Barbara Van Doren Honored by South Orange as Lifelong Villager

NEW YORK —  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a plan to address contaminated sediment in the upper nine miles of the Lower Passaic River Study Area of the Diamond Alkali Superfund site in Essex, Bergen, and Passaic counties. The Lower Passaic River and the Diamond Alkali site include overburdened communities that are often disproportionately impacted by environmental ...

NEWARK, NJ – A project previously approved to spur redevelopment in the Central Ward will expand even further after the Newark City Council on Tuesday approved a resolution to designate a new developer for properties on Broad and Division streets. 

The developer, May Newark, LLC, plans to construct a mixed-use development in nine phases. The project will consist of approximately 4,200 ...

TRENTON, NJ -- Despite the side effects reported impacting some young women who received the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine, Gov. Phil Murphy said that "no one who has received the J&J vaccine should panic or worry."  The governor tried to quell fears as the CDC and FDA called for a pause in the distribution of J&J vaccine "out of an abundance of caution."

Murphy said the review ...

NEW JERSEY — Child care providers in Newark and throughout the state can apply for grants under legislation signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy.

The legislation, sponsored by state Sen. M. Teresa Ruiz, provides $10 million in federal COVID-19 relief aid for child care providers in need.

“Child care providers are absolutely critical to New Jersey’s workforce, and the COVID-19 pandemic has ...

NEWARK, NJ — Three Newark police officers rescued a distraught man from jumping off the Route 78 overpass at West Runyon Street and Irvine Turner Boulevard Monday.

At around 10 a.m., 5th Precinct officers Darrell Fields, Abdul Aziz Yasin and Miguel Silva responded to a call of attempted suicide of a man who had positioned himself to jump off the overpass, Newark Public Safety Director ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Bid proposals are in the works for four South Orange Maplewood School District elementary schools, said Superintendent Dr. Ronald Taylor in an emailed update to the community today.

The email was largely about the Intentional Integration Initiative plan, but also included an update on the Long Range Facilities Plan (LRFP) and how its progress does and does not affect the ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Superintendent Dr. Ronald Taylor sent an email this afternoon to the South Orange Maplewood School District Community outlining the next steps of the District’s Intentional Integration Initiative (III).

“The District’s Intentional Integration plan was Board approved in June 2020 and addressed the usage of an algorithm to be applied to the Kindergarteners who will be joining our ...

NEW JERSEY — While the rest of the state economy slowly returns to pre-pandemic levels, the New Jersey real estate market reportedly experienced “a year we’ve not seen before” with no immediate signs of slowing.

Two state real estate experts with national credentials participated in a TAPinto panel discussion Tuesday about the “Current State of the New Jersey Real Estate Market and Future ...

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Two construction projects are detouring traffic this week in South Orange.

Due to construction, Valley Street between 4th Street and Massel Terrace will be closed today, Wednesday, April 14.  All traffic will be detoured up to Academy Street (except for large trucks and buses).

Due to construction at the Vose and Taylor multiuse building, Vose Avenue from South Orange ...

NEWARK, NJ — For the first time in nine years, Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura is being challenged in the Democratic primary.

John Arnold, who served as Newark’s deputy police director from 2014 to 2016, announced on Tuesday that he is challenging the 10-term incumbent for the Democratic nomination on June 8. A general election win would make Arnold the first African American sheriff in ...