TOP LOCAL News
By ALLEY SHUBERT
February 12, 2026
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg Town Council on Tuesday evening unanimously advanced two ordinances on first reading and approved a resolution addressing the town’s wastewater system. Updated Sewer ChargesOrdinance 2026-06 updates sewer user charges, amending Chapter 123 of the Town Code. The ...
OXFORD, NJ - Oxford Central School held its annual Spelling Bee on Jan. 21, 2026, where students tackled challenging words that would make most adults reach for a dictionary. The competition was chaired by teachers Kristen Cutro and Tiffanie Summers and featured a comprehensive qualification ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating a man wanted in connection with a shooting that occurred last summer. On Aug. 31, 2025, at approximately 1:40 p.m., officers responded to the area near Flexport off Rand Boulevard, where they confirmed ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Mayor Randy Piazza Jr. provided an update on several ongoing and planned projects during the Feb. 10 Town Council meeting, outlining improvements to parks and recreation facilities across Phillipsburg and explaining how those projects are being funded. A central focus of the ...
PHILLIPSBURG,NJ - TAPinto Phillipsburg is honoring four Stateliners athletes as its Iron Strong Athletes of the Week who shined last week and/or hit career milestones.In boy’s basketball, Evan Hade and David Pacewicz registered career-highs in scoring in back-to-back victories last week when the ...
Senior 175-pounder Gavin Geleta won the 97th bout of his career and sophomore 144-pounder Mason Przepadlo won his first as Phillipsburg High School recorded nine falls in a 70-6 victory over Kittatinny in a non-conference match in the Stateliners gymnasium on Monday.Junior Owen Garriques won his ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Freshman Amoura Caul rolled games of 155 and 164 to pace the undefeated Phillipsburg High School girl’s bowling team to a pair of wins over Northern Highland in a first round NJSIAA North Group 3 sectional match on Monday morning at Easton’s Bar Don Lanes.Senior Raylyn Cook kept ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ — The Phillipsburg Board of Education has a new face at the dais. With a vacancy created by the anticipated resignation of Bernie Fey, who was elected to Phillipsburg Town Council, the Board held a second round of interviews to fill the vacancy February 9, 2026 after a deadlock at ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Sophomore Ellie Kisselbach returned to action after an arm injury to record two wins including a decision in Phillipsburg High School’s 39-30 victory over West Orange in a girl’s wrestling tri-match in the Stateliners gym on Friday.In addition to Kisselbach’s victory in the West ...
EAST ORANGE, NJ - On Friday, inside the halls of the Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative and Performing Arts, the past did not feel distant. It felt present—spoken aloud, sung, danced, remembered.The occasion was the 40th anniversary of Whitney Houston, the self-titled debut album that ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Emergency crews responded Sunday morning to a reported fire structure and explosion at the McWane Ductile Plant on Sitgreaves Street. At approximately 9:53 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, Phillipsburg Police, Fire, and EMS units were dispatched to the facility at 183 Sitgreaves ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Senior forward Evan Hade hit the game-winning shot in the waning seconds to lift eighth-seeded Phillipsburg High School to a 58-56 upset victory over top-seeded Warren Hills in a Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex quarterfinal boy’s basketball on Saturday in Washington.Phillipsburg (6-13), ...
PHILLIPSBURG — Local fire departments responded to a structural fire at the McWane Ductile facility on Sitgreaves Street earlier today, February 8, 2026.Responding crews were met with heavy smoke that was visible to commuters and residents, stretching across Route 22 in both the east and westbound ...
NEW JERSEY - MILAN, ITALY – The 2026 Winter Olympics will bring the largest and arguably most talented team of 232 athletes in Team USA to Milan-Cortina, Italy with the world watching for the next few weeks. There are seven athletes from New Jersey who will be competing in a range of sports that ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - As temperatures plunge across the region, River of Life Church is stepping forward to offer warmth and safety to those most vulnerable by opening an overnight warming center this weekend. The Phillipsburg Police Department, the Town of Phillipsburg, and members of the Urban ...
