Community Announcements

NEW JERSEY -  Flags in New Jersey will return to full-staff, announced Governor Murphy. The governor has issued Executive Order Number 160 to direct that all flags across the state be flown high beginning Friday July, 3. 

The flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall fly at full staff at all State departments, offices, agencies and ...

WOODLAND PARK, NJ - PSE&G has announced that over the next two weeks work crews will be replacing gas services on Rose Place, Highview Drive, and Weaseldrift Road.

This work, which requires limited digging up of roads because of its proximity to homeowners’ property lines, is part of the utility’s town-wide project to make gas delivery to local homes and businesses safer, ...

WAYNE, NJ -- In honor of Independence Day, TAPintoTV is revisiting our piece from last year on the Dey Mansion, one of several locations in New Jersey which served as General George Washington’s Headquarters during the Revolutionary War. 

The Dey Mansion was the home of Theunis and Hester Dey, and was built around 1770. Ten years later, Theunis, who was the Colonel of the Bergen ...

NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- Stephanie Willoughby caught up with Susan Barbaglia, Owner of Skin Deep Salon and Spa, to see how she has been faring during the COVID-19 pandemic. Barbaglia had previously appeared on TAPintoTV, when she was celebrating Skin Deep’s 25 years of being in business. 

When the pandemic began to take hold in New Jersey, the days leading up to the salon’s ...

Anyone who has ever planted mint knows it can grow like a weed.

If you’ve got oodles of the herb, from your garden or the market, there are plenty of ways to enjoy it. Here are a few of our favorites on hot summer days:

Stir chopped mint into softened cream cheese for a new bagel spread.

Toss it in your pitcher for mint water. You can combine it with fruit, such ...

New Jersey Date Night is a series on NJ Flavor by relationship writer Craig Rogers.

“Come out, come out wherever you are!” were Glinda’s famous words 81 years ago, and they’ve never been more applicable to New Jersey now. People have lots of reasons to come out in June; not only is it Pride Month but also we now can enjoy a date night in an actual restaurant, ...

PATERSON, NJ - When Alexander Hamilton founded Paterson in 1791, he realized energy could be harnessed from the Great Falls to transform it into the country’s first planned industrial city, a hub for manufacturing silk, textile and steel.

Following World War II, most of the mills and factories shut their doors and Paterson, like many other urban areas, fell into a steep decline, ...

PATERSON, NJ :  Passaic Valley Water Commission is Crew on site repairing two main breaks.

The first is a 12” water main break in front of 448 Main Street in Paterson between Green and Slater streets During repairs, customers in the surrounding area may experience discolored water or poor pressure. During repairs, ONE lane will be open on Main St between Green St & ...

PATERSON, NJ - More than 100 guests attended a special wreath laying ceremony at Paterson’s Underground Railroad monument in honor of Juneteenth on Friday.

Juneteenth marks the ending of slavery by the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment following the Civil War. Originating in 1865, in Galveston, Texas, June 19th the day is now observed as the African American ...

NEW JERSEY — If you’re celebrating the Fourth of July, you are now permitted do so with up to 500 people together — as long as they are outdoors and practicing social distancing, the governor announced.

Gov. Phil Murphy has raised the limit on crowd size for outdoor gatherings to 500 people. The new limit took effect 6 a.m. Friday.

“Increasing the ...

BARNEGAT, NJ – A Barnegat man using a metal detector came to the rescue of a distraught township resident -who lost her rings at the Barnegat Bay Beach.  Alicia Bivens says she offered Tom Panik a reward for recovering her treasured keepsakes, but he refused to take it.

“He told me just to pay it forward,” said Alicia. “He had the biggest smile after he saw how ...