By THOMAS HARALAMPOUDIS
April 19, 2021I am proud to announce my bid to be a candidate on the Democratic ticket for Madison Council, which will be decided with a win in the Democratic primary on June 8th. My wife of 29 years, ...
By TAPINTO STAFF
May 6, 2021Who doesn’t love a floral trench coat for spring? Stop into NEW LEAF to see this beauty asap!
Coat, Guess, SZ M, $78
Necklace, $26
Check out New Leaf online or in person. New Leaf is located at 16 Park Avenue in Madison
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By PAMELA HEGARTY
May 5, 2021Summer is coming! Summer is coming! And what better way to celebrate than with a virtual concert full of songs about sunshine and summer and the hope they bring!
Here Comes the Sun: Three Great Choruses, One Online Show will premiere Sunday, May 23, at 5:00pm EDT on YouTube. It’s a first-of-a kind collaboration between three of the area’s best-loved choruses. The Maplewood Glee ...
Join Macculloch Hall Historical Museum for Growing in the Garden today at 2pm to learn about nests, big and small.
Click HERE to listen in.
Madison, NJ – April 30, 2021 – Organic lawn care not only makes lawns safer for children and pets, it saves homeowners time and money, according to Brian Monaghan, a Madison Environmental Commission member who is giving a talk, “The ABCs of Organic Lawn Care and Renovation,” on Monday, May 3 at 7:30 pm at the Madison Public Library. Rutgers Master Gardeners Speakers ...
By TAPINTO STAFF
May 8, 2021MADISON, NJ - The community is invited to gather in Remembrance of Ajay Sah. The event will begin online, tonight (05/08) at 7 pm EDT, on the Drew Theological Chapel YouTube channel. The link can be found in our bio.
At 7:45 pm EDT, we will be gathering in-person on the EC Patio where chai will be served and supplies will be available to write letters to Ajay’s family, said ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Northern New Jersey Kids Safe Community is offering free car seat inspections at six sites in Morris, Essex and Warren County. According to the organization, 4 out of 5 car seats are misused.
Throughout the world, almost one million children die of an injury each year, and almost every one of these tragedies is preventable, they stated. Safe Kids Northern New Jersey, ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - Need a ride to a COVID-19 testing or vaccine site? Morristown's Table of Hope can help. Email Dawn at Table of Hope for an Uber Gift Card to get you there.
Email Dawn at dking@springstreetcdc.org
Read more: Morristown High School Students Will Be Able to Attend in-Person School 5 Days A Week
Read more: Morristown Police to be accredited by ...
By TAPINTO STAFF
May 7, 2021MADISON, NJ - Reservations are now open for Madison Music & Arts' 31st Annual Dessert and Jazz. The evening includes cabaret style music performed by MHS musicians followed by performances by Madison Avenue (the MHS jazz ensemble) and Mad Jazz (the MHS select chorus).
Dessert and Jazz will be held on Saturday, May 15 at 6pm on the front lawn of Madison High ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - Table of Hope's free food distribution will take place in Morristown on Thursday May 6 from 2pm - 3pm. at Bishop Nazery Way (59 Spring Street in Morristown).
Additional distributions will take place in Parsippany on May 7 from 10:30am - 11:30am at 299 Webro Road.
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The Economic Development Advisory Committee (EDAC) has announced that it has placed six picnic tables and decorative lights at Reasoner Park, by the Gazebo. This area is intended to assist Borough restaurateurs with a place where residents can pick up “take-out” meals and eat them outdoors in a pleasant environment taking advantage of the spring and summer ...
By MADISON AREA YMCA
Extended through May 31! As a thank you for helping the community be as healthy as possible, the Madison Area YMCA is waiving initiation fees and offering 3 FREE guest passes for all fully COVID-19 vaccinated individuals.
The Y, part of a worldwide values-driven association, is inclusive of all people. We provide quality programs that develop a healthy spirit, mind and body and promote the ...
