ALLENTOWN, PA — Christina Dalton of Piscataway has been named to the Muhlenberg College Dean's List for the Fall 2020 semester.

Muhlenberg College students and Muhlenberg College School of Continuing Studies students with a term GPA of 3.50 or higher were recognized for this academic achievement.

Founded in 1848, Muhlenberg is a private, four-year residential, liberal arts college ...

NEW JERSEY — A new executive order will mean sweeping changes for the way teachers and students are evaluated for the 2020-2021 school year.

Gov. Phil Murphy, who has long said this isn’t a normal school year due to COVID-19, announced the changes during a Monday press conference on pandemic updates.

As part of the order, high school seniors won’t have to pass an exit ...

PISCATAWAY, NJ – Three Piscataway Board of Education members took their oaths of office at the school district’s annual Reorganization Meeting to officially begin new terms in office.

Shantell Cherry, who was first elected in 2015 joined another incumbent, Kimberly Lane who began her first term in 2020 to return to the nine-member board this year.

Newcomer, Zoe Scotto, a 2020 ...

EDISON, NJ– Middlesex County and RWJBarnabas Health officials joined New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy today in opening the Middlesex County Regional COVID-19 Vaccine Mega-site in Edison Township at the New Jersey Convention & Exposition Center (97 Sunfield Avenue, Edison, NJ).

The Edison vaccination mega-site is equipped with 20 vaccination stations and will be open ...

NEW JERSEY - Looking to answer questions and seeing a "bright light" at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, New Jersey healthcare leaders spoke about how they've dealt with the pandemic while offering hope for the future, at a virtual event held by TAPinto on Thursday evening.

The first-ever TAPinto signature virtual event on Jan. 14 featured five health care experts, ...

TRENTON, NJ -- Gov. Phil Murphy and the NJ Department of Health are taking heat for putting smokers in the 1B category for people registering to receive the coronavirus vaccine. 

On Wednesday, the governor announced that all residents over age 65, not just those in long-term care facilities, would be the next in line to get the vaccine, along with people who have conditions that ...

PISCATAWAY, NJ – As talks continued in Washington Tuesday evening about if lawmakers should move forward to impeach President Donald Trump in the wake of last week’s riots at the U.S. Capitol, Piscataway town officials passed a resolution calling for state representatives to cast their votes in favor of removing him from office.

“Donald Trump was both the general and ...

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - The Middlesex County Board of Commissioners held their annual Swearing-in Ceremony and Reorganization Meeting, newly elected members were sworn into office and members of the board were nominated for positions in the county’s government. The ceremony was held on Thursday, January 7th, 2021 over zoom.

The ceremony featured virtual appearances from notable ...

PISCATAWAY, NJ — The new Piscataway Community Center was the backdrop for Mayor Brian Wahler and council members, Kapil Shah, Chanelle McCullum and Gabrielle Cahill who were sworn-in to begin new 4-year terms in office on Friday.

Pandemic related limitations on the numbers of people who can gather indoors meant only immediate family members could witness them raise their right hands ...

PISCATAWAY, NJ — Piscataway firefighters responded to separate fires in the township Thursday afternoon. 

At about 1:00 p.m., fire crews made quick work of keeping a car fire from spreading to a home on Hamilton Blvd. However, heat from the fire melted some of the home’s siding, said police.

Piscataway police closed Hamilton Blvd. between Desna Street and ...

PISCATAWAY, NJ – Township officials congratulated Thomas Mosier who formally became Piscataway’s Chief of Police January 1st.

Mosier had been acting chief for the past year, taking over the top seat from Chief Michael McLaughlin after his retirement.

Officials shared a vignette about Mosier’s time on the police force in an announcement on Wednesday saying:

“Thirty ...

PISCATAWAY, NJ — The drivers of two cars collided with each other at the intersection of Stelton Road and Haines Ave. in Piscataway Monday night blocking the area near PNC Bank and North Stelton Volunteer Fire Company.

Piscataway rescue squads and police officers responded to the scene where a late model Subaru and a BMW sedan were stopped at the corner of Stelton Road in front ...

PISCATAWAY, NJ — The Piscataway Public Library was one of 15 organizations statewide to receive grant funding from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH). 

The library was awarded $18,850 for 'Piscataway Stories: Our Community', a series of public programs inviting participants to consider the concept of community and examine local history, diverse cultures, ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ - Young people in middle and high school are encouraged to submit short films for consideration in the Montclair Film Emerging Filmmaker Competition. 

