PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ – Garret Mountain Reservation was flowing with families and children as the Passaic County Fair kicked off on Thursday. 

Attendees could be seen playing carnival games; riding rides such as the Ferris Wheel and Seven Seas, a fan favorite event; visiting food vendors of all different kinds, such as Boba tea, popcorn, Mexican and Turkish food and ...

PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ – The Passaic County Board of County Commissioners, and Friends of Passaic County Parks, Inc. will be hosting the annual Passaic County Fair from August 11th-14th at Garret Mountain Reservation. The opening ceremony will be held on Thursday, August 11th at 7:30pm.

The fair will feature four days of unique activities for all to enjoy from games and rides to art ...

Melody Appel is our delightful young leading lady in this Neil Simon comedy. Melody is honored to portray Libby Tucker in her first Nutley Little Theater production!

She has not performed in about 4 years, so she is honored and grateful to be in this incredible play. Hailing from Wayne, New Jersey, Melody had been performing since she was 4 years old in NJ community theater companies. She ...

Rising mortgage rates, a dip in home sales and the very real fears about housing affordability did little to slow the growth of home price appreciation in the second quarter of 2022. According to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR), median single-family existing-home prices rose 14.2% nationwide this past quarter. The average home price rose above $400,000 for the first time, landing ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ - The Montclair Planning Board met on August 8 in a virtually empty council chambers to discuss the latest proposal from the Township Council for an area in need of redevelopment involving an aging building  - and the board members just happened to be sitting in it. 

The council had in fact referred to the Planning Board a proposal to declare as an area in need of ...

It’s an age-old quandary that millions of Americans confront every year: Should I rent or should I buy a home? Admittedly, it’s not always easy to decide. 

The choice on whether to own a home or to rent one is subject to much debate, and people on both sides of the argument have no shortage of reasons why their decision is the right one. But if we’re being honest, ...

LITTLE FALLS, N.J. - The Little Falls Farmers Market had a special visit on July 24. The market runs every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain of shine, through Oct. 30 and is held in the parking lot of the municipal building, located at 225 Main Street. 

Patrons waited on lines to get their hands on food items from Cousins Maine Lobster Truck, which offered savory meals on the go ...

NEWARK, NJ  — In a moment that for many is both a miracle and a mitzvah, Hobby's Deli reopened in downtown Newark, fixing a hole in some hungry hearts and stomachs.

"It took a love of the business and a love of family to make it back," said Marc Brummer, sitting next to his brother and co-owner Michael amidst the happy cacophony of a busy deli back to work after ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy signed a new law Wednesday that extends outdoor dining in New Jersey until November 2024.

"There are restaurants and bars and growing numbers of breweries that are still relying on the outdoor dining spaces they were allowed to create to get themselves back financially to where they were pre-pandemic," Murphy said. "We want to see ...

Nutley Public Safety Commissioner introduced an ordinance for another stop sign during the Aug. 2 Board of Commissioners public meeting.

Revenue and Finance Commissioner Thomas J. Evans made an announcement to the residents on their third quarter taxes. See related story: It’s In The Mail – Nutley’s Third Quarter Taxes Are On The Way

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TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy signed three bills, S-891/A-1557, S-902/A-1559, and A-1556/S-901, which will protect New Jersey consumers from predatory financial practices. These new laws include measures that will toughen New Jersey’s antitrust laws, stated the Governor's Office.

“New Jersey consumers are the heartbeat of our state’s economy, and it is ...

NUTLEY, NJ - Revenue and Finance Commissioner Thomas J. Evans made a brief announcement for Nutley residents on third quarter tax bills during the Aug. 2 Board of Commissioners public meeting.

The township finally mailed out the third quarter municipal tax bills. Residents should begin to receive them shortly. Evans stated in the July 19 public meeting, that there is an extension to the grace ...

FAIR LAWN, NJ - Legislators proposed a state bill, "Stay in Jersey", to incentivize businesses in New York to open new offices in the Garden State for their Jersey-based employees.

Gottheimer was visibly upset and dismayed by the proposed congestion tax on New Jersey and working families, including those who commute to New York City for work or to visit family members on a ...

We are so thrilled to announce our newest Stockist: Centre Nutrition & Wellness! 

When we met Karen, the owner, we loved how we shared the same beliefs and knew that this would be great fit for having our products in her fabulous store! 

