TOP LOCAL News
By TOM MUGAVERO
April 29, 2025
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Marissa Kozak scored a career-high tying four goals to help the Phillipsburg High School girl’s lacrosse team capture its first victory of the season with a 16-0 win over High Point in a first-round Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex Tournament game on Saturday at Maloney Stadium.The senior ...
Phillipsburg, NJ - Yo Yo Yo What's up Phillipsburg Community! DMC invites you to Phillipsburg Comic-Con and this special concert Saturday, May 10, 2025 at the High School. Darryl Makes Comics and is the "King of Rock" and has a message for all you Comic-Con and RUN DMC fans. Get ready to "Walk This ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg Board of Education meeting held on April 28, 2025, saw the unanimous approval of retirements for several long-tenured staff members who have collectively dedicated decades of service to the district. Superintendent Dr. Greg Troxell acknowledged the upcoming ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Several complaints in regard to chickens in Alpha Borough were recently addressed on social media. Chickens? Well, the price of eggs is at an all-time high. The complaints range from noise, to odor, to residents seeing rats on and around their properties, according to a ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – April 27, 2025 – Despite a brisk and blustery start, the grand opening of the Phillipsburg Outdoor Farmers Market in Shappell Park blossomed into a sunny celebration of Earth Day activities. Residents and a park of vendors braved the early chill to support local vendors and ...
Jimmy Donnelly, Connor Johnson and Noah Bermingham each tallied a pair of goals to lead Phillipsburg High School past Vernon 7-4 in a Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex Tournament first round boy’s lacrosse game on Saturday at Maloney Stadium.The Stateliners (2-8) scored four goals in the fourth quarter to ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – Primary day is rapidly approaching, and vote-by-mail ballots have already been distributed. With five open seats on the Phillipsburg Town Council, this general election is going to seat a full Town Council for Phillipsburg . While there is no contested primary race, the ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – The Phillipsburg Housing Authority will consolidate the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program currently run by the Town of Phillipsburg, effective July 1, 2025. This move, announced by the Housing Authority in a press release, “aims to streamline services, boost efficiency, ...
WHARTON, NJ – Two westbound lanes of Route 80 in Wharton, closed for sinkhole repairs in mid-March, will not be reopened until the end of May, almost a month longer than initially predicted, according to the state Department of Transportation (NJDOT).Two of the road's three westbound lanes were ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Town of Phillipsburg recently announced that a data import error in sewer billing is reflecting charges from the prior quarter. The notice comes from an email dated April 26 sent out by the town reading, “Due to a data import error in the 2nd quarter sewer billing, the bills ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg High School’s second doubles team of Jules Canlapan and Ayush Shroff continued their outstanding play but Easton swept the singles matches on the way to a 4-1 victory over the Stateliners in a boy’s tennis match resumed Saturday morning at the Phillipsburg Athletic ...
Phillipsburg, NJ – The halls and auditorium of Phillipsburg High School are set to be filled with pride and nostalgia this Sunday, April 27th, 2025, at 2:00 p.m., as the school welcomes its newest class of athletic legends into the prestigious P’Burg Athletic Hall of Fame. A remarkable group of ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Creatively explore Phillipsburg outdoors at the kickoff of the Phillipsburg Farmers Market, this Sunday, April 27, 2025, from 10 am to 2 pm at Shappell Park, 353 S Main St. The Phillipsburg Farmers Market is celebrating its outdoor opening with an Earth Day Festival joining the ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Senior and four-year player Marissa Kozak tied her career high with a four-goal game and junior goalie Jordan Nonnemacher made five saves in posting the shutout as the Phillipsburg High School girl’s lacrosse team gave Madison Mitchell her first victory as head coach in a 16-0 ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg Land Use Board held a hearing Thursday evening in regard to a site plan at 74 Bullman Street with Warren County Habitat for Humanity as the applicant. The property at 74 Bullman St. in Phillipsburg, also known as Block 309, Lot 13, as shown on the Official Tax ...
The Phillipsburg High School boy’s golf team had three players tie for match medalist honors but Montgomery took the next four places to squeak by the Stateliners, 150-153, in a Skyland Conference match on Thursday at Architects Golf Club.Connor Blum, David MacIsaac and Eddie O’Neil all shot ...
The Phillipsburg High School boy’s tennis team got back to their winning ways with a 3-2 victory at Bound Brook on Thursday in a Skyland Conference match to improve to 5-3 overall on the season.Matt Romero, at second singles, came back to defeat Jay Dominiguez after losing the first set 6-4 with a ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - From trash-strewn streets and alleys plagued by roaming rats to unlicensed dogs and stray cats, residents raised concerns before the Phillipsburg Town Council on Wednesday evening, urging stricter enforcement of ordinances against violators. Kristyne Santopietro described her ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ—The Phillipsburg Town Council unanimously adopted a $24 million budget for 2025 on Wednesday evening, highlighting critical investments in public safety, infrastructure, and community services. Total appropriations stand at $24,394,834.48, resulting in a municipal tax rate increase ...
Pohatcong Township, NJ – Residents of the Phillipsburg area will have the opportunity to safely and conveniently dispose of unwanted or expired medications this Saturday, April 26th, as part of National Prescription Take Back Day. The Pohatcong Police Department is hosting a local collection site ...
SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY, NJ - As of Wednesday morning, April 23, 2025, the fast-moving wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey, which started on Tuesday in the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area, continues to burn, but significant progress has been made. Here's the latest information from the New ...
The Phillipsburg High School boy’s golf team kept up its impressive individual performances in a 145-152 defeat of Somerville in a Skyland Conference match on Tuesday at Architects Golf Club.While Somerville’s Mahin Patel won match honors with a one-under par 34, Eddie O’Neil and David MacIsaac ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Run scoring hits by winning pitcher Nick Yaccarino and Felix Matos were huge as Phillipsburg High School scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 3-3 tie and the Stateliners went on to defeat Franklin, 6-3, in a Skyland Conference Raritan Division baseball ...
WARREN COUNTY, NJ - An impaired driver was arrested and charged after crashing a school bus carrying 25 children. On Saturday, April 19, 2025, at approximately 7:45 a.m., NJ State Troopers assigned to the Hope Barracks were dispatched to a single motor vehicle accident involving a school bus on ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg Town Council will be holding a public hearing for the town’s 2025 municipal budget adoption on April 23, 2025. The council previously introduced a $24 million budget for the upcoming year, increasing the municipal tax rate by 1.9% or $38 added annually to the ...
WARREN COUNTY, NJ — Warren County Clerk Holly Mackey announced that vote by mail ballots for the upcoming Primary Election began on April 17. According to a social media post by Mackey, “We deliver all of the ballots to the USPS at the same time, and our great local Belvidere postal crew sends them ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg High School’s Alexis Forder has been right in the middle of the offensive surge that has helped the Stateliners softball team win five of their last six games to improve to 5-3.Last week the junior left fielder went 8-for-11 with five runs scored along with two walks ...
Winning pitcher Samantha Lane helped her own cause with a three-run double and Olivia Buthmann-Sinoy and Alexis Forder collected three hits apiece to lead Phillipsburg High School to a 9-5 victory over host Voorhees in a Skyland Conference cross-division softball game on Saturday.Lane went the ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg High School baseball team began the week on a four-game winning streak but ended it on the struggle bus.Junior Chris Vaughn’s grand slam highlighted a seven-run second inning, and the strapping first baseman came within a few feet of hitting another slam as ...
This is a sermon I preached a number of years back titled: A Message from our Resurrected LordSermon Test John 20:19-3119 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be ...