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By TAPINTO PHILLIPSBURG STAFF
December 27, 2025
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - In a town alert received at 11:29 AM, the town has lifted the Snow emergency effective immediately. The town thanks the residents and businesses for their cooperation.
STEWARTSVILLE, NJ –The early hours of Christmas morning, while most of the area was snug in their beds with visions of sugar plums, the Jackson-Jordan family of North Main Street in Stewartsville, just outside of Phillipsburg, was fighting for their lives. What began as a day of celebration ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – Local officials have declared a formal Snow Emergency for the Town of Phillipsburg as a severe winter weather system prepares to move through the region over the next 12 to 18 hours.The emergency provisions officially take effect at 3:00 PM today, Friday, December 26, 2025.
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – A Winter storm warning has been issued Thursday, Dec. 25 at 9:58 PM and will go into effect Friday, December 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM and will remain in effect until Saturday, December 27 at 10:00 AM by the National Weather Service. What to know:Heavy mixed precipitation is expected.
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg High School sophomore forward Dominic Bracco had a career-game but it wasn’t enough for the Stateliners to overcome host Hunterdon Central in a 71-56 defeat in a Skyland Conference boys' basketball game on Tuesday night.Bracco, a 6-foot-4 starting forward who was the ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg Police Department is investigating a shooting reported on the 600 block of South Main Street December 25, 2025.According to the department’s official Facebook page, officers responded to the scene and secured the area. As of the latest update, there have been no ...
NEW JERSEY – New research conducted by music platform Chordify shows a nostalgic shake-up in America’s festive favorites.Chordify conducted a vast Google search that discovered while Brenda Lee’s Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree held the top spot across ten states, José Feliciano’s bilingual ...
Every Who down in P-Burg liked Christmas a lot... But the Biker Grinch, who lived just north of the lot, Did NOT!He hated the whistles! The bells! And the cheer! He hated the "Sullivan’s Shopping" this year! He rode on his scoot with a snarl and a sneer, Spreading seasonal mischief to all who were ...
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, COLORADO -- North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) is ready to continue its annual tradition of tracking Santa’s journey around the globe on Christmas Eve. Thus, kids in Scotch Plains, Fanwood, and across New Jersey can follow his progress throughout the day on Dec. 24, ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - On December 15, 2025, the Phillipsburg School District Board of Education adopted comprehensive Corrective Action Plans (CAP) for its schools to address chronic absenteeism, which is defined as a student missing 10% or more of school days. Under New Jersey state law, any public ...
TRENTON, NJ – Approximately a month before taking office, Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill announced her choices to lead the state Department of Military Affairs and Department Veterans' Affairs under the soon-to-be redesigned structure. The state currently only operates all active duty military and ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg High School swimming program has a big board with all of its record times in every event hung up on a wall at their home pool at the Phillipsburg Elementary School. Senior Nick Berger, one of the most established boys' swimmers at P’burg in the last few years, ...
MERCER COUNTY, NJ - A recently retired Hamilton Township school teacher, and community figure widely recognized as “Santa Mark”, has been arrested and charged with distributing child pornography.Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta D. Marbrey announced the charges against Mark Paulino, 64, on Monday ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – The Phillipsburg Board of Education is preparing for transition as it approaches its January reorganization meeting. The board will bid farewell to four members—two due to their election to the Phillipsburg Town Council and two from sending districts who chose not to seek ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - A recent threat at Phillipsburg High School that prompted a shelter-in-place for all sending districts was discussed during Wednesday’s Town Council meeting. At approximately 9:29 a.m. on Dec. 17, an unknown individual contacted the Warren County Department of Public Safety with ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – At the December 15, 2025 meeting, auditors from Ardito & Company, LLC presented the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Phillipsburg School District. The review of the 2025 Fiscal Year audit concluded with a clean bill of health: no findings and no ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Freshman guard Madison Bethea scored 12 points and Kayla Hikade added 10 to pace Phillipsburg High School to its first victory of the season, 45-38, over host Belvidere in a Skyland Conference girl’s basketball game on Saturday.Shantalina Blake contributed nine points and Bethea, ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – It’s the news local last minute bakers have been waiting for. After being noticeably absent from holiday platters for a few seasons, the publisher has brought back making Italian Christmas Cookies this year. All the cool TAPinto sites share their recipes, so we are too!Known for ...
BAYONNE, NJ - A weekend snowfall followed by a deep chill, did nothing to discourage the crowd of officials from the symbolic groundbreaking on 1888 Studios in Bayonne, a state-of-the-art film and television production campus set to become the largest in New Jersey. Bayonne is no stranger to the ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Senior Emma D’Andrea had quite a week on the lanes for the girls and sophomore Liam Tezlaf did the same for the boys as Phillipsburg High School’s boys and girls bowling squads remained undefeated this season.Both teams now take a much-deserved holiday break. The girls (6-0) and ...
POHATCONG TOWNSHIP, NJ – Local first responders are getting a significant financial boost following the announcement that the Township of Pohatcong Fire Department has been awarded $68,571 in federal grant funding.The award is part of a larger $510,531 package delivered to six departments across ...
LOPATCONG TOWNSHIP, NJ – Just days before students headed home for the holiday break, Lopatcong Elementary School received a gift that was as much about community healing as it was about seasonal cheer.The school was the latest recipient of a donation from The Dax Pact, a foundation established by ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Gather the family, load up the station wagon, and head on over to Bloomsbury Road in Bloomsbury, NJ for a drive-by experience that would make Sparky himself proud. For the 11th year in a row, Light Master James Boyer is "plugging in" for the neighborhood, and this year is the ...
WARREN COUNTY, NJ - Emergency alerts have come through warning of a severe thunderstorm alert beginning at 2:41 PM and it expected to last until 3:45 PM. And they weren't kidding. Touchdown in Phillipsburg right on the timestamp. The warning is in effect until 3:45 PM EST for the following ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ — In a world that often feels divided, a local movement in the Phillipsburg area is proving that the greatest resource a community has isn't its wealth—it’s its people. This week marked the conclusion of the 5th Annual Big Holiday Give, an initiative spearheaded by The Village ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Sophomore Ellie Kisselbach pinned Ava Wickenmeyer of Freedom High School in 1:03 to highlight Phillipsburg High School’s girl’s wrestling match against the Patriots on Wednesday night in the Stateliners gymnasium.Natalya Severs also picked up six points with a forfeit win for ...
BELVIDERE, NJ — The classroom environment in Warren County is set to become significantly more focused as the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) officially named the Belvidere School District as a recipient of the newly established Phone-Free Schools Grant.Announced this week by Governor ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying two individuals connected to an ongoing investigation. Police shared two photographs on the department’s Facebook page in an effort to identify a male and a female believed to be involved in an ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Montgomery used the 3-ball to its advantage as it spoiled Phillipsburg High School’s girl’s basketball home opener of the season with a 55-44 victory in a Skyland Conference game on Thursday night on Thomas Fisher Court.The Cougars made 11 field goals in the opening 16 minutes ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Gill St. Bernard used a 17-0 run in the second quarter to fuel a 66-36 victory over Phillipsburg High School to spoil the Stateliners home opening boy’s basketball game in a Skyland Conference Delaware Division affair on Thursday on Thomas Fisher Court.David Pacewicz made a ...