Hawthorne Top Stories
By REBECCA GREENE
August 2, 2025
HAWTHORNE, NJ - Bring a sweatshirt to tonight's performance at the Boro Bandshell at 7 p.m.Join local youth as the Summer Student Theatre Program presents a night of Skits. Weather forecast according to the National Weather Service: Mostly clear, with a low around 58. Calm wind.
Tax bills will be mailed by August 5. The Grace Period will end on September 3; if payment is received after September 3, interest will go back to August 1.I encourage you to sign up for Nixle. The borough communicates via Nixle and the news feed on our website www.hawthornenj.org; please see the ...
CRANFORD, NJ – Owner Vinny Savinelli knew something was wrong when a customer walked into Vinny’s Pizza and Pasta on Wednesday, claiming they had been charged $10—but the transaction didn’t appear anywhere in the restaurant’s system.“I showed him the charge wasn’t in our system,” Savinelli told ...
LONG BRANCH, NJ – Well-known actor Adam Sandler was spotted playing pickup basketball in Long Branch at the Bucky James Community Center on Wednesday, July 30.Sandler’s team reached out to the Long Branch Recreation Department, searching for a local indoor basketball court to play a game at.“At ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - Join the Boys & Girls Club of Hawthorne on Saturday, September 13, 2025, for its 1st Annual Dueling Pianos Night, a high-energy evening of live music, audience participation, and fun! Held at the Gene Meyers Club House (1 Downes Way, Hawthorne), doors open at 6 p.m. and the show ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - The Library is hosting a Medicare information seminar on Thursday, August 7 from 12-2 p.m.The Louis Bay 2nd Library, 445 Lafayette Avenue, is welcoming Fred Ciccone, a financial professional, who will talk about the mysterious ins and outs of Medicare.Medicare gets progressively ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - The Police Department’s Citizens Police Academy is currently taking applications! This adult community program puts members of the community in the shoes of police officers with a series of nine interactive classes running mostly on Tuesday nights throughout the fall season. Some ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ – The Hawthorne Board of Education met this week to discuss key adjustments to the 2025–2026 school budget, with a focus on rising employee health benefit costs and special education-related staffing.The July 29 meeting focused on the district’s proposed tax levy increase, which has ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ – The Borough Council has reintroduced an ordinance to allow drive-thru coffee-based businesses in specific commercial areas, restoring a provision that was unintentionally omitted during a previous zoning code update. The measure passed its first reading unanimously by the ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ – The Hawthorne Borough Council introduced the previously tabled ordinance to convert North 8th Street into a one-way as part of a long-discussed traffic safety initiative. The ordinance passed its first reading unanimously.At the July 23rd meeting, Mayor John Lane explained that ...
ASBURY PARK, NJ — A disturbing incident at the Asbury Ale House on Sunday, July 27, has prompted swift condemnation from the popular downtown establishment and galvanized support from local advocacy groups after a customer was targeted with a homophobic slur during an altercation at the venue’s ...
NEWARK - Every year, there are flag raisings for Hispanic Heritage Month, the Puerto Rican Day Parade and the Latin Festival in New Jersey’s largest city, where over one-third of its residents identify as Latino or Hispanic. But for Newark native and filmmaker Ramon Nazario, he saw something ...
Tax bills will be mailed by August 5. The Grace Period will end on September 3; if payment is received after September 3, interest will go back to August 1.I encourage you to sign up for Nixle. The borough communicates via Nixle and the news feed on our website www.hawthornenj.org; please see the ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - The Board of Education has three open seats on its nine-member board, and three individuals are on the ballot to run in November for a three-year term that begins in January, according to the Passaic County Board of Elections.Marco Totaro, the current board president, and Alexander ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - A resident has once again asked the Borough Council to consider lowering guest pass fees for children at the municipal pool, continuing a conversation first raised last year.During the meeting on July 23, 2025, Bruna Capalbo told officials she was frustrated that no changes had been ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - Doing some summer purging/cleaning? Here are the bulk garbage pickup dates that you need to know for August.Bulky garbage pickup occurs on your FIRST garbage day of the month as follows: Friday, August 1st - Zone 4Tuesday, August 5th - Zone 1Wednesday, August 6th - Zone 3Thursday, ...
PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ - A team of assessors from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP) will conduct an on-site review of the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. 5, 2025, Sheriff Thomas Adamo announced.The assessment team will examine policies, procedures, management, ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Marianne Middlebrook of Berkeley Heights, recently crowned Ms. Wheelchair New Jersey 2025, will head to Michigan next month to compete for the national title of Ms. Wheelchair America.Born with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), Middlebrook has used a wheelchair her entire life.
HAWTHORNE, NJ - The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat warning for tomorrow, Friday, July 25.The warning is in effect from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday.The heat index, or what it feels like outside, are forecast to be up to 107.Bergen and Passaic counties are expected to be affected.An ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - The borough council is considering adding North 8th Street to its list of one-ways, at least temporarily.The council will hear the matter for the first reading tonight, July 23. It will be considered for final passage on August 13.One-Way: North 8th Street South from the ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - The council is considering allowing drive-thru restaurants, serving coffee-based items only, within its borders.The council is set to hear the first reading of the ordinance tonight, Wednesday, July 23.Through the amended ordinance, the council will allow restaurants established as ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - As TAPinto Hawthorne's reach continues to expand throughout town, we would like to take a moment to thank our dedicated followers, as we hit a high mark this past month in terms of viewership. In June 2025, TAPinto Hawthorne had nearly 15,000 unique users and over 18,500 article ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — For those in need, fresh produce can often be a luxury. Mother and daughter Maureen Goodman and Caroline Sahm are trying to change that with their volunteer effort, Westfield Seeds of Change. People can drop off their donations of fresh produce at their home, located at 610 Coolidge ...
WOODLAND PARK, NJ — The Borough of Woodland Park has announced the passing of Christa Limone, who lived in and served the community for years.“Christa was so much more than our Public Information Officer—she was a steady and reassuring presence, always working quietly behind the scenes to serve our ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ — The Hawthorne School District is adjusting its financial plans in response to rising health insurance costs and new state spending requirements. At the July 15 Board of Education meeting, officials discussed the impact of these changes on the district’s budget and staffing.One major ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ — To mark the fifth anniversary of the passing of civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis, Piscataway residents and local leaders gathered outside the municipal complex Thursday for a Good Trouble Lives On rally, calling on lawmakers to support the John R. Lewis Voting Rights ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Quick action by Ward 1 Councilman Todd Saunders during Monday’s severe storm and flooding helped reunite a Westfield tween with a crucial diabetes monitoring device while her parents were out of town.“Monday evening, during the severe storms and flash flooding in Union County, our ...
NEWARK - Construction of phase one of the Greenway project – a nine-mile, 100-foot-wide former rail line spanning Essex and Hudson counties that will be transformed into the Garden State’s newest state park – has begun in Newark.Gov. Phil Murphy joined local, county and state officials in Newark on ...
Tax bills will be mailed by August 5. The Grace Period will end on September 3; if payment is received after September 3, interest will go back to August 1. An ordinance has been in place for several weeks now with no left-hand turn onto North Watchung Drive from Rea Avenue during the hours of 6am ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - Next in the summer concert series: Sivan Arbel, Sunday, July 20. More to come! Join in on the fun at the Bandshell, location: May Street at the Pool Complex.Events open at 6 p.m., start is at 7 p.m.Going forward: Thursday, July 24 - Super TransAmSunday, July 27 - Captain Jack