By TIMOTHY A PRIANO
May 14, 2021To the editor of TAP into Plainfield:
I am writing to endorse Sean McKenna, Mayor for the City of Plainfield.
Sean stood out to me as a leader and a thinker since introduction to him ...
Every year, at this time, I struggle to come up with the acknowledgement of thanks and gratitude that should be given to teachers every day, but this year in particular I’m really struggling.
By WARDLAW+HARTRIDGE SCHOOL
EDISON, NJ-- Taliyah Williams of Rahway, a senior at The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison, was among three local high school seniors to receive Good Citizen Awards from The Westfield Chapter of The Daughters of The American Revolution (DAR).
Each school selected one Good Citizen from their senior class based on Dependability (truthfulness, loyalty, punctuality), Service (cooperation, ...
By WARDLAW+HARTRIDGE SCHOOL
EDISON, NJ-- Twelve seniors in the Class of 2021 at The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison shared their research and findings on a variety of pertinent topics in last week’s Capstone presentations in the Center for Global Learning. This project, a requirement to graduate with the Global Scholars Program diploma, involves many components including a written paper, action research ...
By WARDLAW+HARTRIDGE SCHOOL
EDISON, NJ-- Lower School students at The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison capped a three-week read-a-thon in April with some impressive numbers. The students logged 20,438 minutes of total reading. Fourth-grader Josh Culver of Colonia led all students with 1,368 minutes, which is nearly one full day! Total donations reached $4,130 and the proceeds will go toward a fund to diversify Lower ...
By WARDLAW+HARTRIDGE SCHOOL
EDISON,NJ-- Middle School students at The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison are celebrating their own divisional Spirit Week from May 3-7. Students are having a blast embracing daily themes to begin the home stretch of this unprecedented school year in style.
The week kicked off with Match a Friend Monday on which students joined up to four friends with matching outfits. Teachers joined the ...
By WARDLAW+HARTRIDGE SCHOOL
EDISON, NJ-- The Junior Kindergarten class at The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison concluded its lifecycle unit by releasing their Painted Lady butterflies in the Lower School garden on April 28. Early Childhood students learned about the lifecycles of ladybugs, chickens, frogs and the butterfly.
“We received our butterflies as caterpillars and watched them form chrysalis as they ...
By WARDLAW+HARTRIDGE SCHOOL
EDISON, NJ-- Claire Lu of Edison, a freshman at The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison, captured the essence of her signature sport to win the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) Great Junior Golf Design Challenge of 2021. She designed a par-5 hole and named it hOle. Claire’s design was selected as the best of more than 85 designs sent in, and she is recognized as the top ...
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By CRAIG ROGERS
May 13, 2021New Jersey Date Night is a series on NJ Flavor by relationship writer Craig Rogers.
There’s always something growing in New Jersey, be it excitement for warmer weather or the flowers in everyone’s yard. Celebrating springtime in the Garden State requires a garden date. We have so many options at our fingertips — possibilities guaranteed to inspire romance and ...
NEW JERSEY — They don’t call this The Garden State for nothing.
Want to bring out your inner green thumb this season? There’s no better time than now to get started on a kitchen garden.
“There is no mastery of gardening, you just get better at guessing,” said Bloomfield’s L. Be. Sholar, who offers gardening tips on her blog, Farm-Based ...
By JOHN MOONEY
SAYREVILLE, NJ -- Brandon Bielak, a Sayreville native who played his high school baseball at St. Joseph High School (Metuchen), took the mound for the Houston Astros against the Yankees Tuesday evening in a hostile Yankee Stadium, where fans released their anger over Houston's sign-stealing scandal became public following the 2019 ALCS.
Bielak had the thrill of ...
By UNION COUNTY OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
May 15, 2021The Test Center will shift from a drive-through service to a walk-up service as of Monday, May 17.
The Union County COVID-19 Test Center at Kean University will be open to all Union County residents who would like to self-administer a free COVID-19 nasal swab test under the supervision of professional staff beginning on Monday, May 17.
The Test Center is located at the Kean campus in Union ...
