MILLBURN, NJ - It is with mixed emotions that I announce the appointment of Assistant Superintendent Kyle Arlington as Superintendent of the Kenilworth School District. I am excited for him as he embarks on this next step in his career, but he will be greatly missed here in Millburn.  In the more than three years since Mr. Arlington joined our team he has provided exemplary ...

Students Headed to Washington, D. C. and to Receive $10,000 Scholarship January 16, 2019, Washington, D.C. —The United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) announces that high school students Mr. Jacob Alexander Bernard and Mr. Ranen Miao will join Senator Robert Menendez and Senator Cory Booker in representing New Jersey in the nation’s capital ...

SHORT HILLS, NJ - Registration at Christ Church Nursery School for the 2019-2020 is now open!  CCNS offers both a nursery school program for children two years old and up and flexible child care for children six months through five years old.  New for 2019-2020, CCNS is offering a five day, 9am – 1pm class for two year olds.  Emphasizing hands-on learning in a warm, ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ — Citing its centralized location, easy access to highways and proximity to the Somerville train station, New Jersey Rep.Tom Malinowski (D-7th) has opened a temporary district office in Somerville at 58 E. Main St. to handle constituent needs.

The flagship District Office will be located at 75-77 N Bridge Street, Somerville. The facility is currently undergoing ...

MILLBURN, NJ – At the annual Millburn Township Committee re-organization meeting on Jan. 2, two township committee members slotted into new leadership positions, and a third was sworn into office to begin her term.

At the meeting, Diane Thall-Eglow was sworn in as mayor. Thall-Eglow was sworn in at the position, replacing Millburn’s previous Mayor Cheryl Burstein. In addition, ...

MILLBURN, NJ - The Millburn-Short Hills Republican Committee is seeking candidates for two Township Committee positions in the November, 2019 election.  These two seats are now occupied by Diane Eglow and Sam Levy.  Our Township Committee is composed of 5 members elected to staggered 3-year terms.  The current ...

BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Bloomfield Boys Varsity Basketball got back in the win column in decisive fashion after a 48-28 victory over Millburn Millers on Thursday afternoon at Bloomfield High School.
 
After a heartbreaking 52-51 loss to Barringer on Tuesday, Bloomfield started slow Thursday in this Super Essex Conference - Liberty Division match-up against Millburn as the Millers ...

MILLBURN, NJ - Join the Millburn boys and girls basketball teams for a full day of basketball! All proceeds will be donated to HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS. The family event will also feature a DJ, prizes, food and half-time games.

Homes For Our Troops (HFOT) is a privately funded 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization that builds and donates specially adapted custom homes nationwide for severely injured ...

RARITAN TWP., NJ - Diamond Nation has named the recipients of this year's annual Kevin Gilbert Scholarships.

Kevin Gilbert was a remarkably talented baseball player and a leader among his peers in the Diamond Jacks program when he died in an automobile accident shortly before the start of his senior season at Hunterdon Central High School in 2011. Flemington-based Diamond Nation began the ...

SHORT HILLS, NJ – Across New Jersey, redevelopment and investment decisions are being informed by the "Amazon Effect" and other major disruptors such as labor shortages and trade tariffs. On Thursday, January 24, 2019, a panel of industry leaders including local economic development groups and individual developers will discuss the resulting challenges and opportunities ...

NEW JERSEY -- More residents moved out of New Jersey than any other state in 2018, with 66.8% of New Jersey moves being outbound, according to United Van Lines’ 42nd annual National Movers Study, which tracks customers’ state-to-state migration patterns over the past year.

The Garden State moved up one spot on the outbound list to No. 1 and has has ranked ...

MILLBURN, NJ - Are you considering selling your home during this year’s “Spring Market”?  Winter might not be the best time to take photos of the exterior of your home, but there’s still a lot that you can do to start preparing your home for the “Spring Market” that’s expected to start in February / March 2019.

