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Gov. Phil Murphy Proposes Record $53.1 Billion Budget for Fiscal Year 2024
Gov. Phil Murphy delivered the fiscal year 2024 Budget Address in Trenton on Tuesday.

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Gov. Phil Murphy Proposes Record $53.1 Billion Budget for Fiscal Year 2024

Gov. Phil Murphy Proposes Record $53.1 Billion Budget for Fiscal Year 2024

By TAPINTO STAFF

February 28, 2023

TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy says his $53.1 billion proposed budget is all about the future of New Jersey and its residents.

"It is a budget designed with a singular purpose, to continue building the Next New Jersey," Murphy said Tuesday in Trenton.

Murphy says the budget offers real solutions for New Jerseyans who have been struggling for the past few ...

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TAPinto Launches Local News and Digital Marketing Platform in Hanover Township, New Jersey

By ADAM DARSKY

HANOVER TOWNSHIP, NJ — There's more local news for Morris County residents, with the launch of TAPinto Hanover Township.

Laura Ali is the owner and publisher of the new TAPinto local news and digital marketing platform, which started providing local news to the community in February. It is the 10th TAPinto site in Morris County.

Ali said local leaders reached out to her, saying ...

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TAPinto Kenilworth Publisher Telina Cuppari Judges New Jersey's Best Pizza at Pizza Bowl III

By ADAM DARSKY

CARLSTADT, NJ — If New Jersey's best pizza is going to be in one place, having a Guinness World Records holder for the most pizza items as a celebrity judge just makes sense.

TAPinto Kenilworth owner/publisher Telina Cuppari — who has 669 pizza-related items in her house — joined athletes, actors and members of the media to help judge New Jersey's best pizza at Pizza ...

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TAPinto Rahway Publisher David Brighouse Speaks with Rahway Chamber of Commerce Members

By ADAM DARSKY

RAHWAY, NJ — TAPinto Rahway owner/publisher David Brighouse was a special guest at the Rahway Chamber of Commerce's January 26 meeting.

Brighouse spoke to Chamber members about the local news and digital marketing platform, and offered some advice for business owners in town.

"I wanted to offer some inspiration to burgeoning or struggling businesses in town," Brighouse ...

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PTEA Supports Fight Against Proposed Warehouse Development near Randolphville School

PTEA Supports Fight Against Proposed Warehouse Development near Randolphville School

By JOE TOMA

March 14, 2023

The Piscataway Township Education Association (PTEA) issues this letter to the Piscataway Township Schools and Community in strong support of the pushback against the recent zoning changes and proposed development of the Randolphville Elementary School warehouses (Block 5701 Lot 2).

The 25-acre parcel at 1690 South Washington Avenue borders Randolphville Elementary School.

The school is ...

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Press Releases

Middlesex County Announces Opioid Settlement Advisory Council to Help Allocate Funds from Settlement in Nationwide Class Action Suit Between Opioid Distributors and State of New Jersey

Middlesex County Announces Opioid Settlement Advisory Council to Help Allocate Funds from Settlement in Nationwide Class Action Suit Between Opioid Distributors and State of New Jersey

By JACOB CALLAHAN -OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS - MIDDLESEX COUNTY

March 23, 2023

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – In response to the nationwide opioid epidemic, the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners has formed the Middlesex County Opioid Settlement Advisory Council. The Advisory Council – which includes a cross-section of experts in behavioral health, substance use disorders, and community outreach – met for the first time on Tuesday, March 21, ...

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Sahaja Yoga: Celebrating the 100th Birthday of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

 

On March 21, 2023, hundreds of thousands of people around the world will celebrate the centennial of the birth of Nirmala Srivastava, better known to those who have been touched by her teachings as Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, the creator of Sahaja Yoga. The celebrations will take place both online and at Sahaja Yoga Centers and will include curated recordings ...

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Free Addiction Recovery Services in Middlesex County Offered by Vision of Hope Recovery Center

Vision of Hope Recovery Center run by Prevention Links provides free addiction recovery services for the Middlesex County community

New Brunswick - March 15, 2023. A local community nonprofit, Prevention Links, will be hosting a Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for their Vision of Hope Recovery Community Center on March 24, 2023. The public is invited to this event to celebrate their opening and learn more about their free services available to Middlesex County residents. The event will start at 10am and conclude at ...

