Explore Phillipsburg
By TAPINTO STAFF
November 18, 2022
Wayne, N.J— Approximately 54.6 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home this Thanksgiving, a 1.5% increase over 2021 and 98% of pre-pandemic volumes, according to AAA. This year is projected to be the third busiest for Thanksgiving travel, with only 2005 and 2019 seeing more ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Game day is quickly approaching. How will you decorate for Thanksgiving? With garnet and gray of course! Are you like us and have decor all year long? Everyone has an entire room or two with garnet and gray from their days as a Liner, don't they? Maybe the lawn signs are out, ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg Rotary Poinsettia Sale is back again! The freshest Poinsettias delivered right to your home or business at the beginning of December. The Rotarians have four colors of Poinsettias for their sale. Red, White, Pink and Marble several sizes. What could be better than ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Bernadine May Legion Post 457 has moved the Veterans Day event from Shappell Park to the Legion Hall for November 11, 2022. The event will begin at 11:00 AM and is open to the public to attend. The Bernadine May Legion Post Hall is at 321 Marshall Street, Phillipsburg, ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - For the fourteenth holiday season in a row, Operation Toy Train will collect toy donations for the U.S. Marine Corps to benefit underprivileged children in northern New Jersey and southern New York. The group will return to the rails again this year, making 24 stops at ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - An Anti-Bullying event for students, parents and residents of Phillipsburg was held in Shappell Park October 26, 2022. Phillipsburg resident and mother of two, Vickie Mendes-Branch began the nonprofit organization, The Branching Out Foundation nearly a decade ago when her son ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - For the 40th year, Phillipsburg and Easton held their annual Halloween Parade on Sunday, October 30, 2022, starting at 3:00 PM on McKeen Street in Phillipsburg and ending on Third Street around the circle in Easton, PA. Among those competing for $100 prizes in the ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – Phillipsburg held the newly rebranded Ole Towne Fall Festival in Shappell Park October 29, 2022. The 34-year-old festival took center stage Oct. 29 at Shappell Park, showcasing live music, miniature train rides, hot dog eating contest, fire safety and prevention demo, kids ...
Just in time for great Halloween photos, the annual foliage show across the garden state is at its peak this weekend according to the NJ Forest Service. The northwest corner of the state is reported to be "past peak." Most of the rest of the state is "at peak" except for some areas in Hudson and ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – A local nonprofit has put a pre-covid plan back in place. An Anti-Bullying event for students, parents and residents of Phillipsburg. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, 2019, one in five students report being bullied. The reasons for being bullied ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - While the Annual Phillipsburg Easton Halloween Parade is quickly approaching, it’s also tricks and trunk or treat time! Ghosts, goblins, princesses, and other characters get some use out of that costume and join in the fun. Here’s a roundup of fun, festive, spooky and safe ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) today announced a Friday, Oct. 28 release date for long-forgotten archival film footage showing Depression-era traffic congestion in Easton, PA. and Phillipsburg, N.J. According to the release, "The film reel had been ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – Fall in Phillipsburg began last year and is continuing with even more events. This year, the ‘Ole Towne Festival was announced as a one-day event and moved to October 29 from the typical summer event. The 34 year Ole Towne Festival combines the popularity of the fall events, ...
Autumn just couldn't wait to put on a show, according to the NJ Forest Service, the entire state is putting on a colorful show. The drought conditions this summer, combined with low rainfall and heat put stress on trees across the Garden State, resulting in an earlier-than-usual foliage show in ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Pork roll and live music return to Phillipsburg. Yes, if you must call it Taylor Ham you can join the debate and a squealing good time in downtown Phillipsburg. The FOOD. Expect to find it, plenty of Pork Roll Sandwiches! There might be Taylor Ham Sandwiches too.
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – The Phillipsburg School District will continue the tradition of honoring active and military veterans at Military Appreciation Night at the Phillipsburg Football Game this Friday, October 7, 2022. The Stateliners will face Bridgewater-Raritan at Maloney Stadium. If there ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – The Town of Phillipsburg announced today, September 30, 2022 that two events previously advertised are being postponed. There was a planned asphalt mural project as well as the first walk ability audit scheduled for this weekend. Asphalt Mural Project A community ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – In honor of 170 years of railroad history, Phillipsburg celebrated the first-ever Phillipsburg Railroad Fest on September 10, 2022, to commemorate the date. The event started with the always famous Phillipsburg High School Stateliner Marching Band. The ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – Resident and business owner Aaron Coleman came before Town Council last evening, September 6, 2022 to discuss the upcoming Train festival for this weekend. The response was all positive. At the Phillipsburg Town ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – Since moving Stateliner Boulevard to the “Hill”, the Senior class has continued a tradition. They paint the rock and make it theirs for the year. Senior Things. You have to admit, it’s pretty clever. If you watch the Netflix Series ‘Stranger Things’, you likely caught it, ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The 34 year Ole Towne Festival preparation is underway for a new twist this year. The Ole Towne Festival has been moved to the fall this year to combine the popularity of the fall events, parade and to try to find a date where more vendors would be available. Ole Towne ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – The final four is over. A Walking Bucket will face Burley’s Gym at the Firth Youth Center for the First Annual Keith Gargone Memorial Adult Summer Basketball League finals. Six teams competed in this first annual fundraiser, and tonight’s matchup of the final four teams had ‘A ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – Thomas and Friends came steaming into Phillipsburg this weekend and will wrap up today, Sunday, August 14, 2022. The Delaware River Railroad Excursions, which operates out of Phillipsburg, NJ had a sold-out weekend for the first time since 2019. Staffed with over 100 ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Despite the heat in the 90s, residents attended Phillipsburg’s National Night Out Against Crime on Tuesday at police Shappell Park. “This brings our community together with our Police Department”, stated Mayor Todd M. Tersigni. “The residents get some good food and get to be ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – Week four of Phillipsburg’s ‘Open Air Public Market’ opened again today with new vendors at Shappell Park, as well as some local favorites continuing to promote their products and services. The new vendors on site at the last market in July were all Phillipsburg residents. New ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The town of Phillipsburg, NJ announced in a social media post that there will be a special Cool Down in Walter's Park this evening, July 21, 2022 at 6:30 PM. The cool down will take place near the tennis and basketball courts. Phillipsburg has scheduled these events ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - While many take advantage of the long weekend to flock to the Jersey shore, others from New York, Pennsylvania and parts of Northern New Jersey make their weekend plans right here in Phillipsburg. The hot humid days of summer have arrived and people are flocking to the ...
WARREN COUNTY, NJ - "According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), more fires are reported on Independence Day than any other day of the year, with more than half of those fires caused by fireworks. Added to fires are injuries," said government officials in a message today. To ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – The Centerville and Southwestern Railroad extended their hours for a nighttime photo session for Train enthusiasts. The little train had rides in the fading light, surrounded by dozens of photographers. This was the first time there has been a public nighttime photo charter of ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – Councilman Keith Kennedy took to the back roads of Warren County to ride 65 miles on his birthday trip today, June 25, 2022. The Phillipsburg Councilman completed a 65-mile bike ride as a personal goal. The goal, to ride 65 miles for his 65th birthday. When ...