Stop in and check it out! Centre Nutrition and Wellness is located at 379 Centre St. Nutley NJ, a few doors from the intersection of Franklin ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ — Jersey City’s cannabis control board has given the OK to several applicants seeking to open marijuana dispensaries in the city, including one backed by rapper and actor Ice-T.

During its July 25 meeting, the board considered and approved the following Class 5 retail applications:

MedUSA NJ, LLC — Local businessman Haytham Elgawly has proposed a ...

BLOOMFIELD, NJ-- In a Facebook post by Bloomfield Mayor Michael Venezia, it was announced that the DEP had  lifted the boil water advisory for residents of the township. 

Residents had been Forced to boil  township water since a water main broke. Around 8 a.m. Tuesday morning, a 72-inch water main broke in Branch Brook Park on the border of Newark and neighboring ...

NEWARK, NJ — Newark's Boil Water Advisory is still in place as city officials announced Wednesday that 99% of the city’s water service has been restored in the areas impacted by yesterday’s water main break in Belleville Township.

City officials said that water leaks have been stopped and full water pressure "should be at 100 percent by this ...

NEWARK, NJ — Newark residents in several wards are experiencing issues with their water service after a water main broke in Belleville Township early Tuesday morning.

Belleville Mayor Michael Melham told TAPinto Newark the incident stemmed from a break in a 72-inch main in Branch Brook Park, near the Belleville/Newark border.

Newark Firefighters and ...

HOBOKEN, NJ — Hoboken City Council has come out against a $4.7 billion plan to widen and repair the 8-mile-long extension that connects Exit 14 on the New Jersey Turnpike to the Holland Tunnel.

During its meeting on Wednesday night, the city council adopted a resolution urging Gov. Phil Murphy to direct the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) “to halt any further work” on ...

WOODLAND PARK, NJ - The Passaic County Commissioners were joined by officials from Paterson, Clifton, and Woodland Park and stakeholders to break ground on the Garret Mountain Phase II Improvements Project.

The goal of this project is to provide new recreational amenities and improvements to Garret Mountain Reservation in the vicinity of the Auto Overlook area. The improvements are ...

UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Police Department contains an “Old Boys Club” whose white, male members police Chief J. Chris Debbie allows to violate laws, a lawsuit brought by Sgt. Homero Almanzar against the department claims.

Almanzar, a retired U.S. Army disabled combat veteran described as Hispanic/Latino, is experiencing “a significant disparity” in ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ - Montclair residents were recently placed on notice after a rabies-infected raccoon was found on Christopher Street, Township officials announced.

According to Montclair Township officials, the New Jersey Department of Health notified the township Health Department Friday that a raccoon found on Christopher Street on August 8 tested positive for the rabies ...

TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey has announced five new monkeypox vaccination sites in Hudson, Middlesex, Morris and Passaic counties. The locations are for residents without a confirmed exposure who think they may have been exposed or are at a high risk for having been exposed to the virus.

There are 305 confirmed or probable monkeypox cases in New Jersey, as of August ...

TRENTON, NJ - The NJ Dept. of Health (NJDOH) reports 293 Monkeypox cases in the Garden State. The report, published Aug. 11, 2022, shows an increase of 50 cases statewide since Monday Aug. 8. In Essex County, there are 59 cases as of Thursday morning. 

The US Centers for Disease Control reports 10,392 cases across the nation. 

County by county, there ...

To the Editor,

In the wake of never-ending tragic school shootings, New Jersey has established a requirement for Threat Assessment Teams in all schools.  These teams will provide assistance in identifying students of concern, assess those students’ risk for engaging in violence, deliver intervention strategies to reduce the risk of violence in schools, and foster a secure school ...

CEDAR GROVE, NJ -- The Cedar Grove Board of Education will be undertaking the process of replacing the seat on the board that was vacated when Christine Dye submitted her resignation this week.

There are four members currently on the board, with a vacant seat that will be filled following public interviews at the next BOE meeting on Aug. 23.

The board will provide public notice of the ...

CEDAR GROVE, NJ -- Christine Dye on Wednesday submitted her resignation from the Cedar Grove Board of Education.

Dye's resignation follows a recent certification by the Essex County Clerk's Office of a petition circulated in Cedar Grove seeking a minimum of 2,802 signatures to put a referendum recalling Dye from the BOE on the election ballot in November.

There were 3,032 signatures ...

PARAMUS, NJ — Sen. Joseph Lagana has three main inspirations for wanting to keep New Jersey's children safe at school.

