Bulk Item Collection Set in South Orange for December 17

NEW JERSEY - Looking to answer questions and seeing a "bright light" at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, New Jersey healthcare leaders spoke about how they've dealt with the pandemic while offering hope for the future, at a virtual event held by TAPinto on Thursday evening.

The first-ever TAPinto signature virtual event on Jan. 14 featured five health care experts, including doctors and ...

NEW JERSEY - Looking to answer questions and seeing a "bright light" at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, New Jersey healthcare leaders spoke about how they've dealt with the pandemic while offering hope for the future, at a virtual event held by TAPinto on Thursday evening.

The first-ever TAPinto signature virtual event on Jan. 14 featured five health care experts, including doctors and ...

A sticky substance on plant leaves, plant stands, and the floor are often the first clue alerting gardeners to a problem. If a closer look reveals bumps on the upper and lower surface of leaves and stems, it means scale insects have moved in to dine on your houseplants. Severe infestations can cause leaf yellowing, stunting and dieback of the plant.

If you have battled these insects, you ...

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The annual deer management program got underway this past Tuesday in two county reservations, the South Mountain Reservation and the Hilltop Reservation.

Throughout the months of January, February and March, Essex County will hold its annual Deer Management Program on Tuesdays in South Mountain Reservation and Thursdays in Hilltop Reservation.

South Mountain Reservation ...

NEWARK, NJ — An 81-Year-Old Newark man has been missing since Dec. 7, according to police, who are now requesting the public’s help in locating him. 
 
Segundo “Cuba” Aponte was last seen on Nov. 26, 2020,  and lives on South 18th Street. Described as 5-feet 8-inches tall, 175 pounds with dark brown skin, grey hair and brown eyes, Aponte is known to frequent the 100 block of Roseville ...

MORRISTOWN, NJ — New Jersey is now reporting vaccination numbers. As of Friday, January 15, the dashboard is reporting 273,335 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered as well as 37,079 doses of the second dose.

The phases of vaccination are as follows:

Phase 1A — Health care workers with direct or indirect exposure to infectious materials and staff of long-term congregate ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Phase 3 of the South Orange Maplewood School District’s Return to School plan will be moving forward with students returning to school buildings this Tuesday despite objections from teachers and some parents.

Students in PreK-2nd, 6th, 9th, English Language Learner and Special Education classes will be returning to school buildings for two days per week on the AA/BB cohort ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Strong smoke prompted a call to the Maplewood Fire Department earlier today from Winchester Gardens. 

“Thankfully, there was no actual fire at Winchester Gardens,” Deputy Chief Christopher Ariemma told TAPinto SOMA. Winchester Gardens is home to older adults in independent living, assisted living, and long-term care situations. “It ended up being unattended cooking with a heavy ...

TRENTON, NJ -- Gov. Phil Murphy and the NJ Department of Health are taking heat for putting smokers in the 1B category for people registering to receive the coronavirus vaccine. 

On Wednesday, the governor announced that all residents over age 65, not just those in long-term care facilities, would be the next in line to get the vaccine, along with people who have conditions that compromise ...

NEWARK, NJ — Across New Jersey, more than 9,600 people experiencing homelessness were counted in 2020, according to Monarch Housing Associates, a 9% increase from the year prior. 

Newark accounts for 1,859 of those individuals with about 350 living unsheltered. With services like warming centers, soup kitchens and libraries are unavailable during the cold winter months due to COVID-19, those ...