Business & Finance

TRENTON, NJ - Gov. Phil Murphy continues to ease COVID-19 restrictions imposed on New Jersey businesses, announcing at Tuesday's press briefing that auto dealerships, motorcycle and bicycle shops can re-open their showrooms and shops for on-site sales activities beginning at 6 a.m. Wednesday.

The timing couldn't be better, as the Memorial Day weekend has traditionally been a major ...

FLEMINGTON, NJ - This week’s Covid-19 update from Flemington Mayor Betsy Driver and OEM Coordinator Cpl Brian McNally included sobering words from D.J. Wright, owner and executive director of the Wright & Ford Funeral Home.

“It [Covid-19] is killing people left and right, it’s a reality,” said Wright.

He added that, in April, there were 14,755 provisional deaths, ...

FLEMINGTON, NJ -  The Flemington council voted unanimously on a first reading of Ordinance 2020-7, which will allow borough restaurants to offer outdoor dining once store-based dining is permitted.

Since it’s likely that when restaurants are allowed to offer on premises dining it will be limited to anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of seating capacity inside, by adding tables outside ...

HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - Hunterdon County Freeholder Board Director Shaun C. Van Doren and deputy director Susan J. Soloway have sent a joint letter, on the behalf of the freeholder board, to Gov. Phil Murphy calling for small businesses to be able to offer curbside pickup effective immediately.

In the letter, the freeholders state, "Currently, numerous restaurants in Hunterdon County and ...

FLEMINGTON, NJ - Flemington Mayor Betsy Driver is predicting at least a two-year financial recovery period from the impact of COVID-19.  

That’s what she told council members during the weekly briefing Thursday.

The mayor added that the borough is “in better shape” than towns that rely heavily on revenues from hotel taxes or parking ...

HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - Nearing the end of the April 21 County Board of Chosen Freeholders’ meeting, Freeholder Zach Rich made sure to gain board support for a new initiative that will hopefully result in expedited and more efficient systems and processing of the skyrocketing number of unemployment claims by New Jersey residents.

Freeholder Director Shaun C. Van Doren expressed the need ...

FLEMINGTON, NJ - Whenever this pandemic is over and things get “back to normal” in Flemington, one of the historic borough’s mainstays will not be a part of the revival.

After almost three decades at its home on Route 202, Jake’s Restaurant & Bar has closed its doors forever.

The announcement was made on April 9 with a post on the business’s Facebook page ...

Although many businesses in the county are experiencing tough times during the coronavirus pandemic shut down, the Hunterdon County Chamber Of Commerce is using online technologies such as Zoom to continue to hold networking events.

Recently, I attended one virtual Chamber networking that was very successful with about 15 to 20 Chamber members in attendance from their homes, both on and off ...

FLEMINGTON, NJ - As Hunterdon County deals with the coronavirus public health emergency this spring, it maintains and oversees the LINK bus, a vital transportation network for people to continue to seek and collect essential goods and services including food, prescription or pharmacy needs and other resources for well-being.

New measures for social distancing and cleaning protocols have been ...

Flemington, NJ — TAPinto Flemington-Raritan, the only independent news operation dedicated solely to covering Flemington-Raritan and the Hunterdon community, set a single-month record for readership in March.

The large increase in readership is directly attributed to the news site’s COVID-19 coverage, as we continue to coordinate daily news reporting of how the virus is affecting ...