Other NJ News
By CHUCK O'DONNELL
March 13, 2023
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The woman who is accused of trying to use a fake birth certificate to enroll at New Brunswick High School said she is focusing on her mental health after she “made a silly mistake.” Hyejeong Shin, 29, told TAPinto New Brunswick in her first public comments since her arrest in ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Members of the two unions representing thousands of Rutgers faculty members, graduate workers and others whose contracts expired at the end of June have voted to authorize a strike. About 94% of Rutgers AAUP-AFT and Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union members voted “yes” in a ...
NEWARK, NJ — Mayor Ras J. Baraka, along with Audible founder Don Katz and CEO Bob Carrigan took to the stage at the unveiling of the Harriet Tubman monument on Thursday to praise the abolitionist during a press conference at the Innovation Cathedral, but the main attraction was the women of color ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ — Maddison Oakes, a 6th grader at Malcolm E. Nettingham Middle School in Scotch Plains, returned home on Thursday, March 2, from a 3-month recovery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia after being shot in the back by a stray bullet. Maddison was at a family party in ...
CHATHAM, NJ — The School District of the Chathams is the first district in the state of New Jersey to file a federal lawsuit against social media companies, claiming harm caused to the mental health of its students. The SDOC filed its 66-page complaint in United States District Court of New ...
PARAMUS, NJ — The district's superintendent said a teacher who viewed inappropriate material on his computer last week during class did not know his computer continued to be hooked into a screen all students could view. "Here are the facts," Superintendent Sean Adams said at Monday night's Board ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Talk about a really wild ride! Five days after buying an expensive new Tesla Model Y SUV, area resident Prerak Patel had its steering wheel pop off in his hands as he drove along busy Route 1. Patel, his wife Neha, and their children were heading home from shopping at ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the death of a man who was found dead on the shoreline of Newark Bay in Bayonne on Friday. According to a statement, members of the Bayonne Police Department received a report of a possible body on the shoreline of Newark Bay ...
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Authorities are investigating after a man threw a Molotov cocktail at the front door of a synagogue in Bloomfield early Sunday morning, police said. Security footage shows a man approach the synagogue at 3:19 a.m., light the incendiary device then throw it at the front door of ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – A 29-year-old woman is facing charges after she allegedly tried to use a false birth certificate in an attempt to enroll at New Brunswick High School. Hyejeong Shin, a New Brunswick resident, has been charged with one count of providing a false government document with the ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – The quick-thinking actions of a South Plainfield School District employee recently helped save a student choking on her lunch. Back on Dec. 20, MaryAnn Burns, a retired licensed practical nurse (LPN) who currently works as a duty aid at Franklin Elementary, performed ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The government of Mexico will establish its first consulate in New Jersey in New Brunswick. Previously, Mexican nationals in New Jersey were served by a consulate in New York, Mariana Diaz, consul of Mexico in New Brunswick, told TAPinto New Brunswick on Tuesday, Jan.
HACKENSACK, NJ — Preservation New Jersey (PNJ) has named the USS Ling, a U.S. Navy Balao class submarine docked in the Hackensack River in Hackensack as one of the ten most endangered historic places in New Jersey. A statewide non-profit organization dedicated to historic preservation, PNJ was ...
BAYONNE, NJ — A faculty member at Bayonne High School was arrested on Wednesday and charged with Criminal Sexual Contact following an incident that reportedly took place on January 9. According to Captain Eric Amato, a 51-year-old female, also an employee of the Bayonne Board of Education ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – A borough family has launched a fundraising initiative to help secure a trained service dog for their daughter. Susan and John Sollaccio, who have resided in South Plainfield for 13 years, are looking to raise the funds needed to fully train and bring Dakota, a Great ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The Westfield Public School District intends to examine its policies and culture after an intermediate school teacher overdosed in a classroom and officers found suspected fentanyl in a closet there, leading to drug and child endangerment charges against the veteran ...
UNION, NJ — A story, written for a class project in Kawameeh Middle School years ago, turned out to be so good, it just got published. Alyssa Inghilleri said as a young student she would write short stories and journal all the time. “Luckily, my mom and grandma never threw anything away, so we ...
PARAMUS, NJ - The mayor said he hopes the Barnes & Noble Bookstore will find another location in the borough, as the bookstore itself recently posted on Facebook its landlord was not renewing its lease. "Although it is always sad to see landmark stores close down locations in town, I look ...
CRANFORD, NJ – Bernie Wagenblast has recently come out as a transgender woman. The lifelong resident and longtime “voice of Cranford” came out publicly on January 1 and has recently posted an interview with the Cranford Unity Project on her Cranford Radio podcast. “It’s something I’ve known ...
FANWOOD, NJ — The Fanwood Memorial Library, a center of community activity for more than 70 years, was reduced to rubble on Friday, the most visible sign yet of the planned construction of a modern new facility. Library Director Dan Weiss stood under an umbrella in a driving rain, watching his ...
SUMMIT, NJ - "I'm an American, and I'm here to help." Mark Di Ionno, Pulitzer-prized nominated and longtime journalist and award-winning author, recently departed for his fifth trip to Ukraine since the Russian invasion began. Prior to his departure, Di Ionno -- who was raised in Summit and ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — A neighbor to Westfield has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the town’s plan to lease space to AT&T for the construction of a cell tower at the Conservation Center. He claims the cell pole would “tower over” his home. The lawsuit filed in Superior Court on behalf of Scotch ...
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — A joint investigation by the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office's Gang, Gun and Narcotics Task Force, the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations Cherry Hill Office and the Mount Laurel Police Department has led to the seizure of 10,000 fentanyl pills worth $40,000 on the ...
CRANFORD, NJ — A charity event supporting a Cranford family will take place at Cranford VFW on Dec. 22 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Victor Vilela was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, Glioblastoma Astrocytoma Multiforme, 16 years ago. He has had two surgeries, and also undergone ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Save the Queen City, a newly formed nonprofit focused on historic preservation in Plainfield, sponsored a holiday house tour of eight homes in historic districts, including the Van Wyck Brooks Historic District, the Crescent Area Historic District, Hillside Avenue Historic ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Following the release of a petition asking the town to rethink a proposed development project at the former Lord & Taylor building and the town’s train station parking lots, some residents voiced their disapproval for the project at Tuesday’s Town Council meeting. The mayor ...
NUTLEY, NJ - Former Nutley Fire Chief Henry Meola was released from the Hudson County jail Sat. Dec. 17 following his first court appearance after his arrest in Nutley. Meola was arrested at his home Friday, Dec. 16 by officers of the Nutley Police Department, North Bergen Police Department, ...
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — New Jersey State Troopers from the Troop “C” Bordentown Station are being credited with saving a suicidal woman’s life after she attempted to jump from an overpass in Mount Laurel late last month. The situation occurred on November 29 when Troopers Michael Basti and Stephen ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — A plan for converting the vacant Lord & Taylor building into offices, housing and retail along with the redevelopment of two parking lots near the Westfield Train Station would come with traffic safety improvements, including the overhaul of a complicated crossing at North ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - A Christmas miracle, actually nearly 6,000 of them, was underway Saturday as dozens of volunteers gathered in the basement of St. Joseph Church for the annual Captain Mark V. Lee toy drive. With Captain Lee’s family, including his widow Cheryl and children Mark Jr., Jennifer, ...