SOMERVILLE, NJ - The open invitation from the Downtown Somerville Alliance asked visitors to "Show Their Local Love," by offering a full day of sidewalk sales, specials on merchandise and a suggestion to lounge and picnic on the lawn of the Historic Somerset County Courthouse after purchasing food-to-go from restaurants lining Main Street,

Mother Nature cooperated - the event had ...

BUFFALO, NY - Sheila Anderson, co-producer of Sunday's 11th annual Central Jersey Jazz Festival, was in Somerville last September for the.conclusion of the three-day tri-county event, introducing the acts, working the crowd and staying busy behind the scenes as she has done since 2009.

Thousands brought their chairs and blankets and set up in front of the stage on East Main Street, ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - The popular Bob Lanza Blues Band returns to the Division Street Summer Stage for a three-hour set Saturday, Sept. 12, a show that will coincide with the Downtown Somerville Alliance "Show Your Local Love" promotion for local businesses and restaurants.

It wasn't planned that way originally, but the promotion was rained out Aug. 29 and rescheduled for this ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The city’s two major hospitals, Saint Peter’s Healthcare System and RWJBarnabas Health, announced this morning they are planning to merge.

The hospitals released a joint statement outlining their intention to integrate the two healthcare systems.

The announcement comes less than a year after Saint Peter’s and RWJBH signed a Letter of Intent to ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Land development in New Jersey has slowed dramatically since the 2008 Great Recession, but it’s unclear how the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to fight societal and housing inequality will affect future trends, according to a Rutgers co-authored report.

Between 2012 and 2015, 10,392 acres in the Garden State became urban land. That’s 3,464 acres a year ...

Most of us think of Labor Day as the unofficial end of summer, but the Labor Day holiday was originally created to pay tribute to the contributions of the American worker.

Labor leaders of the late 19th century advocated for the holiday when the labor movement was already flourishing across U.S. industrial centers.

Credit for proposing the holiday has been given to either Peter J. McGuire, ...

TRENTON, NJ – As end-of-summer parties give way to welcome-back-to-college keggers, the cases of COVID-19 among New Jersey’s youngest populations are on the rise.

Residents in the 19-24 age range now represent the highest percent positivity rate in the state, according to State Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli.

About 6% of those ages 19 to 24 are COVID-19-positive and those ...

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Teachers met with Dr. Lisa M. Antunes, superintendent of schools on Sept. 1 in preparation for the new school year beginning this week, and what they heard, and what they saw during a walk-through of the school buildings has put the school district and its faculty at odds once again.

Antunes also distributed a letter to parents and the community with an update on ...

TRENTON, NJ — Marking the milestone of six months since the confirmation of the first coronavirus case in New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy kicked off the holiday weekend by signing an Executive Order to allow for the resumption of indoor dining, albeit at 25 percent capacity.

The order also allows for movie theaters and other indoor entertainment businesses to open, limited to 25 ...

TRENTON, NJ - Less than two months from Election Day, Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday said a new website will allow New Jersey residents to register to vote and track their mail-in ballot all while on the go or from the comfort of their home.

“This online form is safe and secure, and can be accessed anywhere – whether from a library computer or your smartphone,” Gov. Phil Murphy ...

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Gov. Phil Murphy has relaxed his prohibition against indoor dining at restaurants just days after the Hillsborough Township Economic and Business Development Commission and more than 50 township restaurant owners sent a letter to the governor urging him to do so.

The letter, drafted by EBDC Chairman Chuck Ruggieri, Vice Chairman Ken Hesthag and Janine Erickson, ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - The owners of Parc Apartments, who suffered a $16 million loss three weeks ago when one of their two buildings was gutted by a four-alarm fire - just weeks short of being rented - presented a check for $18,000 Wednesday to Somerville Fire Chief Brian Iselin, a gift that is an extension of the good will and relationship that has grown between the owners and the ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - The owners of a four-story, 88-unit apartment building gutted by a fire just one month prior to leasing will donate $18,000 to the borough's volunteer firefighters for their efforts in keeping the Aug. 21 fire from spreading to a second building on the property.

Abe Strulovich, a partner in A&A Somerville LLC, owner of Somerville Parc off Fairview Avenue, will make a ...

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - The talented vocalists behind Lend-a-Voice!, which produced a stirring patriotic video to help fill the void left earlier this year by the cancellation of Memorial Day events and parades, have shifted direction and are helping non-profit organizations hard-pressed by the COVID-19 pandemic to raise funds for their programs.

