MAPLEWOOD, NJ — At a celebration marking the fifth night of Hanukkah in Maplewood, local clergy members are reacting to news that a swastika was found in the bathroom at Westfield High School.

As TAPinto Westfield reported, it was discovered late yesterday.

You can read their story here.  

“This is a fight for love and acceptance,” Rabbi Jesse Olitzky ...

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Spiotta Park was brightened Tuesday evening as community members gathered to light the menorah for the third night of Hanukkah.

Village President Sheena Collum welcomed those present. She then introduced two of the Village Trustees who were also in attendance, Trustees Karen Hilton and Bob Zuckerman. She then said “for those of you who don’t know the ...

MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The parking lot of the South Orange/Maplewood School Districf (SOMSD) was a very busy place on the morning of Nov. 20, as a wide assortment of people brought Thanksgiving donations for less fortunate families.

Cartons and bags of food were assembled for the distribution of the basics and fixings for Thanksgiving dinners to families helped by the Cougar ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — At a celebration marking the fifth night of Hanukkah in Maplewood, local clergy members are reacting to news that a swastika was found in the bathroom at Westfield High School.

As TAPinto Westfield reported, it was discovered late yesterday.

You can read their story here.  

“This is a fight for love and acceptance,” Rabbi Jesse Olitzky ...

MILLBURN, NJ -- Paper Mill Playhouse is accepting audition videos from students interested in its 2022 Summer Training Programs.

The training programs include the Playhouse’s Summer Musical Theater Conservatory or Musical Theater Intensive, it noted. Audition videos from students 10-18 years old are being accepted.

Now in its 27th year, the 2022 Paper Mill Playhouse Summer Musical ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ _ Members of the South Orange-Maplewood Schools’ teachers union urged the Board of Education to improve district pay, saying many educators work multiple jobs and suggesting they were being treated like "second-class citizens."

About a dozen teachers speaking en masse during public comment at Monday night's board meeting talked of struggling as they earn low ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — At a celebration marking the fifth night of Hanukkah in Maplewood, local clergy members are reacting to news that a swastika was found in the bathroom at Westfield High School.

As TAPinto Westfield reported, it was discovered late yesterday.

You can read their story here.  

“This is a fight for love and acceptance,” Rabbi Jesse Olitzky ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ – A program called Strategies for Youth, designed to improve police communication with young people, might work well in Maplewood, said members the Maplewood Community Board on Police on Wednesday.

The topic was discussed in a virtual meeting of the board, a committee reviewing police activity in Maplewood that will make recommendations to the Maplewood Township ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ - The Nutley-Columbia-Bloomfield tri-op certainly got its 2021-22 season underway in style.

Led by two goals from Paul Poplawski and a goal and two assists from Alex Benkert the Maroon Raiders posted a 5-0 victory over Millburn on Saturday, Nov. 27 at Codey Arena in West Orange.

Nutley-Columbia-Bloomfield (1-0) finished 4-8-1 a year ago in a truncated season caused by ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ -- Three members of the Columbia girls volleyball team have been named to the 2021 Super Essex Conference All-Colonial Division First Team.

Avery Anderson, Jillian Canning and Jaelen Clyburn of Columbia (14-9) all were selected to the first team in a poll of the conference's coaches.

Anderson, a senior, led the Cougars in digs (129) and service points (142). Canning, a ...

TRENTON, NJ — Governor Phil Murphy and Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli announced the State Department of Health has confirmed a case of the Omicron variant in a traveler to the state.  The person has been identified by the state as an adult female, who is a fully-vaccinated resident from Georgia, and had recently traveled to South Africa.

She tested positive on November 28 ...

All lots of specific Old Spice and Secret aerosol spray antiperspirants and Old Spice Below Deck aerosol spray products, with an expiration date through September 2023, have been recalled, announced The Proctor & Gamble Company. The products were recalled due to the presence of Benzene.

Benzene, according to the FDA, is classified as a human carcinogen. Exposure to benzene can ...

MAPLEWOOD,  NJ -- Dickens Village, an annual Maplewood NJ tradition, returns to Ricalton Square this week and will be open to the public from 1pm - 4pm on December 4th, 11th and 18th.

In celebration of the yearly event, TAPintoTV takes a look back at Stephanie Willoughby's visit to Dickens Village in 2019, and the community tradition of re-creating the village from ...

MILLBURN, NJ -- Paper Mill Playhouse is accepting audition videos from students interested in its 2022 Summer Training Programs.

The training programs include the Playhouse’s Summer Musical Theater Conservatory or Musical Theater Intensive, it noted. Audition videos from students 10-18 years old are being accepted.

Now in its 27th year, the 2022 Paper Mill Playhouse Summer Musical ...

SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD, NJ - Outdoor festivities to celebrate the holiday season are about to begin in South Orange and Maplewood including Dickens Village, the Maplewood Winter Market, the WNTR Holiday Village and Makers Market and the second annual South Orange Downtown Open-Air Holiday Market.

Dickens Village, a Maplewood community tradition, brings to life various ...

EAST ORANGE, NJ - We're learning more about the accusations against an East Orange mother, charged with two counts of child endangerment, following the disappearance of her teenage daughter.  14-year-old JaShyah Moore was found two weeks after she was reported missing in Harlem, after running away from her East Orange home.  Prosecutors later charged her mother, 40-year-old ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Michael H. Karu, CPA/CFF, senior member of the award-winning Levine, Jacobs & Company, LLC, accounting firm in Livingston, recently shared his insight on the tax implications of selling versus gifting a motor vehicle to a family member.

When a reader of NJMoneyHelp.com asked whether it is better to sell a car for $1 or gift it when ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ – A program called Strategies for Youth, designed to improve police communication with young people, might work well in Maplewood, said members the Maplewood Community Board on Police on Wednesday.

The topic was discussed in a virtual meeting of the board, a committee reviewing police activity in Maplewood that will make recommendations to the Maplewood Township ...

SOUTH ORANGE - The neighbors of JESPY House clients who reside in The Michael Och House, A Center for Aging at JESPY, recently showed a wonderful gift of giving and kindness.

On an annual basis, the neighbors have held an informal Turkey Trot for family and friends on Thanksgiving Day. This year, they encouraged a donation to JESPY House and the Och clients instead of their traditional ...

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Spiotta Park was brightened Tuesday evening as community members gathered to light the menorah for the third night of Hanukkah.

Village President Sheena Collum welcomed those present. She then introduced two of the Village Trustees who were also in attendance, Trustees Karen Hilton and Bob Zuckerman. She then said “for those of you who don’t know the ...