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By TAPINTO PHILLIPSBURG STAFF
May 9, 2025
Phillipsburg, NJ - The echoes of laughter and shared memories filled the air this weekend as approximately 250 alumni of Phillipsburg Catholic High School and its preceding institutions gathered for a reunion. The event celebrated 150 years of Catholic education in Phillipsburg, bringing together ...
NEW JERSEY — Gov. Phil Murphy cannot run for a third term and the field to replace him is wide open and crowded as 11 candidates vie for their party’s nominations in the June 10 primary election.That has left voters across the state with a number of questions on their minds, including some of the ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Riya Capizzano of Hillsborough was match-medalist with a six-over par 41 but Phillipsburg High School took the next six placements to give the Stateliners a 221-238 victory in a Skyland Conference girl’s golf match at Architects Golf Club on Thursday.Sophomore McKenna Cooper came ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg High School's production of "Legally Blonde The Musical" has garnered significant recognition from the 2025 Freddy Awards, earning an impressive five nominations. The announcements were made live on WFMZ-TV by State Theatre Center for the Arts President and CEO ...
Junior Eddie O’Neil won the individual title at the Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex boy’s golf tournament on Thursday at Farmstead Golf and Country Club to help Phillipsburg High School to a third-place finish.O’Neil collected three birdies, 11 pars and four bogies to finish with a score of 72 on the ...
Senior second baseman Felix Matos went 3-for-4 with two triples and two RBI and junior Wyatt Garrison pitched a complete game eight-hitter to lead seventh-seeded Phillipsburg High School past host and second-seeded High Point, 4-1, in a Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex Tournament quarterfinal baseball game ...
Senior sprinter Elvin Decius was a champion in two races and Mateo Barrow was also a high place winner to lead Phillipsburg High School’s contingent in the Skyland Conference Divisional track and field meet on Tuesday at Hillsborough High School.Decius was the Delaware Division champ in the ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Louis “Bobby” Manna, the alleged mastermind behind a plot to murder mafia boss John Gotti, has been released from federal prison after 36 years.Manna, originally from Jersey City, held court at a tavern located in Hoboken (recently demolished) where he is said to have plotted the ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - A lucky person officially won the top prize of $1 million after purchasing a Power 20X scratch-off ticket in Warren County on April 30, 2025. The NJ Lottery announced that the $ 1 million winning ticket was purchased at the Paul Mart convenience store, located at 462 S. Main St., ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ – In about 13 months, the first games of the FIFA World Cup 2026™ will kick off. Canada, Mexico and the United States are hosting the biggest World Cup ever, with a total of eight games to be played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, including the final match of the ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ—At its April 28, 2025, meeting, the Phillipsburg Board of Education unanimously approved a $100,531,127.00 budget for the 2025-2026 school year. This marks the first time the district's budget has surpassed $100 million and represents a 2% increase from the previous year's ...
WARREN COUNTY, NJ – Dreams of homeownership are becoming more attainable for low and moderate-income families in Warren County. Warren County Habitat for Humanity (WCHFH) has announced it is accepting applications for six affordable housing units currently under construction at 2537 Route 57 in ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Senior Sam Michalski’s two-out three-run double highlighted Phillipsburg High School’s five-run fifth inning and junior starting pitcher Chase Doering went 5 1/3 innings for his first varsity victory as the Stateliners defeated Delaware Valley, 9-5, in a Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex ...
Sophomore Bridget Fischer led the Phillipsburg High School girls track and field team in the recent Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex championship meet with a third-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 17.33.Eleanor Adiele, Suweba Jawula, Mikaila Duvivier and Sky Anne Griesmeyer came in fourth ...
Sophomore pitcher Hannah Wodtke was dominant after getting out of a first-inning jam and Phillipsburg High School received RBIs from six players in a 12-1 win over South Hunterdon in a Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex Tournament second round softball game on Friday at the Ruth Gibbs Softball Complex.The ...
