By PSE&G
February 14, 2020WOODLAND PARK, NJ - PSE&G has announced that while new gas mains have been installed smaller work zones in various locations are needed to finish connecting the newly installed main into the distribution system. These locations usually occur at intersections and all work zones will be coordinated with police and traffic control.
This work is part of the ...
WOODLAND PARK, NJ - The Woodland Park Police Department has launched LEAD - Law Enforcement Against Drugs - a new program, similar to now defunct DARE program, in local schools.
Officers Omaira Carino and Derrick Morrison recently underwent training to become LEAD program instructors. The program was launched in Beatrice Gilmore School to all fourth grade classes and will begin soon at ...
By LOUISE GONZALEZ
Workshop training for community leaders. Find out how to lead Conversation Project workshops in your home organization. Encourage conversations about end-of-life decision-making.
Tuesday, February 25
9:30am-3:00pm
Collins Pavillion at Chilton Medical Center, 97 West Parkway, Pompton Plains, NJ
Light breakfast and lunch will be served
Space is limited. To RSVP email ...
By LOUISE GONZALEZ
As manager of print services for Atlantic Health System, 58-year-old Tom P. from Edison is a very busy man, supervising team members at two print shops. Although he is based in the Livingston location, Tom spends at least one day a week in the shop at the Atlantic Health Pavilion near Chilton Medical Center and it's a lucky thing he chose to spend October 1 there. During his workday, he felt ...
By SANDY SCRAGG
February 19, 2020NEW JERSEY -- Paul Shaffer is widely known as the former Musical Director of both Late Night with David Letterman and The Late Show with David Letterman, during which he was often involved in skits and the general hijinx of the production. However, as Shaffer tells Steve Adubato, he wasn’t always comfortable being gregarious and, in fact, grew up being an introverted kid until a 1972 ...
Valentine’s Day is widely known as the day of the year when love is celebrated, and indeed, February has been a month of romance for centuries. The St. Valentine’s Day we observe today evolved both from ancient Roman and early Christian history.
There are many legends about who St. Valentine was. One story dates from the third century A.D. Apparently, Emperor Claudius II of Rome ...
By MATTHEW KASS
February 17, 2020This article first appeared in TAPinto Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — On Presidents Day, Feb. 17, Super Stuffed Burgers celebrates its grand opening in Springfield. We got a sneak peak Friday afternoon when co-owners Rob Grunauer and Rey Perez spoke about their new venture.
“I am a comic book enthusiast/collector,” Grunauer said. “So the love of comics, ...
Can’t get enough Girl Scout Cookies? Then head to the third annual Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey Great Cookie Cook-off next month in Scotch Plains, where New Jersey chefs will compete to see who can best incorporate the perennial treats into dishes both sweet and savory.
The fundraiser will be held at Shackamaxon Country Club in Scotch Plains on Thursday, March 12. Jackie ...
By TAPINTO STAFF
February 13, 2020PATERSON, NJ - Passaic County legislators continued to hold the line on fiscal stability as they introduced their 2020 budget Tuesday with no increase to the tax levy. The $438 million dollar budget, officials said in a statement, reflects continued efforts to build on fiscal stability to highlight the county’s rich history and bright future, preserve quality of life for the county’s ...
PATERSON, NJ - An alleged supplier, as well as an alleged seller of illegal drugs were arrested on Monday. Two alleged buyers, were also nabbed, according to a statement by Paterson Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale.
Speziale said that the investigation into street level drug dealing” at a home located at 370 Sussex Street was launched following complaints from “concerned ...
By JOHN MOONEY
February 19, 2020SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Investigators earlier this week dismantled a Scotch Plains puppy mill being illegally run out of a private residence, resulting in more than 130 animals being rescued and transferred to more than a dozen local shelters, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Scotch Plains Police Chief Ted Conley jointly announced Wednesday.
Ten fourth-degree criminal ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Residents here may soon be permitted to raise backyard hens, but they shouldn’t scramble to build coops just yet.