In Millburn Township, 2018’s ...

SHORT HILLS, NJ - Singapore-born American conductor, George Mathew, founder and Artistic Director of Music for Life International, has emerged as one of the leading forces in the classical music world bringing symphonic music to focus on global humanitarian issues and crises at the beginning of the 21st Century. In recent seasons, he has appeared in the US, Australia, Jordan, India, Panama, ...

NEW YORK – Music for Life International continues its decade-long tradition of global humanitarian concerts with Beethoven for The Rohingya, a benefit concert featuring Beethoven’s monumental Ninth Symphony, presented in the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stageat Carnegie Hallon Monday, January 28, 2019. Beethoven for The ...

LONG VALLEY, NJ – Meadowbrook Country Day Camp is inviting all prospective camp families to attend one of two upcoming Open House events, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., on Sunday, Jan. 13 or Saturday, Feb. 2, on site at 73 East Valley Brook Road, in Long Valley.

The camp directors and leadership team will welcome prospective families with an information session, followed by an ...

On January 15, 2019 Millburn Police Officer Royce stopped a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt on Wyoming/Glen for having no passenger mirror. The investigation led to the arrest of 25 year old Christopher Vicente of Union for possession of a controlled dangerous substance (cocaine) and possession of drug paraphernalia. Paul Tannis, age 23 of Maplewood, was placed under arrest for possession of a controlled ...

MILLBURN, NJ - According to the Millburn Police department, an assault occured at Oscar's Deli in downtown Millburn today.

Lt. Blazinski of the Millburn Police Department confirmed to TAPinto Millburn this afternoon that the specific incident happened and that it took place at the afformentiontioned location. However, no other details could be revealed, as they would impact ...

NEWARK, NJ - The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating an apparent suicide that occurred in the Bloomfield Police Department overnight.

The preliminary investigation indicates that retired Newark Police Lt. Patrick Montella shot himself in the Bloomfield Headquarters while being processed. The 58 year old was a resident of Bloomfield.

Montella was arested for an ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – With the freezing temperatures upon us, experts state that several key factors play an important role in maintaining a warm and safe home throughout the long, cold winter. 

“Maintenance is keep when it comes to your home running safely and efficiently,” said Mike Iarrapino, owner of Edison Heating and Cooling. “Ensuring that your home is air ...

TRENTON, NJ - Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced today that New Jersey has entered into a multi-state settlement with Neiman Marcus that resolves allegations the chain failed to protect the personal information of shoppers who made in-store purchases using payment cards.

A December 2013 hacking incident targeted Neiman Marcus’s point-of-sale systems, compromising account ...

MILLBURN, NJ - The Millburn/Short Hills Chamber of Commerce invites members of the business community to its first networking event of the new year.

NEW JERSEY -- The founders of John’s Crazy Socks recently appeared on One-on-One with Steve Adubato to discuss their company and its incredible success. Founded in 2016, John’s Crazy Socks sells over 1900 varieties of socks, but is also driven by a social mission: to demonstrate to the world what people with disabilities can do.

John’s Crazy Socks was founded by the father ...

NEW JERSEY -- 2019 marks what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 90th birthday, and this year, on the federal holiday that celebrates his legacy, East Main Media looks back on a very special project completed with Michele Adubato, CEO of The North Ward Center in Newark.

“The East Main Media team was honored to produce this video,” said CEO & Executive ...

LITTLE FALLS, NJ—East Main Media today announced the launch of TAPintoTV, an online video channel highlighting topics of interest in New Jersey, New York, and beyond. TAPintoTV is off the ground and has been posting content for several months, including videos featuring Emmy award-winning PBS host, Steve Adubato, coverage of the New York International Auto Show, small business success ...

SHORT HILLS, NJ - Doing a winter clean out and looking for a local resale shop that will use your donations to help those in need? New Eyes for the Needy Fabulous Finds Resale Shop, in Short Hills, is seeking donations of new and used jewelry, watches, and fine housewares that will be sold to raise funds to purchase prescription glasses for the poor in the US. New Eyes is ...