By TIMOTHY A PRIANO
May 14, 2021To the editor of TAP into Plainfield:
I am writing to endorse Sean McKenna, Mayor for the City of Plainfield.
Sean stood out to me as a leader and a thinker since introduction to him upon moving here in 2016. I heard his questions while serving on the Planning Board and now as the Second Ward Councilman. He’s direct, courteous, and informed - all the qualities we want ...
By ELIZABETH A MEYERS
May 12, 2021ROBBINSVILLE, NJ -- Federal law enforcement officials descended on the BAPS Temple in Robbinsville on Tuesday to execute court orders on the property where workers say they were victims of human trafficking and labor abuse. Six plaintiffs have filed the lawsuit on behalf of approximately 200 other Indian nationals who claim they were forced labor and faced ...
By PLAINFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
May 12, 2021PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Plainfield Public Schools district is holding a virtual job fair for middle and high school teaching positions for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year.
The event will be held on Wednesday, May 19, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. To see a list of available positions, and to start an application, click here.
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By MICHAEL SHAPIRO, FOR EDITOR & PUBLISHER
Like it or not, the idea that “all politics is local'' is no longer reality. Instead, local government has been poisoned by the toxic political environment once confined at the state and federal levels.
Local reporters used to be shielded from the national political discourse, in part because municipal elections typically don’t include Rs or Ds next to candidate ...
By ERICKA RIKER
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - When marketing your services or products, the best place to start is right in the community you serve. Your local community is full of potential new and returning customers, and that market is essential for you to sustain and grow.
Local marketing is trending, and now more than ever it is important for your business to be prominent in your local market.
According ...
By ERICKA RIKER
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - If you own a business, you might be familiar with lots of trends in marketing that promise to increase your business: social media and email campaigns, as well as paid and organic ads. One trend that tends to get overlooked is SEO, or search engine optimization. SEO is a proven and necessary tool, but you may ask yourself, “What is it?” and “How can you best ...
By ERICKA RIKER
SAYREVILLE, NJ - Longtime TAPinto Scotch Plains-Fanwood franchisee John Mooney is taking his talents to the banks of the Raritan. After spending years growing TAPinto Scotch Plains-Fanwood into one of the networks top 5 most-visited sites, Mooney is officially launching TAPinto Raritan Bay, covering Sayreville and South Amboy, N.J.
“Since I am familiar with Sayreville-South Amboy and ...
By BETH MORONEY
Barbra Streisand: Redefining Beauty, Femininity, and Power by Neal Gabler. (Yale
Univ. Press, 2016).
Stephen Spielberg: A Life in Films by Molly Haskell. (Yale Univ. Press, 2017)
My family complains each year at holiday time that I am impossible to buy gifts for. This is true because, usually, if I want something, I purchase it myself. They ask me for lists, but even ...
By BETH MORONEY
The Persian Always Meows Twice: A Cat Groomer Mystery by Eileen Watkins. (available on Amazon).
Cassie McGlone needs to start over, escape from an abusive ex-boyfriend, and establish a business of her own. An independent woman, Cassie moves to Chadwick, New Jersey (a fictional town somewhere near Morristown) ...
By BETH MORONEY
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Press, 2021)
We can’t quibble that Kristin Hannah is one of the most respected authors on the contemporary scene. Her new book, The Four Winds, is number 1 on the New York Times Book Review. Hannah is a wonderful storyteller, who frequently uses the theme of the importance of family in our lives, which is a universal theme, ...
By BETH MORONEY
Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness that Ended the Sixties by Dianne Lake and Deborah Herman. (Harper Collins, 2017).
I am skeptical of the true crime genre because so much of it is poorly written and sells for its sensationalistic value rather than its literary worth. The only decent book that I have read about Charles Manson and ...
By KAITLYN TATULLI
May 13, 2021WAYNE, NJ -- General Manager of Lincoln of Wayne, Peter Spina, Jr., spoke with TAPintoTV about the dealership’s unique history being a third-generation, family-owned business.
Spina’s grandfather, Gaspar Spina, started selling cars in the 1950s and established the dealership in 1962.
“Back then, the industry was very different,” Spina explained. “He worked his ...
