ROSELLE, NJ - Roselle Public Schools received a heartwarming donation from the New Jersey State Police on February 12 when Troopers delivered coats for some students. 

Trooper Reinaldo Cruz and other New Jersey State Troopers have been donating winter coats to students in Elizabeth for eight years and wanted to expand their generosity this year to Roselle.

Trooper Cruz, Ltc. Fritz ...

UNION COUNTY – About 40 students at Union County Vocational-Technical High School in Scotch Plains have been diverted from their regular program of study following the firing of the school’s electrical engineering teacher after a classroom dispute with a student.

After families rallied in front of the school this week, the school’s principal, Lisa Tauscher, told parents ...

ROSELLE/ROSELLE PARK, NJ – With a mix of snow and freezing rain in the works for the Union County area, Roselle and Roselle Park Public Schools will be closed on Tuesday according to both school districts. 

The National Weather Service has predicted up to 5 inches of snow and a light glaze of ice to form overnight into Tuesday. Police remind residents that if possible, move cars off ...

NEW JERSEY – The leaders of the Build Gateway Now Coalition announced this week that the Raritan Valley Line (RVL) Mayors Alliance to the Coalition, a bipartisan group formed in 2018 that consists of 30 mayors representing more than 23,500 daily commuters along the RVL, spanning four counties in New Jersey, have joined the coalition.

“We are thrilled to welcome the RVL ...

ROSELLE PARK, NJ - Roselle Park Mayor and Council voted on a few ordinances at the Thursday night council meeting, but the biggest interest on the agenda Ordinance No.  2563, which would repeal Ordinance No. 2395, that was introduced at the Jan. 17 council meeting better know to most as “Pay to Play”.

Under the rules governing pay-to-play, or the practice of for-profit ...

ELIZABETH, NJ – New Jersey residents are on their way to making $15 per hour at work.

Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation on Monday that will gradually raise the states’ minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2024.

“For far too long, too many of our fellow New Jerseyans have been struggling to survive on wages that have not kept up with the cost of living,” Murphy ...

NEWARK, NJ - A fatal shooting in Newark took the life of an 18-year-old youth from Roselle on Tuesday evening.

Authorities said DeSean L. Brickhouse, 18, of Roselle was fatally shot in the area of 41 Evergreen Avenue in Newark shortly after 11 p.m. on Tuesday night. He was transported to University Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11:55 p.m.

Acting Essex County Prosecutor ...

ROSELLE/ROSELLE PARK, NJ – With a mix of snow and freezing rain in the works for the Union County area, Roselle and Roselle Park Public Schools will be closed on Tuesday according to both school districts. 

The National Weather Service has predicted up to 5 inches of snow and a light glaze of ice to form overnight into Tuesday. Police remind residents that if possible, move cars off ...

ROSELLE, NJ - Freeholder Andrea Staten today stopped off at the Warinanco Sports Center in Roselle this week to view the Union County Black History Month display about famous African Americans.

The display will be open to the public until the end of February. 

TAPintoRoselle.net and TAPintoRosellePark.net is the official electronic news source for your town! To get your free daily ...

PLAINFIELD, NJ - Plainfield native Lamar Mackson has had a long history in the film and entertainment industry, but recently his short film “White Pickett Fence” has landed him in the international spotlight with its selection to the Toronto Black Film Festival.

The film has already won Honorable Mention for Best Narrative Short, and Honorable Mention for Best Actress, ...

ROSELLE PARK, NJ - Three New Jersey Lottery tickets were sold that matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn for the Saturday, Feb. 2nd drawing winning the $50,000 third-tier prize. One of those winning tickets was sold at the 7-Eleven on Locust St., in Roselle Park.

If those tickets had been purchased with the Power Play Multiplier option, they would have been worth ...

NEW JERSEY – The leaders of the Build Gateway Now Coalition announced this week that the Raritan Valley Line (RVL) Mayors Alliance to the Coalition, a bipartisan group formed in 2018 that consists of 30 mayors representing more than 23,500 daily commuters along the RVL, spanning four counties in New Jersey, have joined the coalition.