NEWARK, NJ - Multiple groups collaborated to bring toys to hundreds of mostly local children this past Saturday at Essex County College.  

Joi’s Angels, an East Orange-based organization founded by Mark and Joi Smith, sponsored a Christmas carnival in the college’s gym, while a non-profit known as Christmas Is For Children distributed donated toys to pre-schoolers at the ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Although more than 700 sea turtles have been stranded this winter in the Northeast region of the United States, hundreds of which did not survive, 13 sea turtles are currently recuperating from the cold at Essex County Turtle Back Zoo’s Sea Turtle Recovery, New Jersey’s only long-term care hospital.

According to Sea Turtle Recovery, Inc., this ...

MILLBURN, NJ - New Jersey is on the road to legalizing recreational marijuana use. NJ lawmakers have stated it will unlikely be this year when the final vote will occur. According to the New Jersey Marijuana Legalization Act, persons of at least 21 years of age would be able to be in possession of one ounce of marijuana, if passed. Municipalities in NJ would have the ability to opt-out, thus ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — British Swim School of The Oranges recently invited the students from Freedom Christian Academy in Orange to participate in an exclusive hour-long "Splashapalooza" event at its Livingston location at 39 W. Northfield Road.

This "Splashapalooza" event was held at the request of Shelley Remaly, principal of Freedom Christian Academy.

MILLBURN, NJ - The Millburn Municipal Alliance Committee (MMAC) supports the 2019 National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week.  National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week® in an initiative to provide teens with facts and scientific information about drugs and alcohol in an effort to Shatter the Myths about drugs and alcohol that teens get from the internet, social media, TV, ...

SUMMIT, NJ - Mark Hetfield, President and CEO of HIAS -- a global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees -- will discuss the significant changes in U.S. immigration policy that include the banning of immigrants from entire countries, new limitations on granting asylum, and family separation on January 11, from at 7:30 - 9 p.m., at Congregation Beth Hatikvah in Summit.

The event is ...

SPRINGFIELD, NJ – A few days after his 34th birthday, a Baptist minister and the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was invited to deliver the Friday night Shabbat sermon to the Jewish congregation of Temple Sha’arey Shalom in Springfield, New Jersey.

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a civil rights leader in the 1960’s, was the guest speaker ...

 NEWARK, NJ – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose announced today that Nester Marin-Romaldo, 35, of Elizabeth is wanted for a hit-and-run that resulted in serious injuries to two female pedestrians as they were leaving a local establishment.

It is alleged that on Sunday, Jan. 6, at approximately 1:58 am two ...

NEWARK, NJ – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II, and Bloomfield Public Safety Director Samuel A. DeMaio announced today that the Bloomfield Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office are investigating a fatal pedestrian incident.

Patrick Forsyth, 59, of Bloomfield was struck by a man driving a Dodge Ram pickup truck at approximately 8:33 AM on ...

NJ Department of Human Services filed a public comment opposing the proposed rule that would negatively impact New Jerseyans’ health and well-being

(TRENTON) – The New Jersey Department of Human Services filed a public comment strongly opposing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s draft proposal to expand the definition of a public charge, noting the proposed rule ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — A 13-year-old student at Edison Intermediate School faces five counts of criminal mischief in connection with various forms of hateful graffiti depicted on the restroom walls at that school, police said Wednesday.

“The Westfield Police Department takes incidents like these extremely seriously,” Chief Chris Battiloro said in a statement. “They have ...

Reporting hate crimes allows the public, researchers, law enforcement and community leaders to develop preventative measures, the FBI says.

WESTFIELD, NJ — The hateful graffiti recently found at Edison Intermediate School targeted a number of groups of people, school officials said.

The officials had strongly condemned the hateful messages found at the school Nov. 29 and at a school ...