month. RAFL is a fundraising platform, encouraging users to donate to charities of their choice by participating in games of chance. It's a project that has been in the works for ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - New Brunswick Ave. will be closed from Rues Ln. to Old Stage Rd. for roadwork until 4pm today, Friday, August 2. Police personnel are on the scene to control traffic and assist motorists, says the East Brunswick Police Department. Motorists are advised to follow the ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – A mid-afternoon fire broke out at the Avalon apartment community in Piscataway on Thursday, displacing residents in multiple units. No injuries were reported. While the official cause of the fire is under investigation, police at the scene described it as a mulch fire that ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - It's that wonderful time of year again - the Middlesex County Fair is coming to town. This time, focus on the farms and the farmers a bit - the gorgeous fresh foods and the animal visits under the loving - yet watchful eyes - of the 4-H youth. The County Fair runs from ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - A Camden man has been sentenced for a fatal hit-and-run in South Brunswick, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. Giovanni Gaines-Little, age 24, was sentenced to a total of 11 years in New Jersey State Prison and is subject to three years of parole upon ...
I want adventure in the great wide somewhere. I want it more than I can tell. And for once it might be grand To have someone understand. I want so much more than they've got planned. Belle in "Beauty and the Beast" EAST ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The FBI finally tracked down a Trinidadian man wanted for 15 years in connection with the 2009 gunpoint robbery of a Woodbridge steakhouse where $150,000 was stolen, and workers were menaced. FBI agents arrested 51-year-old suspect Kofi Edwards in Sacramento, Ca., where he was ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Official petitions to run for office have been filed through the Middlesex County Clerk's Office, and ten candidates stand ready to run for election to the East Brunswick Board of Education. Be reminded that candidates in East Brunswick do not run for the Board as ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The East Brunswick Police Department has advised residents to avoid the intersection of Fresh Ponds Road and Hardenburg Lane for milling and paving taking place today. Fresh Ponds will be closed from Dutch Road to Hardenburg Lane and from Church Lane to Hardenburg Lane.
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Weather conditions permitting, the Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission will be conducting mosquito control treatment (spraying via trucks) to control and reduce mosquitoes that can spread viruses (like West Nile Virus) and/or minimize nuisance mosquitoes to ...
MILLTOWN, NJ - The Milltown Parent Teacher Organization, in conjunction with the Milltown Historical Society, are hosting a Holiday Craft and Maker's Fair at the Joyce Kilmer School on Saturday, November 23 and Sunday, November 24. Organizers are looking for crafters, artists, makers, bakers, ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Olivia Ashmen, a recent graduate with honors from St. Bartholomew's and lead in the school musical, sang at the world famous Don't Tell Mama's in the Comeback Cabaret in NYC to a packed house on July 21. Ashmen was the youngest of 15 women and men to perform a song befitting ...
NATIONWIDE- BISSELL is recalling more than three million Steam Shot Handheld Steam Cleaners due to a burn hazard, announced the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. The recalled steam cleaners can expel hot water or steam onto users while heating or during use, posing a burn hazard, ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - As the Middlesex County Fair approaches, residents eagerly anticipate this annual tradition. However, it is important to highlight the history and origins, which date back long before the days of funnel cake and thrilling rides like “The Zipper”. The Middlesex County Fair ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Crossroads is at a crossroads. The Crossroads Theatre Company, which has been the pinnacle of Black theater for nearly half a century, has cast its eyes toward raising its profile, honoring its storied past and telling new stories in a world still reverberating in the wake of ...
CLARK, NJ — Sure, it's exciting to talk about how many New Jerseyans are currently competing in the Olympics. And, maybe, those of us who count Rutgers as our alma mater get similarly excited to hear that the university is represented in Paris by five former Scarlet Knights. But what if we told you ...
NEW JERSEY - The State of New Jersey was ranked as having the least at-risk youth in the nation in 2024, according to a study done by WalletHub. The personal finance website found that the youth in New Jersey were at the least risk, compared to all 50 states and the District of Columbia, of ...
WASHINGTON – The recall of Boar’s Head deli meats has been expanded to approximately 7 million pounds of deli meat and poultry products. The updated recall issued by Boar’s Head Provisions Co in Jarratt, VA, includes additional “ready to eat” meat and poultry products due to possible Listeria ...
Leer en español NEWARK — The memories of fallen firefighter captains Augusto “Augie” Acabou and Wayne “Bear” Brooks Jr. were fresh in the minds of family, colleagues and friends on Tuesday morning as the city dedicated two Ironbound firehouses in their honor. Family members pulled black ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — First, there was a loud “boom.” Then flames. That was how one neighbor, former councilman Mark LoGrippo, described the scene on Tudor Oval Monday, July 29, at about 10:15 p.m. “We were in the kitchen and all the sudden we heard a ‘boom,’” said LoGrippo, who lives two doors ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ -- With just a month to go before the opening night of the regular season, Andy Steinfeld found out just this week that he has been let go as East Brunswick's head coach.Steinfeld, who coached the Bears from 2019-2023, had retired as a physical education teacher in the district ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The Township of East Brunswick has posted the attached alert regarding garbage and recycling: "Please place solid waste and recycling carts/containers curbside the night prior to your collection day. Collection begins at 5 AM, Carts placed after 5 AM may not be collected ...
NEWARK, NJ – A Scotch Plains woman has been charged in connection with her role in embezzling more than $350,000 from a Union County synagogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Tuesday, July 23. Stacy Margaritondo, 51, is charged by complaint with one count of wire fraud. She ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - A rabid raccoon was found near Deans Lane in South Brunswick on Saturday, according to the township. The raccoon was retrieved by animal control and was reported to the New Jersey State Department of Health Laboratory. It was confirmed to have rabies on Wednesday. According ...
A bit of summer pruning goes a long way to keeping your raspberries healthy and productive. So, get out the mosquito netting, long sleeves, and pruners and get busy. The summer harvest is produced on 2-year-old canes called floricanes. Remove those that bore fruit to ground level once your ...
PERTH AMBOY - Growing up in Perth Amboy in the late 1950s, Brian Taylor has fond memories of walking two miles each day to play three-on-three basketball in Washington Park. At the time, things were a bit different. There were no full basketball courts. In fact, Taylor and his friends would ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Growing numbers of New Jersey senior citizens don't want to retire from their full, active lives. To prove that, more than a thousand hearty and skilled New Jerseyans – 50 and older – will come to Woodbridge in September to compete in the state’s 18th annual New Jersey Senior ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - On ThursdaY, July 25, 2024, at approximately 2:00 am, East Brunswick police officers responded to the intersection of Highway 18 North and South Woodland Avenue for the report of a motor vehicle crash involving an operator of an electric bicycle. The bicyclist, Rohit Sharma ...