"I try to use my real-life experience and apply it to my job as a legislator," Lagana (D - District 38) told TAPinto. "And part of (that) is being a father and having three kids."

When he takes his daughters — who are headed into ...

TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey's hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs) are getting a big financial boost.

Gov. Phil Murphy and Acting Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced Monday the programs, which help and support victims of violence, will receive $10 million in federal American Recovery Plan (ARP) funds.

“The Paterson Healing Collective is pleased to ...

TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey's State Parole Board is teaming up with Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care to help offenders struggling with substance use disorder, both before and after their release.

"We're confident that this is something that could be life-changing to a lot of people," State Parole Board Chairman Samuel J. Plumeri, Jr. told TAPinto.

NEW ARK, NJ —Legendary performer Barry Manilow took the time before singing in front of a packed crowd at the Prudential Center to help students from Newark's East Side High School reach for the stars.

Manilow handed over a $20,000 check to East Side High School music teacher Thaddeus Exposé before his recent concert in Newark. The donation is part of the Manilow ...

MOVCHANIVKA, UKRAINE - Nearly three dozen large parcels of clothing, military-grade supplies, non-perishable food, and more successfully crossed the Atlantic and Europe to finally arrive in the village of Movchanivka in Ukraine.  The donations were the product of the generosity of Hawthornites and those of neighboring towns who responded to Donna Grofsick's call for aid back in ...

NUTLEY, NJ - Friday Night's Alright for Fightin' ... Cancer! Join neighbors, friends, and friends you haven't met yet in Nutley's Memorial Park on Aug. 19, as Nutley Relay for Life 2022 returns!

Usually held in May, this year's event was postponed due to weather. From 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday Aug. 19

Not on a team yet, don't fret, you can sign up and ...

NUTLEY, NJ - The County of Essex reported that another Nutley resident was lost to the COVID-19 pandemic. The most recent death was reported in the Essex County Coronavirus report of August 10, 2022. 

This latest death is the fifteenth reported since the start of the year, and the 85th loss since the pandemic began. The last reported death occurred in June.

TAPinto ...

PATERSON, NJ – In response to Monday evening’s assault at Masjid Abu Baker on Preakness Ave, where worshipers were pelted with rocks while they were praying, Mayor Andre Sayegh, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes and members of the Paterson City Council announced their joint efforts to ...

Vincent United Methodist Church will gather for worship this Sunday morning, August 7 at 10:00 a.m. on the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost.

The church is open for worship in the church sanctuary, will be broadcast live on the church Facebook page, and will be available for Call In.

Special Music will be provided by Marge Baumann. Rev. David LeDuc will share a children’s ...

NTULEY, NJ - Bob Harbison is taking some time for himself.

The long-time Nutley skipper announced earlier this month that he is relinquishing his duties as head baseball coach as well as being an assistant for the Maroon Raiders football team.

"I just thought it started to drain on me a bit," said Harbison, a 1984 Nutley graduate. "Going right from being head boys basketball ...

The ESPN series “The Captain,” a show that delineated the storied career of New York Yankee great Derek Jeter, showcased its finale this week.

Through seven episodes, we got to see both the ups and downs of Jeter as both a baseball player and as a human being. This balance through a hall of famer’s journey to being great allows us as an audience to understand his ...

WAYNE, NJ – Twelve-year-old Izyan “Zizou” Ahmad is one of the top-ranked singles and doubles 12-and-under tennis players in the US - at one point recently he was ranked number one in both. He’s also a Wayne resident.

Five years ago, in a televised press conference at the US Open, Zizou boldly asked Roger Federer, the number one tennis player in the world, if he would ...

NUTLEY, NJ - Officers of the Nutley Police Department rescued an 80-year-old woman who was trapped in her vehicle after it crashed into a Bloomfield Ave. home.

According to police, local 9-1-1 dispatchers received several calls early Thursday afternoon regarding a motor vehicle accident. Upon arrival, first responders found a Volkswagen had driven into a home causing damage to the gas ...

WOODLAND PARK, NJ - A dump truck overturned Friday morning on Rt 46 East at McBride Ave in Woodland Park. All eastbound lanes are closed.

Emergency crews are on the scene.

NJ Transit is rerouting busses.

TAPinto will continue to update this story as details emerge. 

