By RUSS CIRINCIONE
May 1, 2020This is why New Jersey Needs “Vote By Mail”
I’m Russ Cirincione, a New Deal Democrat running for Congress in CD-6 . Two things are very important to me: protecting the health ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ -- Congratulations to Saniya Myers of Piscataway, NJ for receiving a 2020 Dean of Students Award at Montclair State University.
Award recipients must have a 2.75 GPA or above and are selected by class year:
First-Year: Saniya Myers
Second-Year: Francesca Leonard
Junior: Joseph Dybas
Senior: Karina Escobar
Graduate: Daniel Waffenfeld
Recipients are selected ...
Kaamal Naheim Stewart Earns Degree from Albright College
May 15, 2020
Kaamal Naheim Stewart of Piscataway, N.J., earns an Albright College Bachelor of Science degree, this spring. A graduate of Piscataway High School, Stewart studied Business Administration: Marketing at the college.
Although an in-person Commencement ceremony ...
-Viviana started out at Our Lady of Fatima in Piscataway, then moved to Sacred Heart before going to Quibbletown Middle School and now is graduating from Piscataway High School.
-Viviana has been swimming for Piscataway High School earning her varsity letter as a freshman and MVP during her Junior year. In addition, she has danced at Rising Stars for over 10 years!
-Viviana was accepted to ...
By UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES
May 30, 2020PHILADELPHIA, PA -- The following students have been named to the Fall 2019 Dean's List at University of the Sciences. Selection for this award is based on completing and passing all assigned courses with no grade below a "C" and attaining an academic average of at least 3.4 for courses taken in the fall of 2019.
Zainab Shabber of Piscataway
Jordan Davidson of ...
$5k and $2k Grants Available; Emergency Child Care Assistance Program to Continue through June 30th
TRENTON – New Jersey Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson today announced the immediate availability of up to $20 million in grants to assist child care centers and youth camps in meeting health and safety guidelines in response to COVID-19.
Child care ...
By CHUCK O'DONNELL
May 30, 2020NEW BRUNSWICK. N.J. - Some 300 people gathered at location of the 2011 shooting of a black man by a New Brunswick police officer to protest the death of George Floyd.
Floyd died on May 25 after Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for more than 8 minutes.
Floyd's death has set off protests and riots in Minneapolis and other cities.
It ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ -- Shortly before schools were shut down for what turned out to be the rest of the academic year in March, Chris Yannazzo of East Brunswick was informed that he was being named the Greater Middlesex Conference Athletic Director of the Year.
The honor, which is voted upon by all member ADs in the conference, was a culmination of six years that Yannazzo has put in since taking ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The history of New Jersey's - and indeed East Brunswick's - slave-holding past is a heavy memory, yet it is one that must be recognized and addressed. That is the mission of the Lost Souls Memorial Project and its annual effort to keep the names of human beings lost to slavery alive and full of meaning.
"Each year, we recite their names...and though this ...
By TAPINTO PISCATAWAY STAFF
PISCATAWAY, NJ — With high school graduation ceremonies for the public to attend unlikely in June, TAPinto Piscataway is offering parents of Piscataway High School seniors the opportunity to feature their child on the website.
The feature will include which Piscataway schools your child attended throughout his/her academic journey, what clubs/sports he/she has participated in ...
By LINDSEY KELLEHER
May 31, 2020Duck legs confit. Waygu burgers. Anduille sausage. These items from meat supplier D’Artagnan typically would be headed to restaurants, but due to COVID-19 much of it is on its way to homes, instead.
“We got into this because the restaurants disappeared,” said D’Artagnan President Andy Wertheim. “This is a question of finding another way to get the product into ...
By RUSS CIRINCIONE
May 1, 2020This is why New Jersey Needs “Vote By Mail”
I’m Russ Cirincione, a New Deal Democrat running for Congress in CD-6 . Two things are very important to me: protecting the health and well being of the New Jerseyans and protecting the right to vote. If you had the chance to prevent the spread of coronavirus, save lives, and strengthen the People’s voice in elections, would ...
Old Bridge, NJ—Russ Cirincione, a New Deal Democrat, filed to run for Congress in New Jersey’s CD-6 (Middlesex and Monmouth). Cirincione is challenging 32-year incumbent Congressman Frank Pallone in the Democratic primary election on June 2, 2020.