By ELEVENTH HOUR RESCUE
Sweetie Senior Alert
Have you got room in your heart and home for this sweet older gal? Poor Gypsy Rose was taken to the animal hospital by her owners down south, but they never came back for her. Unfortunately, stories like that are all too common in rescue. But now Gypsy is with 11th Hour Rescue and things are looking up for her. Gypsy has won the hearts of everyone she’s met at our ...
By EHR
Check out some of our new arrivals coming tomorrow- click through the profile link for more info and possibly more pictures!
We would love to have a family waiting to meet each one
Appointments for approved applicants, so submit yours now through our website! If you have already been approved in the last year, please reach out with the name of the dog you are interested in meeting.
All ...
By ATLANTIC HEALTH SYSTEM
Atlantic Health System Cancer Care, in partnership with OncLive, invites health care professionals and others interested in the surgical management of melanoma to a virtual lecture by internationally known melanoma expert Charles M. Balch, MD, FACS, FASCO. Dr. Balch is this year’s Joseph Calello Melanoma Scholar. The free lecture and Q & A will be held on May 6, 11 a.m.
By RAY LESNIAK & MICHAEL PATRICK CARROLL
The 2020 census is finally out! And the good news for New Jersey: Unlike our neighbor to the east, the garden state will not be losing any congressional representation. We’ve still got an even dozen reps for the next decade! And we’ve reached 9 million people for the very first time. With all the hullabaloo and hoopla over people leaving the state, we’ve managed to keep a good ...
By TAPINTO STAFF
May 7, 2021MORRISTOWN, NJ - A twenty foot abandoned container awaits recovery while rusting in the Whippany River in Morris Township just a stone’s throw from Acorn Hall, the center of the Morris County Historical Society.
The dumpster is located on the opposite site of the 1776 Powder Mill Historical Site on Patriot’s Path in Morris Township. WRWAC, the stewardship organization of the ...
CHATHAM, NJ - Chatham resident Robert Vessechia, who spoke at the Chatham Board of Education meeting on Monday, April 26, was removed from school grounds by Chatham Township Police on Friday, April 30, and charged with disorderly conduct and trespassing.
At the April 26 meeting, Vessechia waited in line to speak during the public portion of the BOE meeting and said: "I am a person who ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – It’s a renovation that has been three years in the making, but the Morristown varsity baseball and softball teams are the beneficiaries of new state-of-the-art scoreboards behind a generous donation from Atlantic Health System's Morristown Medical Center.
Last Tuesday afternoon, Morris School District board officials joined Trish O’Keefe, ...
By MATT KADOSH
May 8, 2021WESTFIELD, NJ — An ailing mother fox spotted in Westfield’s First Ward is in for a treat along with some treatment for its mange, a resident of Stanley Oval said Friday.
Susana MacLean told TAPinto Westfield she found the red fox on the grounds of her home and noticed its severe mange. Sarcoptic mange is a contagious skin condition that causes severe itching from mites.
“I ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – Five-year-old Gracie Ferluge was named honorary police chief and had a proclamation named in her honor recently, Police Chief Andrew Caggiano said.
A parade of police cars in the fall delighted the young girl, who has been diagnosed with neuroblastoma, Caggiano said. Caggiano’s mother sewed a special Gracie-sized police chief uniform, and the chief asked Gracie if ...
VERONA, NJ — Three Essex County middle school students have turned a passion project into a business, launching JAÉ Candles and Co. Jada Bednar and Ellie Ghingo (seventh-graders at H.B.Whitehorne Middle School in Verona) and Ava Tsettos, (a West Caldwell seventh-grader at Grover Cleveland Middle School) are the founders of JAÉ Candles and Co.
In quarantine, ...
By JON "FERRIS" MEREDITH
May 8, 2021WAYNE, NJ — Acting U.S. Attorney, Rachael A. Honig announced the sentencing of a New Jersey couple who were involved in a “food stamps fraud scheme.”
The statement released by the U.S. Attorney’s office announcing the sentencing provided the following information.
Over the course of four years between 2014 and 2018, Ibrahim Zughbi (67) and his wife Miriam Zughbi ...
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Media reports say a Rutgers professor and doctor with expertise in infectious diseases has died while helping family in India, which is being ravaged by Covid-19. According to social media and local records, Dr. Rajendra Kapila was a resident of South Orange.
