EDISON, NJ-- On Feb. 25, the College Counseling team at The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison held a webinar hosted by Dr. Dulcie Head, Director at Compass Education Group, on Navigating College Admission Tests. The aim of the program was to answer some of the questions surrounding standardized tests – how much they matter, whether they matter, and what the future is likely to hold ...

EDISON, NJ-- The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison wrapped up its celebration of Black History Month with more events and activities in all three divisions last week.

The Upper School embraced its weekly theme of Hip Hop, Comedy, Dance and Art with guest speakers and student presentations. They culminated the week with a group poem recited by members of the Spoken Word Club. The 13-minute ...

EDISON, NJ-- Middle School swimmers at The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison set two school records last week. 

Phoebe Kaplan of Scotch Plains set a new school record in the 50-yard breaststroke with a sizzling time of 36.70 seconds. Phoebe also joined Tom O’Connor of South Planfield, Coco Lee of Edison and Sammy Faust of Westfield to establish a new standard in the 100-yard ...

EDISON, NJ-- Ariana Di Landro of Elizabeth, a senior at The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison, was more than proud to represent her school at the National Girls and Women in Sports Day. The honor made Ariana reflect on her own achievements and what the school has meant to her in the past four years.

This year’s event was not held in person on the Seton Hall University campus as in past ...

EDISON, NJ-- Nadia Valcourt of South Plainfield and Mehkai Huey of Piscataway, athletes at The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison, have been named to this year’s Greater Middlesex County Student-Athlete Advisory Committee basketball teams. Both Rams leaders were honored in February for their contributions to their teams in early season games.

Nadia has brought senior leadership and ...

EDISON, NJ-- To celebrate the beginning of the Lunar New Year, students in Miss Ellen Colandrea’s second grade class were treated to a special presentation via Zoom by Ms. Lang Li of Edison, mom of Austin Li ’31. Everyone had fun watching a video about the origins of the Chinese Zodiac, learning to write “Happy Year of the Ox” in Mandarin, and creating beautiful ...

The Union County Board of Commissioners encourages Union County residents to help keep County parks free of litter, by reducing their use of single-use plastic bags and other disposable plastic items.

“Spring is in sight and visitors will be returning to the County parks and we are asking everyone to pitch in and help preserve the environment in our green spaces.  Plastic bags and ...

The Union County Board of County Commissioners urges residents to download the Recycle Coach App to get reminded of their curbside recycling schedule, learn about upcoming county recycling events, get advised of any changes or interruptions to service and learn the best ways to recycle.  The free app is designed to help make recycling and solid waste information more accessible to County ...

Union County residents who are seeking ways to help the environment this year can start by bringing reusable grocery bags to the supermarket, and skipping single-use bags.

“Switching to reusable grocery bags is a simple but effective way for everyone to help cut down on waste and litter pollution, and start getting into the ‘Choose to Reuse’ habit,” said Union County ...

NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - The TAPinto Featured Franchisees for March 2021 are Steve Lenox and Elizabeth Meyers from TAPinto Hamilton/Robbinsville. 

Neither Lenox nor Meyers are new to the TAPinto community. 

TAPinto Hamilton/Robbinsville was the third site Lenox launched, after previously opening TAPinto Paterson and TAPinto Bayonne. Lenox was awarded TAPinto’s 2021 Highest Honor ...

There’s a famous saying that “All politics Is local.” As politics has become nationalized and even local candidates are now being forced to follow or defend the pronouncements of the national political parties, the adage is seemingly less accurate.  Meanwhile, COVID-19 has caused the news industry to be turned on its head as all news is becoming local.

For instance, when ...

Hungry Girl: Fast & Easy-All Natural Recipes in 30 Minutes or Less by Lisa Lillien (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2021)

Lisa Lillien is a good friend of mine. Oh, I have met her only once in person at a book signing at Wegman’s in Woodbridge, NJ, but I get an e-mail from her every week day from hungrygirl.com. I feel like I know Lisa well because she thinks like I ...

The Lost Boys by Faye Kellerman. (Harper Collins, 2021)

Faye Kellerman began the Peter Decker- Rina Lazarus series in 1986. In the first novel, police officer, Detective Peter Decker of the LAPD, is called in to investigate the rape of a woman, who was going home after taking a mikvah, the cleansing bath, that Orthodox Jewish women take once a month. This is an unthinkable crime, ...

One Night in Miami      Film on Netflix

It was February 25, 1965, Convention Hall in Miami, Florida. The hungry for glory, young Cassius Clay has whipped Sonny Liston to win the title of  Heavyweight Champion of the World. Looking for a way to celebrate his triumph, Clay joins three of his friends, Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), Jim Brown (Aldie Hodge), and Malcolm X ...

A Time For Mercy by John Grisham (Doubleday, 2020)

New York Times best selling author, John Grisham has set three novels in the fictional town of Clanton, Mississippi. Of the town, Grisham reflects, “A lot has been written about Clanton and many of its characters: Jake and Carla, Harry Rex, Lucien, Judge Noose, Judge Atlee, Sheriff Ozzie Walls, Carl Lee and so on. Indeed,  ...

The Girls by Lori Lansens.  ( Back Bay Books, 2005)

I enjoy watching The Learning Channel’s hit show, Thousand Pound Sisters. Every time my husband, Tom, catches me watching it, he shakes his head and mutters, “I don’t know why you watch this show. . .” (To be fair, I don’t get The Mandalorian, but each to his own). 

So, why do I watch ...

The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult. (Random House, 2020)

Death has never been more a part of my consciousness than in the year 2020. We are getting daily death totals just like we used to get on the nightly news during the Vietnam War. But, death is not a subject that humans like to dwell on. Most of us put thoughts of our mortality on the back burner so that we are able to ...