Hawthorne Top Stories
By JOHN V. LANE
April 21, 2025
The Borough Offices are closed tomorrow, Friday, April 18, in observance of Good Friday. The Recycling Center will be open, and there will be garbage and recycling collection. Happy Passover and Happy Easter to those who celebrate.The 2025 Hawthorne Annual Drinking Water Quality Report is on our ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - Since 2012, the Hawthorne Green Team, the Hawthorne Police Department, and the Hawthorne School System have been actively engaging monitoring, educating, and enforcing New Jersey’s anti-idling law in the community. The borough has installed a total of 62 anti-idling signs in ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ – Natalia Nieves, Ella Scarvaglione, and Brielle Rivera each had two hits as Wood-Ridge held on to defeat Hawthorne, 4-3, in a NJIC non-divisional softball game on Saturday in Hawthorne. Wood-Ridge goes to 6-3 with the win; Hawthorne falls to 3-6. Nieves picked up the win, pitching ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - The Easter Bunny made its annual visit to the Hawthorne Train Station on April 19, 2025.Children lined up at the old Railroad Station on Diamond Bridge Avenue to visit the bunny. Each child was given an opportunity to visit with the bunny and received an Easter egg to take home.
ROXBURY, NJ – Succasunna resident Samantha Landis made history last fall by becoming Roxbury's first female resident Eagle Scout and the community is being invited to help celebrate this significant milestone. Her parents, Karyn and Gary Landis, are reaching out to local organizations and ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - Blooms are everywhere, so it's time to get into the act and plant a tree.The Shade Tree Commission will be on hand at Cel-Earth-Bration, scheduled for Saturday, April 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hawthorne High School, 160 Parmelee Avenue, to hand out free seedlings.It's part of the ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - The Hawthorne Environmental Commission and the Hawthorne Board of Education is sponsoring the 33rd Annual Cel-Earth-Bration on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at the Hawthorne High School cafeteria, 160 Parmelee Avenue, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This year’s theme is “Water = Life”, ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - With an obvious tree canopy, it's no wonder the borough has been designated as a tree city, pretty much since such a designation existed.But local photographer Judy Kopitar said, why not recognize it as a ‘daffodil city’? Here are scenes from Arnold's Pond and Borough Hall where the ...
PROSPECT PARK, NJ - Step down. That's the message from the mayor and other elected officials, according to a post on his mayor's page. In a statement from “Prospect Park Elected Officials” on Mayor Mohamed T. Khairullah's Facebook page, there is a call for Councilman Anand Shah not only step down ...
NEWARK - A first-of-its-kind hub designed to serve thousands of local girls with hands-on STEM, leadership and life skills programming will meet the surging number of Girl Scouts in Newark. The Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey (GSHNJ) officially opened the Girl Scout Leadership Center in Newark on ...
CARTERET, NJ — Some of the Carteret School District's cleverest students won rights to compete in the May 2025 “Odyssey of the Mind” World Finals in Michigan, their coach, Sheila O’Hare Barrows, tells TAPinto Woodbridge-Carteret.This is the sixth year that talented Carteret Public School students ...
CHATHAM, NJ — At just 11 years old, Chatham fifth grader Alice Wang is taking the junior squash world by storm.In just the past year, Wang won the 2025 U.S. Junior Squash Championship, the 2024 U.S. Junior Open, and earned an impressive third place finish at the 2025 British Junior Open, one of the ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - Xavier Clavijo, a class of 2023 alumni of Hawthorne High School, scored first place at William Paterson University’s 20th Annual Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales (RBI) Sales Triathlon: Collegiate Sales Competition. The triathlon gives William Paterson’s undergraduate ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - The Hawthorne Environmental Commission and Hawthorne Green Team will be hostingSpring Bird Walks.If you like birds and are interested in learning about them, then their walks are for you. They will identify local birds andshow you how to get started, and more.Their walks begin at 9 ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ - The Valley Hospital celebrated its new home at 4 Valley Health Plaza in Paramus on April 14, exactly one year after moving in.Among the officials in attendance were Assemblywoman Lisa Swain, Bergen County Executive James Tedesco, Congressman Josh Gottheimer, and Bergen County ...