New York’s ABC7, also citing information from The Associated Press, said Kapila died from Covid-19. Cases ...
NEWARK, NJ — Federal law enforcement officials have announced charges against 22 people based in and around Paterson who are believed to be involved in the distribution of drugs including heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine base.
In separate statements, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig described that 12 of the suspects are members and associates of “Harlem World/12th ...
By TAPINTO STAFF
April 19, 2021MORRISTOWN, NJ - The New Jersey real estate market is at a high, with urban dwellers seeking the peaceful calm of suburban life. While the rest of the state economy slowly returns to pre-pandemic levels, the New Jersey real estate market reportedly experienced “a year we’ve not seen before” with no immediate signs of slowing, according to real estate experts.
A true ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The New Jersey real estate market is at a high, with urban dwellers seeking the peaceful calm of suburban life. While the rest of the state economy slowly returns to pre-pandemic levels, the New Jersey real estate market reportedly experienced “a year we’ve not seen before” with no immediate signs of slowing, according to real estate experts.
A true ...
By BETH MORONEY
Barbra Streisand: Redefining Beauty, Femininity, and Power by Neal Gabler. (Yale
Univ. Press, 2016).
Stephen Spielberg: A Life in Films by Molly Haskell. (Yale Univ. Press, 2017)
My family complains each year at holiday time that I am impossible to buy gifts for. This is true because, usually, if I want something, I purchase it myself. They ask me for lists, but even ...
By JOHN LEE
May 1, 2021TOTOWA, NJ - Crack open the Turtle Wax and start polishing your sweetest ride, the second annual Totowa Car Show takes place Sunday, May 2.
Response to the 2020 event, despite the restrictions because of the COVID-19 pandemic, was a tremendous success. This year, the event is expected to be bigger, bolder, and better.
The car show will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is free for ...
Happening Sunday, April 25 from 10 am to 1 pm decision-makers take a visually stunning, virtual tour that includes over two dozen chances one of a kind prizes, special discounts, and a showstopper of a Grand Prize
It's the Lucky 13th Annual Wedding Road Show and Party Planning tour on Sunday, April 25 presented by the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce local experts who ...
NEWARK, NJ – More than 30 local artists came together this week to work on a one-of-a-kind “Black Lives Matter” mural which encompassed a year’s worth of planning and preparation.
After the killing of George Floyd sparked protests and rallies around the country in 2020, it served as a catalyst for local artists to come together and commence a project that would ...
By LINDSEY KELLEHER
May 8, 2021NEW JERSEY — They don’t call this The Garden State for nothing.
Want to bring out your inner green thumb this season? There’s no better time than now to get started on a kitchen garden.
“There is no mastery of gardening, you just get better at guessing,” said Bloomfield’s L. Be. Sholar, who offers gardening tips on her blog, Farm-Based ...
NEW JERSEY — Need another reason to get your COVID-19 vaccine? Now you can get free beer at more than 30 New Jersey breweries just for getting your shot during the month of May.
The number of breweries participating in New Jersey's “Shot and a Beer” program, which began this month in partnership with the Brewer's Guild of New Jersey, the Governor's ...
By KAITLYN TATULLI
April 28, 2021WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- While Joseph DalBon, DMD, may be best known as a top-notch local dentist at the New Jersey Center for Laser and Cosmetic Dentistry, he is also the proud owner of a therapy dog. Dr. DalBon spoke with TAPintoTV about his Pit Bull puppy, Olivia, the services she provides to others in the community, and how he came to recognize her unique talents.
DalBon realized Olivia was ...
LITTLE FALLS, NJ — On Sunday, April 25th 2021, the 93rd Academy Awards will be held in Los Angeles, CA, and there’s a New Jersey connection to several nominated films and filmmakers this year. TAPintoTV's Executive Producer, Brian Brodeur, was joined by David W. Schoner Jr., the Associate Director of the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission, at East Main Media ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- In honor of International Barbershop Quartet Day, TAPintoTV looks back at our conversations with Will Downey, member of New Jersey's #1 barbershop quartet, Gimme Four, and award-winning Musical Director and Producer, Deke Sharon.
