Businesses located downtown are being asked to consider early dismissals or even allowing employees to work from home Monday because of gridlock expected as a result of the Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center.

“We’d like the downtown businesses treat this like a major blizzard – except we know it’s coming a few days in advance,” said Public Safety Director ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ - A new date has been set for the MFEE Amazing FundRACER. On Sunday, September 15, the event, which is a mini-version of the competition show The Amazing Race - minus the $1 million prize and the worldwide travel, will take place in Montclair to benefit all 6,000 Montclair Public School students.

50 teams of two from different walks of life, will come together to ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ - Governor Murphy was at the Bay Street Station in Montclair on Monday to sign an executive order improving transparency at NJ Transit by requiring NJ Transit rail performance metrics to be shared with the public on a monthly basis.  

"In just a few minutes, I will sign an executive order requiring greater public transparency into the actual number of ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ - Jason Gleason, the former general manager of Pig & Prince Restaurant, has been named the Acting Director of the Montclair Center BID, Montclair Center BID Board of Directors have announced.

Gleason, who is the former Board chair, has stepped down from his volunteer position to accept the temporary staff position. The BID has convened a search committee ...

MORRISTOWN, NJ - The owners of a local Montclair business, just received a small business award for their Morristown location of their store, Just Jersey. Located at 163 South Street in Morristown, Just Jersey was recently named by The New York Jets and M&T Bank as the winner of the second annual Small Business Showcase. 

Just Jersey was created by co-owners Paul Miller and Tina ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ – Just over a month after the abrupt resignation of much maligned Montclair Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Kendra Johnson, new interim super Dr. Nathan Parker began his first official day on the job Monday.

Johnson’s resignation request was formally accepted by the Montclair Board of Education during a public meeting on Monday, July 15. She submitted her ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ-- The Montclair Public Library will be purchasing enough books to fill two of the twelves shelves of the electric bookmobile, made possible by a $1000 donation from the Montclair Rotary.

“We appreciate the generosity of the Montclair Rotary Club and its charitable foundation,” said Peter Coyl.  “As a civic group that has been concerned with increasing ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ - The Montclair Board of Education has announced the appointment of new interim superintendent, Dr. Nathan Parker.

The announcement took place during a special Board meeting held on Thursday night at the George Inness Annex.

Parker, who had retired in 2015, will be coming out of retirement to take the interim position.

He had served as superintendent of ...

BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Amid controversy among several parents, educators, and some board members, the Bloomfield Board of Education voted 4-1 to pass a resolution to move the school board election from November to April.

The vote was held during a special, last-minute, public meeting held Friday evening, August 9 at the School Administration Building.  The change is effective for the ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - The number of humpback whale sightings in New York City and northern New Jersey has increased dramatically in recent years, by more than 500%, as a result of warmer and cleaner waters, raising the risk of dangerous interactions between the huge marine mammals and humans, according to a Rutgers University-New Brunswick researcher.

The increase in sightings near one of the ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ – In the past three years, Edgemont Park, located on Valley Rd in Montclair, has gotten significant upgrades. 

Last week, Montclair officials, local senior citizens and municipal employees gathered at the Edgemont Park House to mark the many improvements currently underway.

“Over the years we’ve had people voice their concerns and complaints ...

ROCKAWAY, NJ -- "Today was another great day!"

The words from Hasbrouck Heights resident Jamie Woyce on day five of seven in her 188+ mile from in the MS Run the US ultra relay. The weather was overcast throughout the day so she logged 30 miles from her starting point in Washington, Warren County, stopping for the evening in Rockaway, NJ. 

Thursday's planned route ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ - Support of SOFIA, the Montclair-based domestic violence prevention non-profit, will host their 9th annual walk against domestic violence on Saturday, September 7, 2019 ~ 9 am - 1 pm.

To be held at Glenfield Park, the theme this year is "Bringing Awareness, Prevention and Healing to your Community."

All participamt are asked to wear purple to ...

NEWARK, NJ - Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday focused on the federal government's responsibility to lead the country to a "water infrastructure renaissance" amid a lead crisis in Newark that resulted in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week urging city residents to drink bottled water to avoid contamination. 

In doing so, Murphy avoided laying blame on fellow ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ – Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders President Brendan Gill has recently been recognized by the New Jersey Conference of Mayors (NJCM).

The Montclair native accepted the award of 2019 Freeholder of the Year from the NJCM during a special presentation held at Livingston Town Hall on Wednesday July 25.

Presenting the award, was the Chair of the ...

BLOOMFIELD, NJ – In the ongoing, year-long effort to educate residents about the possible buildup of lead in older homes and methods to reduce exposure, Bloomfield Township Council hosted a Community Public Forum on Monday evening, August 19 at the Civic Center on Broad Street prior to the Regular Council Meeting.

Hundreds of residents from Bloomfield and Newark, and several major media ...

BLOOMFIELD, NJ - The Bloomfield Animal Shelter is seeking information about a pair of dogs found in the Watsessing Park Dog Park.

According to the shelter, the dogs, two female bully mixes, were found about noon on Sunday at the Conger St. dog park. The individual who found the dogs reported that they were together without a human companion for about an hour.

The shelter reports that the ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – New Jersey residents perceive women as being more emotional and men as more aggressive, but other views on gender have evolved, according to the latest results from a new joint Rutgers-Eagleton/Fairleigh Dickinson University poll. 

The survey asked respondents whether various personal traits apply more to women or men, or whether there is ...

NEWARK, NJ – Dressed in a button-down shirt with four Essex County Sheriff’s Officers standing alongside him, Joseph D. Porter appeared in Essex County Superior Court on Wednesday for the first time since the deaths of Karen Bermudez-Rodriguez and David Kimowitz.

Porter, 27, of Elizabeth, pleaded not guilty to the murders of Bermudez-Rodriguez, an au pair and Kimowitz, a New ...

Newark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, announced today that Certified Nursing
Assistant (CNA) Monique Beaucejour, 46, of Bloomfield has been charged with reckless manslaughter for
causing the death of 85-year-old Fannie McClain.

McClain, who previously lived in Bloomfield, was a resident at the Waterview Nursing Home located at 536
Ridge Road in Cedar ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ - TAPinto was the first to report on a fire that occurred at a Warren Place home on Friday, August 9. At the time, the cause was not yet known. According to Montclair fire officials in a recent release, the cause of the fire was a lightning strike, making this the second Montclair house fire caused by lightning in nearly a week.

According to Deputy Chief Robert Duncan, ...

MILLBURN, NJ - Fire crews battled a blaze in town on Friday that broke out on Millburn Avenue.

According to Millburn Fire Department Battalion Cheif Tom Pizzano, the fire department was first alerted to the fire at approximately 12:15 p.m. Arriving on scene at Oxford Jewelers at 302 Millburn Ave., Pizzano said that it took 15 to 20 minutes to get the fire under control.

"They had the ...

CEDAR GROVE, NJ - Every police car in Cedar Grove is now equipped with a warm dry blanket thanks to the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation.  A part of Cedar Grove for more than 24 years, the foundation donated new eco-friendly blankets to the police department recently.

Officers use the blankets for victims at the scenes of emergencies, including house fires, medical calls and motor vehicle ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - The first collegiate football game was played in New Brunswick and Rutgers is planning to celebrate the 150th anniversary of that historic game.

The Scarlet Knights' 6-4 victory on Nov. 6, 1869, will be re-enacted on Friday, Aug. 30 at 6:15 p.m.

Fans who arrive early for the Rutgers football team's season-opening kick off against the University of Massachusetts ...