ROBBINSVILLE, NJ - After rain delayed the festivities, the second annual Robbinsville Diwali Parade and Cultural Showcase is ready to fully celebrate the upcoming Hindu "Festival of Lights" on Saturday with a glorious weather forecast.

The Diwali Parade step-off on Saturday, October 8 at 11:00 a.m. at the West Lake Gazebo in Robbinsville's Town Center. It is ...

TRENTON, NJ -- The Mercer County Improvement Authority (MCIA) is holding its seasonal shredding on Saturday for residents to safely dispose of their confidential documents. 

The county agency hold events throughout the year to help residents dispose of papers and confidential file piling up in drawers or stacked up around the house. 

The seasonal shred event will be held on ...

ROBBINSVILLE, NJ -- Collectors of police and fire insignia will come together at the 31st Annual Central Jersey Police and Fire Collector's Swap Meet in Robbinsville at the end of November to share memorabilia.

The annual event, which will be hosted by Dom Botteri, provides an opportunity for collectors of police, fire, FBI, DEA, highway patrol and other law enforcement agencies to share ...

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ — The Hamilton Township Police Division will receive $17,784 in federal funding for body armor, a statement by the U.S. Department of Justice announced. 

The grant is through the Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP), and administered through the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), to "protect the lives of law ...

HAMILTON, NJ -- Have you retired from a career in education but miss being into the school building with the students? Then, Hamilton Township School District has a new school home for you. 

Hamilton public school district is looking to hire retired educators for available full-time positions. 

The District is seeking to fill a range of open positions including an ...

ROBBINSVILLE, NJ -- It comes as little surprise that contract negotiations between the Robbinsville Township School District and teachers unions are deadlocked when the two entities cannot even come to an agreement on how many teachers have left the district. 

 School Superintendent Brian J. Betze recently highlighted several new educators and administrators ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-4) praised the passage of the Fairness for 9/11 Families Act (HR 8987) by the House of Representatives that would provide financial relief to family members of victims killed in the September 11.

Smith called the legislation "long-overdue" step that would bring these families closers to ...

HAMILTON, NJ -- It's time for the state to take over Trenton Water Works (TWW).

That's the message that Hamilton Township Mayor Jeff Martin and leading Mercer County officials are sending to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) in asking the state to take over direct supervision and operation of TWW "after years of ...

HAMILTON, NJ -- Dozens of homeowner hopefuls filled a meeting room on Thursday morning at the Hamilton Township Library waiting to see how they'd fare in the lottery to live in Project Freedom's Hamilton Woods development.

While only 52 affordable apartments will be available, 583 applications were eligible to be a part of the lottery.  

"I'm thrilled that we ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Students from New Brunswick High School gained valuable experience in engineering, computer science and analytics thanks to a two-week mentorship this summer with CGI. 

Hosted in August at CGI’s newly-opened office in New Brunswick, students received hands-on experience in tasks such as solving business needs using technology, creating a scope of work and coding, ...

NEW JERSEY - Across RWJBarnabas Health, we have seen a recent surge in cases of severe respiratory illness in children who test positive for rhinovirus and/or enterovirus. Uzma N. Hasan, MD, Division Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, and Christopher Freer, DO, FACEP, Senior Vice President of Emergency and Hospitalist Medicine at RWJBarnabas Health, ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - New Jersey has been awarded $66,756,027 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to continue the state’s comprehensive efforts to tackle the opioid epidemic, U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-NJ) announced on Monday.

“We know that the opioid crisis has impacted individuals from all communities and all ...

HAMILTON, NJ -- The breathtaking field of flags assembled by the Rotary Club of Robbinsville Hamilton "Flags for Heroes" program is now open for supporters to sponsor one or more of the hundreds of flags that will adorn the roadway in front of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton.

The third annual Flags for Heroes display will fill the prominent hospital field ...

HAMILTON, NJ -- Looking to find a way to help one of Hamilton's most active community center's but tough finding time?  Area residents and anyone who wants to support the John O. Wilson Neighborhood Community Center can now do so by participating in their first Virtual Run/Walk Challenge. 

The Challenge invites participants to complete the one-mile “Walk for ...

TRENTON, NJ -- A Mercer County couple who own a non-emergency medical transportation company has been charged with 20 criminal counts each after allegedly scheming to provide false payroll information in order to obtain lower premiums on workers’ compensation coverage.

Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor ...

TRENTON, NJ -- Days after a Steinert High School teacher, Anthony Linder-Creo, was arrested for having an "inappropriate sexual relationship" with a 17-year-old student at the school details are emerging into the ongoing investigation. 

The affidavit, which was reviewed by TAPinto Hamilton/Robbinsville, outlines the four criminal counts of second-degree sexual assault and ...

NEWARK, NJ — Choose New Jersey, an organization that stimulates job creation and attracts business to the state, has opened an office in Ireland, making New Jersey the first state in the U.S. to have an economic development office in that nation.

“New Jersey’s longstanding connection to Ireland, which was fortified during our recent economic mission, will be further ...

MERCER COUNTY, NJ — The Department of Environmental Protection is urging New Jersey residents to check trees on their property for signs of beech leaf disease that can damage or kill trees and report their findings to the New Jersey Forest Service. 

Beech leaf disease was first detected in Bergen and Essex counties in summer 2020 and is now confirmed in 10 additional ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ — The COVID-19 pandemic caused workers, businesses and consumers to change many of their everyday activities. Many companies added or increased door-to-door deliveries, customers were able to pick up their items curbside and employees kept connected with the office and other colleagues through video conferencing platforms like Zoom and Google Meet.

A new app is ...