PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers football (3-0) defeated Delaware (2-1), 45-13, on Saturday afternoon at SHI Stadium. The Scarlet Knights cruised to their first 3-0 start since 2012.

Quarterback Noah Vedral went 21-for-26, including a 62-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Brandon Sanders and 28-yard touchdown toss to wide receiver Bo Melton. Vedral recorded ...

PISCATAWAY, NJ — James Overton, Assistant Principal at Conackamack Middle School will serve as a panelist at this year's I Choose Fitness Summit.

Overton, a former physical education teacher at Quibbletown School who has also worked with the NFL’s Fuel up to Play 60 program will join other experts from the fitness, nutrition, and medical industries to speak ...

PISCATAWAY, NJ — The 2021 football season wasn’t going to be easy for Piscataway High School. A challenging schedule awaited, the Chiefs didn’t play at all last fall, and they are full of inexperience and youth.

Friday night, Piscataway fell to New Brunswick, 15-14, in a Big Central Conference Division 5D contest at home at Kenny Armwood Stadium, but it showed progress.

PISCATAWAY, NJ — FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency staff will be at the Radisson Hotel Piscataway-Somerset located at 21 Kingsbridge Road in Piscataway, this Monday from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

If you have already filled out a FEMA application online, you do not need to come.

Residents coming to the Piscataway Radisson for help are asked to wear a mask and be mindful of social ...

PISCATAWAY, NJ -- Township officials announced Friday a tentative reopening date of Possumtown Road in Piscataway. A 48-inch water main break closed the road between Circle Drive North and Birch Run Drive in early August.

The post on the township's Facebook page said:

"While the reopening date of Assumption Road is not definite, Piscataway Township is hopeful that traffic may ...

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has opened a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) to inform local residents about FEMA and other disaster assistance programs associated with Tropical Storm IDA.

The DRC is located at the Middlesex County Fire Academy, 1010 Fire Academy Drive,  Sayreville, NJ 08872

Resources will be available on ...

PISCATAWAY, NJ — James Overton, Assistant Principal at Conackamack Middle School will serve as a panelist at this year's I Choose Fitness Summit.

Overton, a former physical education teacher at Quibbletown School who has also worked with the NFL’s Fuel up to Play 60 program will join other experts from the fitness, nutrition, and medical industries to speak ...

TRENTON, NJ — Governor Murphy has committed, on Thursday, to providing universal Pre-K programs to all families across the state over the next several years.

“Investing in early childhood education lays the foundation for a bright future for our early learners,” said Governor Murphy. “Our Administration is committed to ensuring that every New Jersey child ...

September means back to school. The fall of 2021 will be an exciting time for parents, teachers and students, many of whom have not attended school in person for a year or more. 

In certain cases, children have experienced learning challenges during the pandemic. Has your child been having trouble with reading and writing (literacy) since or before the emergency ...

Razor USA is recalling GLW battery packs sold with Hovertrax 2.0 self-balancing hoverboards, announced the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission.  According to the recall, the lithium-ion GLW battery packs can overheat and pose a risk of the products smoking, catching fire and/or exploding. There have been more than 20 reports of the recalled product overheating, inclding some ...

PISCATAWAY, NJ — Rutgers student?  Public School teacher?  Concert-goer? Airline traveler?

As some restaurants, performance spaces, hospitals, and other social venues are starting to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination, Piscataway residents who have been vaccinated at New Jersey locations may wish to preserve their status on their phones.

Docket is a new app from the ...

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – The Middlesex County Office of Health Services is reporting that a skunk tested positive for rabies in the Township of Plainsboro, Middlesex County, in the vicinity of Mershon Lane and Gulick Lane.

This is the fourth rabid animal reported within Middlesex County for 2021 and the second rabid animal in Plainsboro.

On Monday, September 13, ...

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Middlesex County's newly rebranded food distribution organization, REPLENISH, Nourishing Neighbors, which provides a hunger eradication program to a network of over 140 partner organizations, launched a series of food drives in September for Hunger Action Month.

Food Drives in partnership with Stop & Shop will be held this Sunday, Sept.19 ...

PLAINFIELD, NJ — Random acts of kindness are not always celebrated as much as they maybe should be. TAPinto wants to change the narrative, and is seeking your help so that we can shine a light on individuals who have gone out of their way to help others. Our first look is at some Plainfield neighbors who aided others during Hurricane Ida on September 1, which caused an immense amount ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ – The Somerset Patriots, the New York Yankees Double-A affiliate, are hosting an online fundraiser through MiLB Auctions to benefit those affected by Tropical Storm Ida in Central New Jersey. 

The auction can be found HERE! and will run through 10:00 pm on Sunday, September 26th.

Net proceeds from the auction will benefit the Somerset ...

SOUTH AMBOY, NJ -- He’s been on the Irish American music scene for as long as anyone can remember. Entertainer Andy Cooney started his professional career in the mid-1980s at age 17 playing in Kennedy’s as a piano player. Paddy Noonan heard about me and hired me. I worked with him for about 8 years and did four albums with him.  Later, he went out on his own at age 27 and ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - Jazz soothes the soul, it warms the heart, and indirectly, it can help to ease the pain and suffering of people in a time of need.