NUTLEY, NJ - First responders from the Township of Nutley responded to a two-vehicle accident on Park Ave. Tue. Aug. 9 at about 5:19 p.m. TAPinto Nutley staff photographer captured the aftermath in photos.

According to Nutley Police Department's Det. Anthony Montanari, the call for an EMS response was canceled because there were no injuries. 

Officers of the Nutley Police ...

NUTLEY, NJ - It was the 144th day of 2022 when the Uvalde Texas mass school shooting occurred at Robb Elementary School. This marked the 212th mass shooting of 2022, so why isn’t anything changing?

Twenty-one people lost their lives at Robb Elementary School, Uvalde; 21 funerals to plan. Nineteen are for young children and two for teachers who died with the intent of protecting ...

NUTLEY, NJ - NHS art teacher, Mrs. Theresa Lappostato, is retiring from NHS at the end this school year. The 16-year veteran art teacher from NHS has had an undeniable impact on students and future artists since acquiring this job.

Read Daniel Doman's entire article, NHS Art Teacher Retires After 16 years, on the Nutley High School Maroon and Gray site. 

TAPinto Nutley is ...

MADISON, NJ - The Landmark Tree Program in Madison acknowledges special public and private trees in the Borough.  The program, run by the Shade Tree Management Board, is asking the public to help locate and identify the trees to be celebrated and treasured. 

The program was instituted under mandate of the Shade Tree Management Board (STMB) in 1988 and has been ...

NUTLEY, NJ - Boil water advisories were issued in Bloomfield and Belleville Tuesday following a major water main break in the vicinity of Branch Brook Park. On Tuesday afternoon, the Township of Nutley Department of Public Works advised, "The Boil Water Alert issued by Newark Water, Belleville and Bloomfield DOES NOT pertain to Nutley."

A township-wide alert was issued ...

TRENTON, NJ — Due to ongoing hot and dry conditions, New Jersey is under a drought watch as of Tuesday. The state's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is asking residents and businesses to conserve water.

New Jersey has a three-stage drought advisory system. A drought watch is the first step. DEP says it's to encourage voluntary conservation measures, and, if ...

EAST HANOVER, NJ - East Hanover’s feral cat argument came to a head at the Feb. 7 town meeting as an argument turned into a 40-minute diatribe that only got tenser over time.

The East Hanover Council has repeatedly received complaints from angry residents about its feral cat population, which according to the ordinance residents are prohibited from feeding. The town declined to support a ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Two domestic ducks are creating a bit of a stir in the borough and residents would like to help these duckies get reunited with their owners. A Black Swedish duck was found on Thursday, August 4 in the evening at Ottilios Restaurant on Devoe Avenue in Spotswood. A white Welsh Halequin was found on Friday by Devoe Lake. Both ducks are domesticated because their wings are ...

DOYLESTOWN, PA—A Warrington Township K-9 officer racked up her fourth capture of the summer when a suspect fled the scene of a retail theft in Doylestown Township and ended up crashing in neighboring Warrington Township.

On July 31, 2022, around 1:00 p.m., Warrington police got involved in the apprehension of the three people suspected of taking part in the theft. After fleeing ...

BLOOMFIELD, NJ--Bloomfield Animal Shelter is asking Bloomfield residents for help in adopting Stan, who has been housed at the shelter for the past eight months. Stan has been adopted twice since being found as a stray last December, and had a brief stint with a foster owner, but was returned to the shelter each time for being too “mouthy” and “destructive” towards toys ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — From a widely popular beer garden to a cartooning workshop and an art exhibit, the town’s annual festival in celebration of Charles Addams is slated to return.

Planning for the fifth year of Westfield’s celebration of Addams Family creator and town native Charles Addams is in the works, the organizers said.

“I’m excited that some of the ...

RINGWOOD, NJ - Whenever someone visits Ringwood Manor, they take a trip back in time.  On Saturday, August 13, and Sunday, August 14, visitors to this North Jersey treasure will have a particularly special opportunity to see centuries of “living” history spanning the continents and ages up close.  This weekend, Ringwood State Park in partnership with the Hawthorne-based ...

HOBOKEN, NJ — All aboard!

Hoboken’s historic Lackawanna Terminal is included in a new, gigantic model railroad display at Liberty Science Center (LSC) that pays homage to the bygone era of traveling by railways.

Touted as “one of the most elaborate and detailed model railroads ever built,” the 3,000-square-foot set recreates the Lackawanna Railroad line, which ...