WARREN COUNTY, NJ - A Warren County man was sentenced Friday, four years to the day after a crash in which a pickup truck slammed into the second story of a home, killing one person and seriously injuring others. John C. Nunn, 32, of Washington, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for aggravated ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg High School made its second straight wrestling comeback in a row, this time winning 36-31 over host Don Bosco Prep after trailing 23-14 after eight bouts on Friday night in Ramsey.Freshman 120-pounder Lorenzo Ricci picked up his first win of the season, on a fall no ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Senior forward Evan Hade had the game of his life with a career-high 20 points and Dominic Bracco and Shamari Lavacia each added 11 to lead Phillipsburg High School to a 61-47 victory over host Watchung Hills on Thursday night in a Skyland Conference boy’s basketball game.“Evan’s ...
PRINCETON, NJ — Enthusiastic lawmakers arrived at Princeton University’s Nassau Hall Thursday afternoon, stepping back into history at the spot where 250 years ago the New Jersey Legislature met for the first time, at the start of the American Revolution.Members of the Assembly and the Senate ...
The Phillipsburg High School boy’s swimming team fell to J.P. Stevens, 92-78, in a NJSIAA North 2 Group A quarterfinal meet on Thursday at the Phillipsburg Elementary School.Nick Berger won the 200-IM and the 100-freestyle, Austin Olexa won the 500-freestyle and Brody Cullen took first place in the ...
Phillipsburg High School won its fourth girl’s wrestling match of the season, 33-17, over Hunterdon Central on Wednesday.Sophia Rojas pinned Christine Mheidat in 3:36 at 132-pounds, Lyren Basalatan decisioned Anais Garoui 10-5 and the Stateliners also picked up four forfeit victories.Phillipsburg ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - It’s been a dominating season for both the Phillipsburg High School girl’s and boy’s bowling teams and nothing changed after Tuesday afternoon’s Skyland Conference championships at Oakwood Lanes in Washington.Senior Marvin Jaquish led the Stateliners boys to the team championship ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Columbia girl’s swimming team finished in first place in nine of 11 events on the way to defeating Phillipsburg High School, 116-54, in the NJSIAA North 2 Group A quarterfinals for the second straight season on Wednesday. Sophomore Amber Olexa won the 100-breatstroke in ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Trailing 27-10 after eight bouts Phillipsburg High School made an enormous comeback to defeat Immaculata, 37-33, after freshman Ian Janowski and senior Ben Ellis ended the match with falls to clinch the Skyland Conference Delaware Division wrestling title for the Stateliners on ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg High School boy’s basketball team tried something different on the offensive end in the third quarter of its second round Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex Tournament game and it paid dividends immediately.With the Stateliners running its offense by feeding freshman ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Leah Wilson scored 30 points and Natalie Sroka added 22 to lead ninth-seeded Belvidere to a 56-40 victory over host Phillipsburg High School on Tuesday in a Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex second round girl’s basketball game. The County Seaters (10-7) advance to play at top-seeded Pope ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg High School girl’s swimming team won a NJSIAA first-round meet for the third straight season, 98-71 over visiting Piscataway on Monday, after an emotional and intense win over arch-rival Easton on the road on Saturday to improve to 5-2 on the season.The ...
Warren County, NJ (Feb 3, 2026) - Warren County Community College is proud to announce the students named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2025 semester. “This prestigious recognition reflects your strong academic performance and commitment to excellence," said Simone Patterson, Dean of ...
MILLTOWN, NJ - The borough's honorary furry forecaster for Groundhog Day 2026, Paulie the Rabbit, made his first-ever prediction on Monday morning. Paulie hopped into the paws of his former neighbor and buddy, Milltown Mel II, who crossed over the rainbow bridge shortly before Groundhog Day 2022 to ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg Police Department has launched a new enforcement initiative targeting abandoned and unregistered vehicles on public roadways, dubbed Operation Cold Storage. According to the department’s official Facebook page, the recent snowstorm has helped officers identify ...