TOP LOCAL News
By ALLEY SHUBERT
September 4, 2024
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg Police Department is actively investigating a series of recent vehicle thefts that have occurred in the Phillipsburg area over the past week. Authorities have reported that all three stolen vehicles were left unlocked with the keys inside.At this time, police are ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – As previously reported, Stop & Shop confirmed the Phillipsburg store, located at 1278 US Highway 22, will be closing its doors for good.TAPinto confirmed on September 4, 2024, that the store’s pharmacy will be officially closed on Sept. 9, 2024. An original report stated the ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg’s girls volleyball team gave Voorhees everything it had in game one before a 14-0 run in game two by the Vikings took all the suspense out of that one as Voohees won in straight sets, 25-23 and 25-13, in the Skyland Conference Raritan Division opener for both teams ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Senior Arunima Dhammi won the deciding match at third singles and first doubles partners Julie Kontoh and Mia Dy came back from a set down to win to highlight the Phillipsburg High School girl’s tennis team’s surprising 3-2 victory over Gill-St. Bernard’s in a season-opening ...
MILLBURN, NJ — It was a regular Sunday at Goldberg’s World Famous Deli in New Jersey when actor Adam Sandler, his wife Jackie and their younger daughter Sunny stopped by for lunch. Owner Yvonne Kurzyna shared, “They came in and walked up to me, and I gasped in surprise and let out a WOW!" True to ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Junior Emily Tennant is the top runner returning for a Phillipsburg High School girls cross country team that graduated seven seniors from a program that helped take the team to new heights the last few seasons. “Emily Tennant is a leader of the team. She’s been here leading all ...
NEW JERSEY — Con artists are getting bolder and more creative, with new ways to cheat people out of money, according to the NJ Sheriff’s Association and police departments.The Sheriff’s Association of New Jersey (SANJ) issued a recent warning about a "significant increase" in these fraud cases ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ — Despite its impressive size and multinational reach, Goya Foods is still a privately held family business; fiercely devoted to family, quality, and its Hispanic roots.“My first day with the company was in 1964,” recalls Robert (Bob) Unanue, President and CEO of Goya Foods. “Our ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Northampton Cross Country Invitational featured 17 teams and 117 runners in the girl's race, and 14 teams and 135 runners in the boy's race on Saturday in Phillipsburg High School’s first regular season sporting event of the 2024-25 school year. The Stateliner's top three ...
NEW JERSEY, NJ - A Rutgers University poison expert has offered tips on how to prevent children from coming into contact with poisons as we enter back to school season. Diane Calello, executive and medical director of the New Jersey Poison Control Center at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - A huge 10-point play in the fifth and deciding game of the best of five-game series was crucial as the Cubs, comprised of Jeffery Loveatz, Gordon Shivley and Michael Swick, won the 2024 Italian American Social Club’s 2024 summer league bocce championship on Saturday ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg High School girls’ soccer team welcomes back Rob Miller as its new head coach. Miller is a 2009 P’burg graduate and former assistant coach from 2014-18. He was an assistant coach at nationally ranked Kutztown University the last four seasons. “The kids are ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The newest weapons in the city’s efforts to handle trash and curb litter are a little more than 4 feet tall and 2 feet wide, run on solar power and can tell you if they are full of cast-off food wrappers and crumpled cigarette packs. Fifty new high-tech trash cans that were ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg High School boy’s cross-country team brings back its most consistent runners from a year ago in senior Jacobi Pepingco, junior Austin Olexa and sophomore Anthony Pettinelli. Pettinelli (39th place in Skyland Conference meet, 18th in Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - A very young Phillipsburg High School field hockey team has some big shoes to fill after losing three four-year starters along with several other steady players to graduation from a program that recorded a 30-15-1 record the last two seasons and reached the North Group 4 ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – From the moment he first laced up his skates at just four years old, Antonio Vidal was hooked on hockey. Now, the 2021 Phillipsburg graduate has taken his passion for the sport to international heights, becoming a key player in the Cuban American men’s team that recently clinched ...
During the American Revolution an officer passing through New Jersey described it as “the garden of America.” Another called it “a land of milk and honey.” Only seven decades ago New Jersey officially adopted the Garden State nickname, and just last year the state declared Central Jersey to be ...
Phillipsburg, NJ – The Phillipsburg Stateliners faced off against the Ramapo Raiders in a football scrimmage on August 29, 2024, at Maloney Stadium. Phillipsburg, fans got a preview of the upcoming season, watching both teams on the field in preparation for their official kickoffs. This ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg High School girl’s volleyball team will look a bit different this season after losing five seniors to graduation. Middle blocker RaYanah Brown-Smith, setter Sara Ellison, opposite outside-hitter Caitlin Jansen and Addison Acuna will be the senior ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg High School boys’ soccer team hopes to get off to the same start as last season when it won its first two games and four of its first six. The midfield should be a strength with returning starters including senior Evan James (first team all-Skyland Conference ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg High School girls’ tennis team returns plenty of experience as five of its seven starters from last season are back. Sophomore Alessandra Tolentino returns as the No. 1 singles player and looks to use last season as a springboard to future success. She was ...
PHILLIPSBURG, N.J.---Town council's approval Wednesday on spending just over $450,000 for six new 2024 trucks for both the public works and the fire department brought questions and comments from several councilmen and close attention being paid by residents attending the meeting. Mayor Randy ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Lopatcong Township School District is moving forward with plans to significantly expand its preschool program, if approved, following the State of New Jersey’s release of the fourth round of Preschool Expansion Aid grant opportunities. On Aug. 15, 2024, the district’s ...
NEW JERSEY — People here are apparently prone to cheat. We do it in school. We do it playing cards. We do it in stores. So many New Jerseyans anonymously fessed up for a quirky new survey that the Garden State now ranks #1 in America for the most people willing to bend the rules. This is ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Walmart has recalled nearly 10,000 cases of apple juice sold in stores across 25 states — including New Jersey — due to elevated levels of inorganic arsenic. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the recall affects 9,535 cases of Great Value brand apple ...
A Phillipsburg resident has been charged with several offenses following an investigation into the manufacturing of firearms using a 3D printer. Authorities say they were alerted during the week of Aug. 19, 2024, of activities involving the creation of firearms with a 3D printer, according to a ...
NEWTON, NJ – The Newton Board of Education approved a corrective action plan or CAP to address chronic absenteeism at their July meeting. Newton, like most districts in Sussex County and many in the state, is taking on the issue of students missing too many days of school. In July Newton ...
The Phillipsburg Police Department is seeking the public's help in an ongoing investigation into an incident that occurred on August 25, 2024, at approximately 12:15 p.m., on the 400 Block of Memorial Parkway. The police have released images of an individual they wish to question in connection ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg School District opened its doors on August 26, 2024, to welcome 4,200 students for the start of the 2024-2025 school year. The first day of school is a significant milestone for students and parents alike, marking the beginning of a new academic journey.
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – The new school year is paws-itively off to a good start to welcome the Elementary students Monday, August 26, 2024. The fourth annual Twas the night before school, 'Chalk the Walk' at Phillipsburg Elementary School (PES) took place Sunday, August 25, 2024.Principal Dr. Darlene ...