MONTCLAIR, NJ - Four Montclair students earned places in the Paper Mill Playhouse's five-week conservatory program this year. This is a premier program which is highly selective in its acceptance policy. Our students will be performing together with over 100 other students in a fully produced, original concert on August 2 at 7:30pm and August 3 at 1:30pm and 7:30pm on the ...

NUTLEY, NJ - Waving the stars and stripes and holding a beach ball she just won, Jayla Pitts stepped away from Nutley's Independence Day celebration on the Nutley Park Oval to tell us her plans for the future.

Moments before our conversation, the rising first grader was one of dozens of future leaders participating in a hula hoop contest on the 50 yard line. With music blaring, Pitts let ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Though Montclair Public Library Participates in The BCCLS, Library Director Peter Coyl informed TAPinto Montclair that the grant changes only affects Bergen County libraries and not Montclair.

(This is part two of a series of articles on Library Funding and the Bergen County Cooperative Library System (BCCLS))  Part one

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ -  Until the recent ...

VERONA, NJ - Terry’s Family Pharmacy announced last week that it’s closing its doors after 85 years in business.  All prescriptions have been transferred to Walgreens.   The store will be open for the next few weeks, with steep discounts on merchandise.  Gift cards must be redeemed before July 15.

“I am very sad that the store is closing,” said ...

NEW JERSEY -- Personal finance site, WalletHub, has just released its annual report of Best and Worst States to Start a Business, and the Garden State ranked among the worst.

In fact, New Jersey rated 49th out of 50 states, with only Rhode Island faring worse in the analysis. In order to determine the best and worst states to start a business, WalletHub evaluated all 50 states ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ - Aaron Brunert arrived at his job at a local ice cream shop on Friday, thinking it was a regular day. It was, that is, until the owner of Gelotti of Montclair, called him to the front counter and gave him the keys to a car.

Gelotti of Montclair, which is being rebranded as Gelati by Mike, opened in Montclair and Caldwell in 2014. Brunert joined the company in 2017 and has ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ – Citing a desire to seek personal happiness, embattled Montclair Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Kendra Johnson’s resignation request was formally accepted by the Montclair Board of Education during a public meeting on Monday, July 15 the George Inness Annex Atrium.

Johnson’s resignation from the superintendent position was green-lighted by the ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ - Embattled Montclair Superintendent Kendra V. Johnson, J.D., Ph.D., will be leaving. She has been appointed as a Community Superintendent in the Howard County Public School System in Maryland, HCPSS officials announced.

Approved at the July 11 Howard County Public Schools Board of Education meeting, her start date is to be determined.

Johnson was appointed by the ...

UNION, NJ – Members of the New Jersey State Policemen's Benevolent Association (PBA) and others attended a rally on Wednesday morning in a parking lot at Kean University to protest the actions of Kean University Director of Public Safety, Mark Farsi, in advance of a hearing for charges against twenty-year veteran officer and PBA representative Alex Perez, a Union ...

Parsippany, NJ -- Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) announced today she raised $590,000 in the second quarter of 2019. Sherrill bested her first quarter raise of $550,000, and now has more than $1.1 million cash on hand. 

“I’m grateful for the continued support for my work to secure tax relief, improve our transportation infrastructure, and strengthen our ...

HACKENSACK, NJ - Local and state officials have partnered with the Alementary Brewing Co. to support a bill that would allow patrons in breweries across the state to enjoy a cold beer alongside their furry friends.

Though the state Senate passed a bill in December to make it legal for pooches to join their owners at breweries, the Assembly has yet to vote on it.

This week, Assemblywoman ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - The exotic pet trade has led to several hundred non-native and invasive animal species globally that could harm native species and ecosystems, and the number is expected to rise, according to a Rutgers-led study in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

Thousands of vertebrate animal species and tens of millions of animals are shipped internationally and ...

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - Local residents started a Go Fund Me page for a resident who died in a fire last Friday.

The page, Transportation/Funeral Expenses: Cecilia Cranko, is raising money to help cover funeral costs and transportation costs since her mother is flying from South Africa to attend the funeral.

Cranko, 48, died on Friday in a house fire inside her home on Ward Place. She was a ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ - Aaron Brunert arrived at his job at a local ice cream shop on Friday, thinking it was a regular day. It was, that is, until the owner of Gelotti of Montclair, called him to the front counter and gave him the keys to a car.

Gelotti of Montclair, which is being rebranded as Gelati by Mike, opened in Montclair and Caldwell in 2014. Brunert joined the company in 2017 and has ...

Parsippany, NJ -- Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) announced today she raised $590,000 in the second quarter of 2019. Sherrill bested her first quarter raise of $550,000, and now has more than $1.1 million cash on hand. 

“I’m grateful for the continued support for my work to secure tax relief, improve our transportation infrastructure, and strengthen our ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Several organizations from the city and beyond will band together Friday to call for the closure of ICE detention centers in the state.

The Lights For Liberty Rally will start at the intersection of Albany and George streets at 6:30 p.m.

Central Jersey Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is co-sponsoring the protest along with groups including ACLU People Power - ...

ROBBINSVILLE, NJ --  Before an emotional crowd of family, classmates, and elected leaders, Governor Phil Murphy signed "Sami's Law" on Thursday.

The new law is named after Samantha Josephson, a Robbinsville resident who was brutally murdered in March while attending college in South Carolina, allegedly by an individual she mistook as a driver for a ...

Newark – TAPinto Montclair broke the news of a homicide in Montclair's South End neighborhood on Tuesday.

On Thursday morning, police officials have provided an update that a suspect is in custody as of Wednesday night.

Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Montclair Police Chief Todd Conforti announced that the Essex County Prosecutor’s ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ - A body was discovered near Orange Road on Tuesday around 8:45pm.

Unofficial reports indicate the death is a possible homicide, however, police have not yet confirmed this information. TAPinto Montclair has spoken to numerous neighbors, who have confirmed police activity and wish to remain anonymous.

Police officials have not yet been reached for ...

NEW YORK, NY - Seems Glen Rockers show up everywhere there's action, even at this morning's Women's World Cup Soccer Victory Parade down the "Canyon of Heroes" in New York City, a stretch of Broadway from Battery Park to City Hall.

At 9:30 a.m. this morning, July 10, the United States Women's World Cup Soccer team celebrated their second consecutive world ...

CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Cedar Grove High School softball's Mia Faieta was one of 48 student-athletes nationwide selected to the 2019 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) High School All-America team.

In her four years at Cedar Grove High School, Faieta helped guide Cedar Grove to three state sectional titles, two Group 1 state championships, two trips ...

LYON, France -- In a game that was scoreless through the first 60 minutes, the U.S. Women's Soccer Team scored twice down the stretch for a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands to win the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup on Sunday.

Tobin Heath, a 2006 graduate of Ridge High School, is a member of the Gold-winning U.S. team. Heath started and saw extensive playing time Sunday, but she did not ...

JERSEY SHORE – Those who live at the Jersey Shore year round speak a language of their own. Actually, it’s often a mix of dialects from other parts of Jersey, New York and those who come from the near west. Philadelphia, that is.

Most make a common distinction. They are not anything like the Jersey Shore cast whose drama captivates avid watchers throughout the United States. In ...