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Middlesex County News

Rail Fire Causes Massive Delays

Rail Fire Causes Massive Delays

By TAPINTO STAFF

March 25, 2023

EDISON NJ:  A brush fire that started in Edison along the North East Corridor rail line caused rail service to be shut down for several hours.  At 2:15pm yesterday, Edison fire units were dispatched to attend to heavy smoke behind the Revlon building on route 27. Upon arriving at the scene, firefighters found numerous brush fires on the southbound side of the Northeast Corridor.  ...

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South Brunswick Police Arrest Local Man, Cops Say in Press Release

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SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - A South Brunswick Man was arrested yesterday after police sent out a notice to the public asking for help in locating him, according to a recent nixle alert. Police say that Adam Zakaria, aged 25 from South Brunswick, was arrested along Route 27 along Finnegan Lane after being sought out by the Middlesex County Prosecutors Office, Woodbridge Police, and South Brunswick ...

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Ex-Principal Charged in 2014 Woodbridge Sex Assault

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WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A former South Jersey principal and teacher is now charged with forcing his way into a Keasbey woman’s apartment in 2014 and sexually assaulting her, authorities said.

The 39-year-old suspect Danny McEaddy – already held in the Camden County jail on similar charges there – was arrested Thursday on local charges, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s ...

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Piscataway Library - CHECK US OUT!

NJ Makers Day, Tales for Tails, Author Panel, and more!

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It's here, it's here! New Jersey Makers day is this ...

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Rutgers News

Rutgers' Approval Paves Way For HELIX Construction to Start in Spring

By CHUCK O'DONNELL

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Construction will begin this spring on the first of three buildings in the New Jersey Health + Life Science Exchange (HELIX), a public-private development planned in downtown New Brunswick, following Wednesday's approval by the Rutgers University Board of Trustees.

Rutgers Health at the HELIX will be the new home to Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical ...

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Other NJ News

Five Fentanyl Overdose Victims Given Narcan at Riverside Square Mall

London, UK. 16th July 2016. EDITORIAL - Police logo patch, being worn on the rear of a bullet proof vest, by a police officer in central London, UK.

By CASEY ABLINE

March 25, 2023

HACKENSACK, NJ - Five female workers at the Shops at Riverside mall were resuscitated with Narcan after showing signs of a fentanyl overdose on Wednesday.

“I want to assure the community that we are already in the process of thoroughly investigating this matter to find the source of this dangerous substance, and will do everything within our power to prosecute those ...

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Joint Investigation Leads to Recovery of 23 Stolen Vehicles

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ – A collaboration between the Hudson County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), as well as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the Port of New York/Newark, has led to the recovery of a total of 23 stolen vehicles, Sheriff Frank Schillari announced Friday. 

The stolen vehicles, he said in a statement, had an ...

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Jury: Newark Man Swindled a Woman Out of Her Home, $110,000

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NEWARK, NJ — An Essex County jury convicted a city man for swindling a woman out of her home and stealing $110,000 from her bank account in 2016 by forging her name on various documents.

Obadiah J. Salters, 36, of Newark, was convicted on 24 counts of theft and forgery charges after a four-day trial last week before Superior Court Judge John I. Gizzo. Salters is to be sentenced in May, ...

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Dad in the Box

You Are What You Eat

It appears to be Mr. Potato Head in a small shopping basket

By JOHN CHRISTMANN

Just before dinner recently I hopped to our local grocery store to pick up the makings for a salad.

I am not a big fan of supermarkets. Especially the ones that are large enough to have their own zip code. I can never find what I am looking for and I am routinely doubling back to pick up the one or two items on my list that I somehow missed.

I usually have to corral a part-time high school ...

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TAPinto Launches Local News and Digital Marketing Platform in Hanover Township, New Jersey

By ADAM DARSKY

HANOVER TOWNSHIP, NJ — There's more local news for Morris County residents, with the launch of TAPinto Hanover Township.

Laura Ali is the owner and publisher of the new TAPinto local news and digital marketing platform, which started providing local news to the community in February. It is the 10th TAPinto site in Morris County.

Ali said local leaders reached out to her, saying ...

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Looking Forward

Looking Forward

By JEFF OSTROFF

Hello, TAPinto reader and Looking Forward: Opportunities for Job, Career, Business, and Investment Seekers listener! 

Do you think the fact that people are living longer is creating global opportunities? Well, you betcha! I forecasted this years ago in my book, "Successful Marketing to the 50+ Consumer" (Prentice-Hall).

As you'll hear from my guest ...

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