Hunterdon Notables

Wyllis Cooper was a radio writer and producer, and is best remembered for creating and writing the old time radio programs Lights Out (1934–1947) and Quiet, Please (1947–1949)

By the late 1920s he had entered radio, writing scripts for the NBC radio program Empire Builders. In 1934, he created his best known dramatic series, a late night ...

Whittaker Chambers was an American writer-editor, who, after early years as a Communist Party member and Soviet spy, defected from the Soviet underground. He worked for Time magazine, and then testified in what became the Alger Hiss case for perjury. He worked as a senior editor at National Review. President Ronald ...

James "Pappy" Pinckney Miller was an American writer whose pen name was "JP Miller". He was a leading playwright during the Golden Age of Television, receiving three Emmy nominations. A novelist and screenwriter, he was best known for Days of Wine and Roses, directed by John Frankenheimer for Playhouse 90 (1958) and later a motion picture (1962) directed by Blake ...

This week, we name our Athlete of the Week the Flemington Flames Softball Travel Team. Their commitment to providing an opportunity for girls in recreation is unmatched in the region. They are having tryouts for their travel team this week. 

From their website:  

FRGSL, founded in 1991, provides opportunities for girls in Flemington, Raritan Township and our ...

Ryan Leigh Bogiages will be teaching Free Yoga Classes this summer, and we honor her with Athlete of the Week for her commitment to sharing her yoga practice with the Flemington community. 

The free yoga classes will be taught by Ryan Leigh who is one of the newest instructors and recent graduates from Honor Yoga's first Yoga Teacher Training.  She began her ...

WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- Dr. Joseph DalBon of the New Jersey Center for Laser and Cosmetic Dentistry spoke with TAPintoTV to discuss a new painless laser oral treatment created to alleviate sleep apnea.

“Sleep apnea is a condition where the patient is waking up during the night and unable to breathe that can cause a number of serious health issues,” he said. Some of these health issues ...

WAYNE, NJ -- General Manager of Lincoln of Wayne, Peter Spina, Jr., spoke with TAPintoTV about the three kinds of electric vehicles in the automotive marketplace; Hybrid, PHEV, and BEV. 

Hybrid vehicles have gas and electric engines but no plug-in charging functionality. “The system charges itself through regenerative braking,” Spina explained. “It harnesses the kinetic ...

TRENTON, NJ -- Gov. Phil Murphy announced at his regular COVID press briefing on Monday, July 19, that over 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in New Jersey and that more than 5 million individuals who live, work, or study in the state are now fully vaccinated.

Among the 4,432,769 fully vaccinated individuals (as of June 28), only a small fraction of ...

TAPinto Flemington-Raritan and the Flemington Community Partnership are combining efforts to present the "Summer Stage on Stangl": free outdoor music concerts on "The Lawn on Stangl", the new community space on Stangl Road in Flemington. All concerts will be on Wednesday evenings in August, starting at 6:30pm under a tent. 

The shows schedule is as ...

NEWARK, NJ - High Bridge resident Berendina Buist is one of 45 artists around the state chosen to have her work exhibited at the New Jersey Arts Annual that opened in June at the Newark Museum of Art.

Her piece, "Sydney," is being featured.

"'Sydney' is a drawing based on several photographs taken at the Sydney Australia Pride Parade," she said. "It shows ...

TAPinto Flemington-Raritan Township and the Hunterdon Medical Center are co-sponsoring free yoga classes at The Lawn at Stangl at 8:30 AM Saturday mornings in July and August. Please note this is a change from the original location of the Flemington Borough Park. 

The Lawn at Stangl is maintained as a community space by the Flemington Community Partnership, who is donating the space for ...

LAMBERTVILLE, NJ - The Lambertville City Council introduced of the 2021 budget July 22, set at over $6 million.

Budget consultant Michael Drulis said the budget is a planning document. The total proposed budget is $6,051,659.91.

Among the highlights are improvements to city facilities, including public works, a new double garbage truck which will allow simultaneous collection of trash and ...

LAMBERTVILLE, NJ - The Lambertville City Council passed an ordinance Thursday to allow retail cannabis sales in the city.

Councilman Ward Sanders introduced the cannabis ordinance, emphasizing his group’s efforts to ensure broad community input with three public forums. The ordinance has been crafted using public response.

Of the six types of businesses permitted by the state, ...

HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - At the July 20 board of county commissioners meeting, Hunterdon County Deputy Director John Lanza provided a recap of public safety and emergency response from the weekend of July 17 and 18, as some pop-up thunderstorm bursts rampaged the southwestern tier of the county.

Lanza noted that, over the weekend, county 911 received hundreds of calls and the county Office of ...

HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - In line with numerous countywide efforts to retain and preserve the rural character and historic resources throughout the landscape, Hunterdon County’s governing body formalized the contractor working within a preservation program for an iconic New Jersey structure, the Green Sergeant’s Covered Bridge on Rosemont-Ringoes Road in the Rosemont Valley.

The Board ...

HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - At the July 20 board of county commissioners meeting, Hunterdon County Deputy Director John Lanza provided a recap of public safety and emergency response from the weekend of July 17 and 18, as some pop-up thunderstorm bursts rampaged the southwestern tier of the county.

Lanza noted that, over the weekend, county 911 received hundreds of calls and the county Office of ...

FLEMINGTON, NJ - The Hunterdon County Board of County Commissioners approved a resolution endorsing an amendment to federal legislation, which would prevent pipeline companies such as PennEast from using eminent domain to take private and publicly owned land before projects are approved for all federal and state permits.

The board has called on the state’s senators to support the ...

TRENTON, NJ -- Gov. Phil Murphy announced at his regular COVID press briefing on Monday, July 19, that over 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in New Jersey and that more than 5 million individuals who live, work, or study in the state are now fully vaccinated.

Among the 4,432,769 fully vaccinated individuals (as of June 28), only a small fraction of ...

NEW JERSEY -- Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced today that he will be resigning his post later this month.  Grewal, the country's first Sikh Attorney General, will become the Director of Enforcement at the Securities Exchange Commission on July 26.

Governor Murphy lauded the many accomplishments and initiatives of Grewal and added, "Though we will miss his leadership, I ...