While raising chickens has become an increasingly popular hobby for consumers seeking organic eggs, the existing regulations in Westfield prohibit keeping live chickens. It is a local law that town officials are taking a second look ...
By LIZ KEILL
No doubt Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of the most prolific composers in recent years. We’ve all heard the music of “Cats” “Phantom of the Opera,” “Evita” and a host of others. Paper Mill Playhouse honors him in this moving tribute
The show is quite a pistache of well known, and not so well known, creations. It’s fascinating to see clips of ...
By LIZ KEILL
CHATHAM, NJ - The setting is a two-bedroom apartment in Yonkers, NY. The time is 1942. We learn that two young boys, Jay and Artie, are about to move in with their cold,domineering grandmother.
There’s a lot going on in this taut, smartly written play by Neil Simon. Braden Mellina as Jay, the older brother, and Arty (Logan Guvenel) are doing their best to accept this fearful fate. Janet ...
By BETH MORONEY
Chaos: Charles Manson the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties. John
O’Neill and Dan Piepenbring (New York: Little Brown, 2019).
It took me three weeks to read Chaos:Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties. Although fascinating, with its detailed analysis of the true motives for the Manson crimes in Los Angeles, 1969, the prose was dense and a ...
By BETH MORONEY
Retro Review:
Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk (Doubleday, 1955)
A coming of age story, set in 1933, Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk is a novel that still speaks to us. Written in 1955, Wouk’s strengths are in his character development, themes, and elegant prose. What is especially unusual about Marjorie Morningstar is that the author portrays the fanciful young protagonist, ...
By BETH MORONEY
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware (Scout Press, 2019)
“3rd September 2017
Dear Mr. Wrexham,
I know you don’t know me but please, please, please you have to help me.”
With this intriguing opening, Ruth Ware launches her fifth novel, The Turn of the Key, a mystery reminiscent of Gothic novels in its sinister and dark tone. However, the novel is ...
By JOAN HERRMANN
To have a friend and be a friend is what makes life worthwhile. ~Unknown
February is the month of the heart, the time when we celebrate love. We buy chocolate, flowers, jewelry, and greeting cards to profess our undying love to that special someone. But, in all the hoopla of the season, perhaps we forget to honor the affection provided by the people that sustain us and enable us to thrive ...
By JOAN HERRMANN
I was watching television recently when it happened … I saw the first commercial for the Valentine’s Day diamond collection – you know, the gift that every woman will treasure. As I listened to the music and watched as the camera panned the romantic setting, waves of emotion overcame me like a tsunami. At that moment, in my mind, everyone in the world was in a loving, ...
By KEITH KAZMARK
February 10, 2020Lead. Lead in our drinking water is scary and concerning. And rightfully so. After Flint, Mich. and challenges in Newark, it’s an undeniably real and present public health crisis. But to properly address the lead issue and ensure the safety of the public, one must fix the actual source of the lead in our water.
In most cases, lead contamination happens right before it enters our ...
First, I would like to wish everyone a very Happy and Healthy New Year!
I would also like to congratulate Council Members, Joe Spinelli, Gary Holloway and Rita Pascrell on their re-election and wish them well in their new three-year terms. Councilman Spinelli and Councilwoman Pascrell are entering their 7th terms and will have finished with 21 years of service at the end of this ...
By PASSAIC COUNTY DEMOCRATS
February 18, 2020Woodland Park, NJ - Democratic municipal leaders from the PCDC representing all sixteen towns in the county met on Saturday morning, February 15, 2020, to screen and endorse candidates for the 2020 elections.
PCDC Chairman John Currie announced the following endorsements: Cory Booker for U.S. Senate; William Pascrell, Mikie Sherrill, and Josh Gottheimer for Congress; Bruce James and Theodore ...
The Center for Cooperative Media honored TAPinto with three NJ News Commons Excellence in Local News Awards. Each year, the Center for Cooperative Media recognizes local news outlets for innovation, collaboration, investigative reporting, campus reporting, sustainability, and engagement.
TAPinto Paterson won the Engage Local Award that recognizes a news organization or journalist ...
