November 5, 2017 at 9:01 PM
UNION, NJ – Details are preliminary, but Union police have confirmed a shooting investigation in the vicinity of Sayre Road.
According to Union Police authorities, a shooting “involving a federal agent” is under investigation. The incident began at approximately 6:30 p.m. Sunday evening. No Union police were involved. One U.S. Marshal is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
By KATE BROCHU
April 25, 2018WESTFIELD, NJ — The Presbyterian Church in Westfield hosted 40 overnight guests on Saturday, April 21, in a temporary “Box City” set up on the church’s front lawn.
The event was organized to drive awareness of homelessness and to raise funds for the FISH Hospitality Program, a rotating shelter staffed by volunteers that houses 14 people per night, a week ...
By TAPINTO PLAINFIELD STAFF
April 24, 2018PLAINFIELD, NJ - The Plainfield Symphony Orchestra, led by maestro Charles Prince, will close out its 2017-2018 season this Saturday with Mahler’s 9th Symphony.
Mahler, born in 1860, composed his Symphony No. 9 between 1908 and 1909, and it was the last symphony that he completed. The work is scored for large orchestra in four movements, unconventionally beginning and ...
By ROD HIRSCH
April 24, 2018SOMERVILLE, NJ - B. Sue Fulton is just beginning to find her away around her new office in Trenton , but the newly-sworn director of the Department of Motor Vehicles found her way to Somerville Saturday at the invitation of state Sen. Christopher Kip Bateman for a visit to the local DMV office on Roosevelt Place which has been causing headaches for neighborhood residents.
She arrived 45 ...
By TAPINTO PLAINFIELD STAFF
April 24, 2018PLAINFIELD, NJ - TAPinto Plainfield invites local civic, non-profit, and school groups to list their upcoming events on the TAPinto Plainfield Community Calendar. You can contribute content through our website by clicking on fhe "Submit Content" button located in the upper right corner on the home page, where you will then be brought to a menu where you will see the "Calendar ...
By TAPINTO STAFF
April 24, 2018PHILLIPSBURG, NJ -- New Jersey Rep. Leonard Lance (R-7th) will host his 47th in-person town hall meeting on Friday, April 27 beginning at 5:30 pm at Phillipsburg High School.
During the town hall meeting, Lance will take questions on the important issues facing Congress and the American people. Lance will discuss his leadership role on the Gateway Tunnel and ...
By TAPINTO ROSELLE/ROSELLE PARK STAFF
April 24, 2018ROSELLE/ELIZABETH, NJ - Children ages 4 to 12 years old are invited by the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders to participate in the third annual Paint by the Pond”. A project that teaches families about the importance of recycling while encouraging children to paint on cardboard, creating art from materials usually thrown away.
There will also be miniature houses made with the ...
By TAPINTO PLAINFIELD STAFF
April 24, 2018LINDEN, NJ - On Monday, Union County Democratic Committee Chairman and 22nd District Senator Nick Scutari released a statement regarding the memorial for Assemblyman Jerry Green.
"I personally wish to thank the hundreds of friends, colleagues, and constituents of Jerry Green who have contacted us recently to express their sorrow at his recent passing. Jerry truly touched so many ...
By TAPINTO PLAINFIELD STAFF
The weather cooperated this weekend, so I went for more than one hike. After all, there are only just over fifty days before my walk to Maine commences, so why not.
This Saturday, some friends dragged me away from housecleaning (thank you!) for a quick jaunt through Watchung Reservation. While we were there, we ran into two individuals from Westfield; the cosplayers introduced themselves ...
By TAPINTO PLAINFIELD STAFF
Friday, March 30 was Take a Walk in the Park Day, so I did. I really didn't have an excuse to not do so; the sun was shining, I had the day off, and I had no plans for the rest of the day. So after a session with Abbe, my trainer at LifeTime Fitness, I made the short trip to Lake Surprise in Watchung Reservation.
As I made my way around the lake, it was easy to see how ...
By VICTORIA CARUSO
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – The students and staff at Holy Savior Academy, a pre-K3 through eighth grade AdvancedED accredited Middlebrook Deanery Catholic School located in South Plainfield, have been busy gearing up for two widely anticipated spring events. In May, the drama club will present its 4th annual Spring Spectacular Musical and a school wide art show will also take ...
By U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
April 25, 2018New York, NY - Camden was among 144 communities selected for Brownfields Environmental Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup grants. The two grants totaling $400,000 will provide the community with funding to assess, clean up, and redevelop underutilized properties while protecting public health and the environment. A total of $54.3 million will be provided to brownfields sites ...