Submissions are now open for the annual Montclair Film Emerging Filmmaker Competition (EFC), a film competition open to students from around the world interested in submitting short films in the Narrative, Comedy, Documentary, ...

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - Bodnar's Auctions kicks off the 2021 Auction season with an eclectic sale of collectibles and investment quality items, including a 1978 Silver Anniversary Chevy Corvette.

The two-part online sale begins 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, with box lots and a collection of elephant figurines, with hundreds of items from several estates in the tri-state area sold on Thursday, ...

WASHINGTON − Taxpayers who paid too little tax during 2020 can still avoid a tax-time bill and possible penalties by making a quarterly estimated tax payment now, directly to the Internal Revenue Service. The deadline for making a payment for the fourth quarter of 2020 is Friday, Jan. 15, 2021.

Income taxes are pay-as-you-go. This means that by law, taxpayers are required to pay most of ...

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WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service expanded the Identity Protection PIN Opt-In Program to all taxpayers who can verify their identities.

The Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN) is a six-digit code known only to the taxpayer and to the IRS. It helps prevent identity thieves from filing fraudulent tax returns ...

NEW JERSEY -- The newly issued guidelines on Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) lending overseen by the SBA and the U.S. Treasury Department will better target New Jersey's small businesses, especially those owned by minorities or located in low income areas.

The Economic Aid Act makes it possible for hard-hit businesses to get second loans from the PPP lending ...

LITTLE FALLS, NJ -- Julian Leshay, an independent photojournalist, spoke with Executive Producer Brian Brodeur about his experiences taking photos at the recent Capitol Hill riot on January 6. Leshay gives viewers his insight into the scenes he witnessed and the images he captured on that fateful day. 

Leshay arrived in Washington, D.C. the day before, “to get the environment, to ...

ATLANTA, GA -- Jimmy Carter was the first and only president to be a born in Georgia, and the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum can be found in Freedom Park in the heart of Atlanta.

Though we know the story of the peanut farmer who rose to national heights, there’s much more to learn about the early life of James Earl Carter, Jr. here, including his early career in ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The vineyard owner on the screen had obviously been drinking his own stock and could no longer converse in his native Italian nor his limited English, but was fluent in the international language of drunk.

His inarticulate antics provided hours of laughs for the customers who had tuned in from the comfort and safety of their homes. They were having such a fun time ...

TRENTON, NJ – Legislation co-sponsored by Assemblyman Roy Freiman, D-16th extending the life of seasonal liquor licenses has been signed by Gov. Phil Murphy.

Frieman, a resident of Hillsborough, was joined by Assembly colleagues Yvonne Lopez, Joseph Danielsen and Wayne DeAngelo sponsoring the bill, now law, which will extend until ...

BELMAR, NJ — When Belmar author Merry Brennan first got serious about a family road trip to 20 national parks, a few friends called her crazy. How could she stay cooped up in a car or campsite with a trio of teens? At the mercy of their adolescent moods? For a whole summer?

After she told them she wanted to ditch the devices, or at least keep use to a minimum, they knew she really lost ...

New York, NY—Governor Andrew Cuomo officially led the ribbon cutting this week to announce the grand opening of the new, $1.6 billion-dollar, Moynihan Train Hall that passengers accessed New Year's Day.

The new train hall represents a significant milestone for passenger rail travel in New York, especially during a time when the region’s mass transit agencies have suffered ...

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The Semi-Annual Birding Tour of East Brunswick took place on January 9, 2021, and ran from 8 AM to 1 PM. Led by Steve Albert, a member of the East Brunswick Planning Board and a lifelong birdwatcher, the event takes place in the winter and spring each year - before and at the height of migration for New Jersey’s local avian wildlife.

Over the course of several ...

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Four films focusing on climate change and its impact will be featured in the East Brunswick Public Library’s first-ever virtual film festival beginning with the National Geographic documentary, Chasing Ice, Jan. 19-20.

The Option Green Virtual Film Festival is part of the ongoing partnership between the library and the Friends of the East ...

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Doug Steinhardt, chairman of the New Jersey Republican Party and candidate in the 2021 GOP Gubernatorial Primary, has dropped out of the race just one month after launching his campaign.

The abrupt announcement boosts the likelihood that Jack Ciattarelli, a Hillsborough resident and former state Assemblyman who kicked off his campaign one year ago, will win the GOP ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – A pandemic raged, retreated and returned with a vengeance, but the eight chaplains on staff at Saint Peter’s University Hospital tended to the spiritual well-being of hundreds of patients as the medical staff cared for their physical health.

The members of the Pastoral Care Department were there with prayers over the past 10 months, even when they weren’t ...