By TAPINTO EAST BRUNSWICK
May 4, 2021MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – Middlesex County’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program (MCERAP) will begin accepting applications for financial aid from renter households that are behind on rent and/or utility payments as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Renter households in need of assistance may submit their application and required documentation via the MCERAP online application ...
By WARDLAW+HARTRIDGE SCHOOL
EDISON, NJ-- The undefeated girls’ golf team at The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison captured the Central Jersey sectional championship in dominant fashion on May 10. Freshman Sarah Shao of Green Brook shot an impressive 4-under-par round of 67 to capture the individual title and lead the Rams, who advanced to next week’s Tournament of Champions.
W+H won the team title by 45 ...
By WARDLAW+HARTRIDGE SCHOOL
EDISON, NJ-- April is National Poetry month, and throughout the month second grade students at The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison read, studied and wrote various poems. Typically, the second graders hold a “Poetry Cafe” where they perform in front of a live audience of family members. However, due to COVID restrictions this year, the students took their performance to ...
By SHARON KELLY, LCSW, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICIAN, ATLANTIC HEALTH SYSTEM
We have all been adjusting to the reality that COVID is an infectious disease, but we now know that it is also a profound chronic stressor with serious implications for mental health. These stressors are impacting mental health for all of us, but women, and especially women of color, have been hit the hardest.
Recent studies have shown that one in ten women have had to quit a job due to a ...
By MICHAEL SHAPIRO, FOR EDITOR & PUBLISHER
Like it or not, the idea that “all politics is local'' is no longer reality. Instead, local government has been poisoned by the toxic political environment once confined at the state and federal levels.
Local reporters used to be shielded from the national political discourse, in part because municipal elections typically don’t include Rs or Ds next to candidate ...
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By JOHN MOONEY
SAYREVILLE, NJ -- Brandon Bielak, a Sayreville native who played his high school baseball at St. Joseph High School (Metuchen), took the mound for the Houston Astros against the Yankees Tuesday evening in a hostile Yankee Stadium, where fans released their anger over Houston's sign-stealing scandal became public following the 2019 ALCS.
Bielak had the thrill of ...
By JACKIE LIEBERMAN
May 16, 2021As the weather turns warmer and more people become comfortable getting together, it’s a great time to plan an outdoor party.
Here are six ideas for your next gathering, with tasty suggestions for what to serve:
Movie Night: Set up the projector, place out some comfy seating and have individual boxes of movie candy ready. For something fancy, put out bowls of truffled popcorn: ...
EDISON, NJ — A flag emblazoned with Middlesex College’s new logo, officially trumpeting the school’s bold, new direction, ascended outside College Center.
Once it reached its zenith, the assembled school officials realized it was upside down.
On take two, the flag unfurled correctly, everyone shared a good laugh and spontaneous applause broke out.
Whether it was ...
New Jersey Date Night is a series on NJ Flavor by relationship writer Craig Rogers.
There’s always something growing in New Jersey, be it excitement for warmer weather or the flowers in everyone’s yard. Celebrating springtime in the Garden State requires a garden date. We have so many options at our fingertips — possibilities guaranteed to inspire romance and ...
Edison: Today at 10:00 am, Middlesex County College will unveil their new name and logo at a flag raising ceremony at the campus. The College, with over 13,000 students, has changed its name from Middlesex County College to Middlesex College. The name change and new logo reflect the Board's and Administration's commitment to improving the student experience at the ...
NEW JERSEY — They don’t call this The Garden State for nothing.
Want to bring out your inner green thumb this season? There’s no better time than now to get started on a kitchen garden.
“There is no mastery of gardening, you just get better at guessing,” said Bloomfield’s L. Be. Sholar, who offers gardening tips on her blog, Farm-Based ...
NEW JERSEY — Need another reason to get your COVID-19 vaccine? Now you can get free beer at more than 30 New Jersey breweries just for getting your shot during the month of May.
The number of breweries participating in New Jersey's “Shot and a Beer” program, which began this month in partnership with the Brewer's Guild of New Jersey, the Governor's ...