Russ Cirincione is a 32-year-old father and government attorney. Russ said this about his campaign: “I’m running because we ...
By TAPINTO PISCATAWAY STAFF
May 29, 2020To the Editor:
I didn’t expect to be spending the spring semester of my junior year in college quarantined in Piscataway, my hometown. I’ve been enjoying my time at Franklin and Marshall College, where I am majoring in sociology and political science, preparing to be a citizen of the world. Since being back home, I’ve had a chance to reflect on some of the lessons I’ve ...
I don’t know if everyone in Piscataway has been following the race for Mayor and Council seats in the upcoming Democratic primary. For sure, we’ve all had a lot on our plates these past three months. But one thing that’s stood out to me is the need for TERM LIMITS.
Mayor Wahler has been mayor for 20 years, and now wants another 4-year term. Wahler and his friends Bob Smith ...
By TAPINTO STAFF
NEW JERSEY - An estimated 18,967 graduates will receive degrees from Rutgers this year (13,057 degrees and one artistic diploma from Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, 4,090 from Rutgers University-Newark, and 1,819 from Rutgers University-Camden). They include approximately 12,304 baccalaureate degrees, 4,688 master’s ...
By JOHN MOONEY
May 31, 2020TRENTON, NJ -- Gov. Phil Murphy closed out his daily COVID-19 press conference on Friday with comments about the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white police officer in Minneapolis kept his knee on Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes.
"George Floyd should be alive today – not just as a matter of principle or justice, but as a matter of human ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - The Somerset County Department of Health reported Sunday that 4,030 residents have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus since the pandemic hit locally in March, with the death toll increasing by one overnight to 418.
Somerville has 135 cases and 6 deaths.
The US Centers for Disease Control this morning reported 103,153 COVID-19 deaths in the United States, with a total of ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - The Somerset County Department of Health reported Saturday that 4,017 residents have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus since the pandemic hit locally in March, with the death toll increasing by 6 overnight to 417.
Somerville has 135 cases and 6 deaths.
The US Centers for Disease Control this morning reported 102,323 COVID-19 deaths in the United States, with a total of ...
By CATHLEEN LEWIS
Skills I thought I’d never need again (or ever)
Or how I put my skills to work in this new world
Every post-apocalypse movie has this weird combination of technology and pioneer sensibilities. I’ve always thought that odd – if there were droids watching over them, why were they cooking over an open hearth, if you have flying cars why aren’t your stores ...
Sat, June 6, 12:00 PM
Parking lot of Menlo Park Mall, near Barnes & Noble and Cheesecake Factory, Edison
Sun, June 14, 10:30 AM
Online Event, registration: VedantaUSA.org , Somerset
Education Giving Back Health & Wellness Religions And Spirituality
Sat, July 4, 11:00 AM
East Jersey Old Town Village, Piscataway
Sat, July 18, 12:00 PM
Gettysburg Reenactment Field, Gettysburg
Sun, July 19, 12:00 PM
Gettysburg Reenactment Field, Gettysburg
By JULIA BLOCK
May 31, 2020Hurrying off to The Hamptons or Hilton Head? Carpooling to Cape Cod or Cape May?
With Memorial Day behind us and summer just down the road, a Rutgers expert recommends that you pack your hand sanitizer, mask and common sense along with your sunscreen and sandals when you go on vacation.
Whether you're headed to the Grand Canyon or the Grand Tetons this summer, COVID-19 could be there to ...
By JOHN CHRISTMANN
The unofficial start to summer has begun and people are emerging gingerly from their Covid-free lairs like bears from hibernation. And after months living in quarantine without pants or haircuts, the question on all of our minds as we contemplate going out in public is, how is this supposed to work?
Here are some useful etiquette tips to help you open up this summer.
There seems to be so ...
By FERN WEIS, PARENT COACH
I didn't realize how much of my life I had to share, (and how messy it was) until we were in the parent program at Hyde School. I didn't understand the amazingly positive impact it could have on my children until then. The key, though, is telling it with humility and without lecturing.
Honestly, I feel that I've lived a charmed life in many ways. And ...