Gimme Four is an International Semifinalist barbershop quartet based in Caldwell, New Jersey. Group members Paul Franek, Dave Ammirata, Will ...
Mon, May 10, 6:30 PM
Center for Spiritual Living Morristown - Zoom Class, Morristown
By MARY CLAIRE GIVELBER
May 4, 2021A suicide attempt left 16-year-old varsity cheerleader, Emma Benoit, paralyzed, but propelled her on a mission to use her painful experience to help others find hope, and shine more light on the fact that 20 young people die every day by suicide in the United States. My Ascension is a feature length documentary that chronicles Emma's inspiring journey and quest to walk again, as she ...
In March, my home state of New Jersey signed into law the Murphy, Reynolds-Jackson & Verrelli Bill requiring schools to include diversity and inclusion (DNI) instruction into their curriculums. When I read that news I was first ecstatic. I love social justice! I live and breathe diversity and inclusion. Preparing students to become leaders who can live and effect change in ...
By TAPINTO STAFF
May 6, 2021MADISON, NJ — In a vibrant community like Madison, residents, business owners, and stakeholders can share their opinions, offer grievances, or bestow praise on the subjects that matter most to them. TAPinto Madison welcomes LETTERS TO THE EDITOR on everything from schools, municipal government, even your passion for environmental stewardship!
The publication of ...
Our culture and society has been under attack now for over a year. One of the basic aspects of what makes us Americans, what makes us human, what connects us to each other has been taken away. It has been assaulted by a virus, and eroded by the needed response to it. Our shared communal experiences of singing and dancing together at a concert; seeing a story magically set to song before our eyes ...
By NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
May 6, 2021Budget Would Increase Reimbursement from $100 to $500 Per Hearing Aid; Would be First Increase since 1987
(TRENTON) – Governor Phil Murphy’s budget plan for the fiscal year starting July 1 would significantly increase hearing aid purchase reimbursement available under the state’s Hearing Aid Assistance to the Aged and Disabled (HAAAD) program.
The HAAAD program provides ...
Initiative Aims to Make Communities Supportive & Accessible Places to Live for People of All Ages
(TRENTON) – The Department of Human Services and AARP New Jersey today announced New Jersey has become the ninth state accepted into the AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities, which works to make communities supportive and accessible places to live for people of all ...
April 22, 2021
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May 14th and 16th - (Madison) - A Work of Heart Productions will host auditions for The Little Mermaid Junior, via Zoom. Performances and rehearsals will be in-person in Madison, NJ. Performances will be held at the Madison Community Arts Center on the outdoor stage in Madison, NJ on July 24th, 2021.
Sign up your child today for a theatrical experience that will teach them ...
By ACTIVE AGING
Getting a good night’s sleep plays a vital role in your overall health. Sleeping recharges your body and brain to help prepare and energize you for each new day. On the other hand, sleep deprivation can cause a slew of problems, including memory issues and an increased risk for car accidents.
According to the National Sleep Foundation, adults aged 26-64 need seven to nine hours of sleep ...
By WOMEN’S WELLNESS
As we head outside to take advantage of the warmer weather, skincare and sun safety should be top priorities. While the sun’s rays provide countless benefits, the ultraviolet (or UV) components of sunlight are damaging to our skin. A sunburn from overexposure isn’t just temporarily painful - the UV rays that cause a burn are doing long-term damage to your skin cells that’s ...
By HOME SWEET HOME
With Mother’s Day around the corner, it’s time to think about decorations that will brighten up your home as well as show Mom that she’s a unique, valued person in your family. With a few simple touches, it’s easy to create meaningful decorations that highlight the things that she loves best. Here are four great ways to add some color and style to Mom’s favorite ...
By THE ENTERTAINER
Mother’s Day is a wonderful time to tell the caregivers in your life how special they are. By highlighting Mom’s favorite things in your celebrations, you’ll be able to shine a light on everything unique about her. If you’re looking for interesting ways to host a Mother’s Day celebration for a group, big or small, here are four memorable events that will leave Mom ...