Today (Friday, April 11), the Honorable Zoila S. Cassanova, Esq., Judge of the Surrogate Court, was at Borough Hall with her staff and 12 attorneys to assist residents in preparing free Last Wills & Testaments to qualified Passaic County residents. I want to thank her and Passaic County for ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - Senior captain William Gerhardstein accomplished a record-setting achievement on Thursday night during the Hawthorne High School varsity lacrosse team’s victory over Clifton. By scoring two goals and also assisting in one tally, Gerhardstein reached the 200 Career Points mark. This ...
SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY - It's Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week. I thought I would share a reflection I wrote a few years back about the significance of Palm Sunday.Make Your Life Count: Take Time This Palm Sunday: Pastor Pat SharkeyIntroduction: A student graduated from graduate school ...
PROSPECT PARK, NJ - More information is coming out about Anand Shah, the councilman who was arrested for racketeering on April 9. According to the Attorney General, Shah “was identified as allegedly managing illegal poker games and an online sportsbook in association with the Lucchese Crime ...
PROSPECT PARK, NJ - While the state Attorney General has not yet commented, locals are waiting on more information involving the arrest of Councilman Anand Shah. The councilman, who is up for re-election this year, was arrested on April 9 on racketeering, gambling, money laundering, and conspiracy ...
HACKENSACK, NJ - Healthy Bergen, powered by the Community Health Improvement Partnership (CHIP), in collaboration with all seven non-profit hospital systems within Bergen County, recently launched the 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). Participating hospitals include Englewood Health, ...
ROXBURY, NJ - Grants will soon be available for Roxbury business owners losing money due to heavy traffic on local roads thanks to the ongoing closure of Route 80 because of sinkholes in Wharton.The state Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) on April 9 said it will offer grants to business owners ...
NEWARK - An East Side High School senior, a proud Latina immigrant who could not speak English when she came to the United States at age 11, has gone from a rural Brazilian village to one of the world’s most prestigious universities. Newark’s Yasmim Barros has been accepted to Harvard University on ...
PISCATAWAY – The eight students in the gym at the Future Foundations Academy are engaged in a spirited game of red light, green light when the instructor brings everything to a standstill.Red light!“Oh, oh, ohhhhh, I have to stop,” one student says with a laugh as he brings his bicycle to a ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ – Concerns were raised at a recent Council Meeting about the borough’s garbage and recycling service, specifically the lack of oversight regarding the contractor’s operations. Councilman Joe Wojtecki highlighted missed recycling pickups in his ward and questioned the absence of direct ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ — Residents traveling along Diamond Bridge Avenue may have noticed ongoing excavation work as the Borough continues its long-term project to replace galvanized water service lines. The effort is part of a statewide mandate aimed at improving municipal water infrastructure.At the April ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ — A proposed 4.5% municipal tax rate increase took center stage during the Hawthorne Borough Council meeting, where Mayor John Lane presented the 2025 municipal budget to residents and council members.“Rather than keep people in suspense this year, I’m going to dive right into it and ...
NEWARK - Margie “Mia X” Johnson has been named Newark’s first inaugural Poet Laureate, a ceremonial role designed to promote the literary arts and inspire residents.Her appointment, which was announced last month, was made official through a resolution adopted by the Newark City Council on April 2, ...
NEWARK - Margie “Mia X” Johnson has been named Newark’s first inaugural Poet Laureate, a ceremonial role designed to promote the literary arts and inspire residents.Her appointment, which was announced last month, was made official through a resolution adopted by the Newark City Council on April 2, ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Woodbridge Center’s troubled SeaQuest has new owners and is changing its name to “Woodbridge Aquarium & Wildlife Center,” in what critics claim is an attempt to sidestep its headline-making controversies.According to public records, the mall’s SeaQuest indoor aquarium – popular ...