By JOHN BURY
April 22, 2018After Bruce Patrson of Garwood was stopped from speaking at the Union County freeholder meeting of March 22 regarding the politics behind refusing to give the party line to a sitting freeholder I thought this brazen suppression of free speech could not go unanswered. A the the April 19 meeting I answered with these comments.
After ten years of following government in Union County I conclude ...
By STEVE LENOX
April 23, 2018UPDATE- Several sources familiar with Sunday’s tragic accident have identified the fallen officer as Tamby Yagan, a 13-year veteran of the Paterson Police Department.
PATERSON, NJ- On what Paterson Superior Officers Association President Mason Maher called “a sad day for Paterson” a city police officer lost his life on Sunday after being involved in a motor vehicle ...
By TAPINTO PLAINFIELD STAFF
April 12, 2018PLAINFIELD, NJ - Un esfuerzo de sangre se llevará a cabo el viernes en Plainfield High School en asociación con la Cruz Roja Americana.
¿Alguna vez se ha preguntado qué le sucede a la pinta de sangre que dona?
Según la Cruz Roja, la donación se almacena en refrigeradores helados hasta que se transporta a un centro de la Cruz Roja y se escanea en una ...
By RAPPS PHARMACY
April 17, 2018It may not feel like spring, but that spring weather is right around the corner and so is allergy season! Here is some friendly advice from Rapps Pharmacy, your neighborhood pharmacy:
Combating the Allergy Season
As seasons change and pollen counts rise, more and more people clash with the aggravating symptoms of seasonal allergies. Beginning in February and lasting into early summer, ...
By TAPINTO PLAINFIELD STAFF
Featured Business: NJ Printing & Embroidery LLC
Nestled in the heart of Plainfield is NJ Printing & Embroidery, a family-owned business providing digital screen printing and embroidery for custom shirts, caps and other items.
The company also offers custom printed business cards, fliers, banners and storefront vinyls, and can provide expert graphic art design upon request.
Eric ...
By LIZ KEILL
‘The Sting ‘slithers and shakes at Paper Mill Playhouse
By LIZ KEILL
MILLBURN, NJ – In a premiere production of “The Sting,” Harry Connick Jr. commands the Paper Mill Playhouse stage in Millburn.
Based on the sensational Paul Newman/Robert Redford film in 1973, the 1930s plot centers on a con game and gambling, sometimes on a train between New York and ...
By BETH MORONEY
Retro Review: Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo (Citadel Press, 1970)
How does a reviewer do justice to a book called “the great American novel”? I first read Johnny Got His Gun during the Viet Nam war, when young people, nationwide, were protesting fighting in a war that was a senseless waste of life; a war in which the United States had no business participating.
By BETH MORONEY
The Truth About My Reading
I didn't get my Composition and Literature teacher at Montclair State College at all. A crusty old man with a dour disposition, Mr. Smith always seemed angry and rude. He appropriately intimidated freshmen, even me, an English major, who found this common core course beneath my dignity. Frankly, as a graduate of Highland Park High School, and a survivor of Mrs.
By BETH MORONEY
The German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa (Washington Square Press, 2016)
For each of the twelve million victims murdered during World War II there is a gutwrenching story to be told. I have read hundreds of memoirs, biographies, plays, and novels that recount the stories of the martyrs; some are exceptional, some are fair. The German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa, an award-winning journalist, ...
By BETH MORONEY
The Skin Collector by Jeffery Deaver (Grand Central, 2014)
Jack the Ripper. The Boston Strangler. The Texas Watchtower Killer. The Zodiac Killer. The Angel of Death. The Butcher. BTK. The police and the press have a long history of dubbing serial killers with names that catch the attention of the public, usually having the effect of instilling greater fear and selling more print media so that ...
By BETH MORONEY
Queen Mary and the Cruiser by David A. Thomas and Patrick Holmes (Naval Institute Press, 1997)
“Had the forenoon watch and after eating went out onto the fo'c'sle. Just arrived at the top of the ladder by the PO's heads when the wave hit me---waist high---and knocked me over. Looking astern---through the bulkhead door which was open, saw the stern of a ship sticking up out of ...
By BETH MORONEY
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (Random House, 1965)
In Cold Blood is, quite simply, the grand-daddy of true crime writing, dubbed by Capote, himself, as the first non-fiction novel (although Norman Mailer argued the point when he published The Executioner's Song in 1979.) The conditions under which I read In Cold Blood for the first time were pretty weird, which was another ...