“We are thrilled to welcome the RVL ...

TAPinto.net, a network of 80 franchised online hyperlocal news sites in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Florida, marked the beginning of 2019 with a record month of traffic in January, logging 1,058,415 unique readers and 3,022,150 pageviews.  The record marks continued growth in TAPinto’s readership and engagement metrics across its 80 franchised sites.  ...

ROSELLE, NJ - A Roselle woman that worked as a former site manager for a temporary staffing agency was sentenced to 3 years in prison for stealing $190,000 from the agency where she was employed.

According to Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal, Xiomara Jovel, 47, of Roselle, was sentenced to three years in state prison by Superior Court Judge Joseph P. Donohue in Union County on ...

UNION COUNTY, NJ -- Freeholder Chair Bette Jane Kowalski, Vice Chair Al Mirabella and Freeholders Sergio Granados and Kimberly Palmieri-Mouded joined Union County Baseball Association President Jim Iozzi in congratulating the new members inducted into the Union County Baseball Hall of Fame during the 83rd Annual Union County Baseball Association Hot Stove Awards Dinner in ...

ROSELLE, NJ - Abraham Clark High School Seniors Lamar Moore and Khair Pendleton officially signed their binding national letters of intent to play football with their schools in the fall. 

Both students played varsity with the Rams and have accepted scholarships to play at their respective four-year schools.

In a ceremony at the High school on Wednesday morning, Moore who will be ...

ROSELLE, NJ - Roselle Borough Officials are reminding all commercial and residential property owners to help preserve and promote the beauty of the community by helping to keep it clean.

Businesses and Residents can download the Recycle Coach App. for free in the Apple or Google stores. The app calendar lists trash and recycling days and reminders can be set to alert you to your trash and ...

ROSELLE, NJ - Roselle Public Schools received a heartwarming donation from the New Jersey State Police on February 12 when Troopers delivered coats for some students. 

Trooper Reinaldo Cruz and other New Jersey State Troopers have been donating winter coats to students in Elizabeth for eight years and wanted to expand their generosity this year to Roselle.

Trooper Cruz, Ltc. Fritz ...

ELIZABETH, NJ - Cupid’s arrow knows no bounds, striking connections between people of all races, religions, abilities and sexual orientations. Locally, a husband and wife with disabilities and a young LGBTQ couple who met through the nonprofit Community Access Unlimited are looking forward to celebrating Valentine’s Day.

Amanda and Wesley Strond of Plainfield are people with ...

ELIZABETH, NJ - Bernadette Griswold has assumed leadership of renowned nonprofit Community Access Unlimited (CAU) as executive director. Griswold succeeds Sidney Blanchard, who after 40 years has stepped down as executive director but remains with the organization as associate executive director of community relations.

CAU is a Union County-based, statewide nonprofit that strives to integrate ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - A Rutgers University student has been diagnosed with meningitis, and the university has sent a message to other students about steps to take as a precaution.

The student with the disease was hospitalized Monday is receiving treatment and is recovering, Dr. Melodee Lasky, University Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health and Wellness said in an email sent to students on ...

ROSELLE, NJ - The Brough of Roselle is offering free training to anyone interested in learning how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose using naloxone (Narcan) this Thursday, February 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the Prevention Links office on 121-125 Chestnut St. in Roselle.

The training is free and the first 30 people to arrive will receive a free Narcan kit. No registration is required to ...

ROSELLE, NJ - Roselle Borough Officials are reminding all commercial and residential property owners to help preserve and promote the beauty of the community by helping to keep it clean.

Businesses and Residents can download the Recycle Coach App. for free in the Apple or Google stores. The app calendar lists trash and recycling days and reminders can be set to alert you to your trash and ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Union Catholic principal Sister Percylee Hart, RSM, was installed as the 2019 Union County St. Patrick’s Day Parade Grand Marshal during the Investiture Mass at Immaculate Heart of Mary on Saturday. A reception for the Grand Marshal followed at Shackamaxon Country Club.

Sister Percylee has spearheaded every major advance that Union Catholic has made since 1980 ...