If you drove past the Rt. 22 corridor in Phillipsburg between the hours of 5 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, you may have seen protestors holding signs and banners in solidarity of May Day.Observed annually on May 1, May Day commemorates the historic struggles and gains made by workers and the labor ...
Freshman attacker Noah Bermingham scored a season-high five goals to lead the Phillipsburg High School boy’s lacrosse team to a 10-7 victory over Montgomery on Thursday in a Skyland Conference clash at Maloney Stadium. Connor Johnson added two goals and Jimmy Donnelly, Vincent Berger and Jeremy ...
Brady Handwerk drove in four runs with a triple and single, Mike Bracco started three rallies and scored four runs and Nick Yaccarino tossed a gritty six-plus innings for the mound win to lead Phillipsburg High School to a 9-6 victory over arch-rival Easton in an independent baseball game on Friday ...
PATERSON, NJ - Hollywood came to the Silk City on Thursday as legendary actor Robert De Niro was spotted filming behind City Hall for the upcoming Netflix thriller The Whisper Man.The project, based on the bestselling 2019 novel by Alex North, follows the chilling story of a widowed crime writer ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Senior Eddie Adiele came up with Phillipsburg High School’s best performance in the Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex boy’s track and field championship meet at Wallkill Valley High School on Thursday when he leaped 41.5’.25” to take second place in the long jump.Senior Elvin Decius, who ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Freshman catcher Olivia Buthmann-Sinoy had the best day of her blossoming career with a pair of home runs and five RBI and senior third baseman Kayla Melsky kept up her hot hitting to lead Phillipsburg High School past host Bernards, 8-3, on Thursday in a Skyland Conference ...
NEW BRUNSWICK - Rutgers has launched its search to replace athletics director Pat Hobbs, who resigned abruptly in August 2024, citing health issues.The results of a subsequent university investigation released earlier this year revealed Hobbs was in a relationship with women’s gymnastics coach Umme ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg High School baseball team was 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position before senior designated player Amman Bokhari stepped to the plate with his team down a run in the bottom of the seventh inning with one-out and the bases loaded.Bokhari came through big time ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Junior Eddie O’Neil led the way with a five-over par 77 as Phillipsburg High School finished seventh among 20 schools with 330 strokes in the Skyland Conference boy’s golf 18-hole tournament on Tuesday at Heron Glen Golf Course in Ringoes.Ridge High School’s Enzo Allain and Ethan ...
Phillipsburg, NJ – Warren County residents now have a new option for in-home care services with the opening of SYNERGY HomeCare of Phillipsburg. The franchise, part of the nationally recognized SYNERGY HomeCare network, is owned and operated by local couple Mayowa and Ogechi Okubanjo.Located at 904 ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – Commercial Solar Panel Recycling (CSPR), a company focused on providing landfill-avoiding services for end-of-life solar panels, celebrated the grand opening of its Phillipsburg facility, located at 400 Heckman Street, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The event was attended by ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Westfield teen Sophia Gandhi, the leader of the New Jersey GSA Coalition, has announced the upcoming LGBTQ Prom, to be held in Bridgewater.The New Jersey GSA Coalition is a network of high school Gender and Sexuality Alliances across the state that work to build community for ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Four players collected two hits each highlighted by senior Heather Mrotek’s first career home-run and career-high three RBI-day as Phillipsburg High School celebrated its Senior Day activities with a 13-7 victory over Bernards in Skyland Conference softball action on Tuesday at ...
Senior Elvin Decius broke Phillipsburg High School’s record time in the 100-meter dash on the way to winning three individual races and teaming up for another in the 4x400 relay to lead the Stateliners boy’s track and field team to an 83-67 victory over arch-rival and host Easton on Tuesday.On the ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Twelfth-graders Julio Gutierrez Teves and Adam DeBaieb turned in winning performances to lead Phillipsburg High School to a 4-1 win over Gill. St. Bernards in a Skyland Conference match on the Stateliners Senior Day on Tuesday at the Phillipsburg Athletic Complex.Gutierrez Teves, ...