Sunday's Central Jersey Jazz Festival checked off all those boxes, offering seven hours of vocal and instrumental music on a portable stage set up on Main Street and not far away, the steps of the Historic Somerset County Courthouse with a ...

NEWARK, NJ---TAPintoTV spoke with Jared Taillefer, the Executive Director of Great Oaks Legacy Charter School, Rev David Jefferson of Metropolitan Baptist Church, and Destiny McFarlane, the Tutorial Manager of the Newark Unites Program, about the Newark Unites Tutoring Program which launches this week.

The Newark Unites Tutoring Center provides free, high dosage tutoring and academic support ...

PLAINFIELD, NJ — Hurricane Ida unleashed both her bark and her bite this week, flooding the basement at the Plainfield Area Humane Society and destroying necessary supplies. Two vans and the heating and cooling system were also lost. Thankfully, there was help from a contractor, members of the Plainfield Public Works division, and residents with pumps, and all the pets have been accounted ...

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Middlesex County's newly rebranded food distribution organization, REPLENISH, Nourishing Neighbors, which provides a hunger eradication program to a network of over 140 partner organizations, launched a series of food drives in September for Hunger Action Month.

Food Drives in partnership with Stop & Shop will be held this Sunday, Sept.19 ...

Happy National Peanut Day! Macculloch Hall Historical Museum is sharing their recipe for Peanut & H.O. Cookies.  The recipe pairs together two much loved ingredients, peanuts and oats. Louisa Macculloch’s original recipe doesn’t contain flour, making it a delicious option for gluten-free cookies.

Original Recipe—Peanut & H.O. Cookies

Butter the size of a ...

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - September is Hunger Action Month, and REPLENISH (formerly MCFOODS) has a full month of food drives, activities, events, tips and suggestions for raising awareness on food insecurity and mitigating food waste. 

Replenish is in need of volunteers at some events throughout the month.  The number of volunteers needed is limited, and all interested ...

NUTLEY, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM — Remember the first time you camped out in the back garden, pretending it was the 100 acre wood. And you stayed up all night with your friends Pooh, Tigger, Piglet and Eyeore, watching the wood for Heffalumps and Woozles? For two nights this month you can have that experience in Pooh's Treehouse, in Ashdown Forest coming to airbnb Sept.

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The East Brunswick Arts Coalition (EBAC) will launch its outdoor exhibit entitled Spread Your Wings! featuring fifteen fiberglass butterflies painted by East Brunswick residents. The giant butterflies will be permanently set on pedestals or affixed to trees throughout East Brunswick for residents and visitors to enjoy. The EBAC invites residents to enjoy the free ...

BAYONNE, NJ - Royal Caribbean has announced that they will resume cruise service out of Cape Liberty in Bayonne.

While initial reports indicated an August return, The Oasis of the Seas is said to be preparing to return to service after nearly a nearly 17-month hiatus with the first trips featuring a series of seven-night trips to the Bahamas through the end of October.

Sign up for TAPinto ...

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Dr. George Hamilton, chair of the Department of Entomology at Rutgers University, will present a virtual program on the spread and management of the invasive Spotted Lanternfly in New Jersey at 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 20 as part of the Option Green lecture series at the East Brunswick Public Library. The program will be available via Zoom from 7 to 8 p.m.

RUTGERS GARDENS - From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, September 25, 2021 (rain date: September 26), the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts will co-host a two-mile walk winding from Douglass Campus through Cook Farm to Rutgers Gardens.  

The event, March 2RUGardens, is meant to ...

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Dr. George Hamilton of Rutgers University will present a virtual program on the spread and management of the invasive Spotted Lanternfly in New Jersey at 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 20 as part of the Option Green lecture series at the East Brunswick Public Library.

The program will be available via Zoom from 7 to 8 p.m. Attendees will be able to ask questions. Registration is ...

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Dr. George Hamilton of Rutgers University will present a virtual program on the spread and management of the invasive Spotted Lanternfly in New Jersey at 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 20 as part of the Option Green lecture series at the East Brunswick Public Library.

The program will be available via Zoom from 7 to 8 p.m. Attendees will be able to ask questions. Registration is ...

The extreme heat and drought of 2021 across much of the country has turned many lawns brown. Damaged lawns may be thin, contain dead patches or are overrun with weeds.

Fall is a good time to improve the health and appearance of a weather-worn lawn. Start the process by evaluating the damage. Then plan a course of action and be prepared to follow through as needed with proper care.

Fall ...

Convert landscape and garden trimmings into valuable compost. Incorporate this soil amendment into garden soil to improve drainage in clay soil and increase water-holding ability in fast draining sandy soils. It also promotes healthy plant growth more resistant to insect and disease problems and keeps plant-based kitchen scraps and garden waste out of landfills.

Composting is as simple as ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The remnants of Hurricane Ida swept through South Plainfield on the night of September 1, leaving massive flooding in many parts of the town.  Residents in areas with a history of flooding as well as neighborhoods that had not previously flooded were caught overnight by unprecedented volumes of rain in a short period of time - waters that overburdened the storm sewer ...