"We have been releasing sing-along ...

TRENTON, NJ -- NJ Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli warned of a possible “twin-demic” this year during flu season and urged New Jerseyans to get their flu shots.  

“As we enter the fall season, we are also moving into the flu season. This year we are preparing for the possibility of a twin-demic,” Persichilli said during Gov. Phil Murphy's daily ...

TRENTON, NJ – Sue Fulton read a recent tweet from a man who had arrived at his local Motor Vehicle Commission agency site and, in short time, gleefully walked away with his new license plates.

Even Fulton, the head of the much-maligned and often-mocked state department, had to admit that such words of praise are few and far between these days.

Amid a storm of complaints of long lines ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - Somerset County Freeholder Director Shanel Robinson, joined by her colleagues and other county officials, honored the memory of 39 county residents killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks during an observance on the grounds of the Historic Somerset County Courthouse Friday morning.

One-by-one, the names of the 39 victims were read aloud by the freeholders on the steps ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Land development in New Jersey has slowed dramatically since the 2008 Great Recession, but it’s unclear how the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to fight societal and housing inequality will affect future trends, according to a Rutgers co-authored report.

Between 2012 and 2015, 10,392 acres in the Garden State became urban land. That’s 3,464 acres a year ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - In just a few years, electricity generated from a solar array hidden in the borough's former landfill will light up businesses on Main Street, apartment complexes and residences in neighborhoods throughout the 2.5 square-mile borough.

The Borough Council is expected to pass a resolution during its virtual Tuesday night meeting designating one of several ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - The Somerset County Department of Health on Monday reported a total of 5,055 cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus, an increase of 17 cases overnight, along with 493 deaths since the first case was reported March 8.

Somerville has had a total of 160 COVID-19 cases since March, with 6 deaths.

The New Jersey Department of Health ...

TRENTON, NJ -- NJ Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli warned of a possible “twin-demic” this year during flu season and urged New Jerseyans to get their flu shots.  

“As we enter the fall season, we are also moving into the flu season. This year we are preparing for the possibility of a twin-demic,” Persichilli said during Gov. Phil Murphy's daily ...

TRENTON, NJ – As end-of-summer parties give way to welcome-back-to-college keggers, the cases of COVID-19 among New Jersey’s youngest populations are on the rise.

Residents in the 19-24 age range now represent the highest percent positivity rate in the state, according to State Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli.

About 6% of those ages 19 to 24 are COVID-19-positive and those ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Authorities have identified the victims of Sunday morning’s shooting on Delafield Street.

Anthony Robinson 23, of New Brunswick, and Lionel Macauley, 28, of Franklin, have been identified as the two male victims who were taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and died from the injuries they sustained in the shooting, according to Middlesex County ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – A chilling video shows four men emerging from a car with guns drawn and unleashing a hail of bullets that left two dead and six injured early Sunday morning.

In the video provided to TAPinto New Brunswick, the shooters can be seen emerging from the four-door sedan with hoods pulled down in front of their faces. They open fire in the direction of 32 Delafield Street, ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Traffic was completely stopped just after noon Friday on Route 202 near the Somerville Circle while firefighters put out a car fire near the Time to Eat Diner.

Check back for more information as it is made available.

SOMERVILLE, NJ - The owners of Parc Apartments, who suffered a $16 million loss three weeks ago when one of their two buildings was gutted by a four-alarm fire - just weeks short of being rented - presented a check for $18,000 Wednesday to Somerville Fire Chief Brian Iselin, a gift that is an extension of the good will and relationship that has grown between the owners and the ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Land development in New Jersey has slowed dramatically since the 2008 Great Recession, but it’s unclear how the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to fight societal and housing inequality will affect future trends, according to a Rutgers co-authored report.

Between 2012 and 2015, 10,392 acres in the Garden State became urban land. That’s 3,464 acres a year ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - The owners of a four-story, 88-unit apartment building gutted by a fire just one month prior to leasing will donate $18,000 to the borough's volunteer firefighters for their efforts in keeping the Aug. 21 fire from spreading to a second building on the property.

Abe Strulovich, a partner in A&A Somerville LLC, owner of Somerville Parc off Fairview Avenue, will make a ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The city’s two major hospitals, Saint Peter’s Healthcare System and RWJBarnabas Health, announced this morning they are planning to merge.

The hospitals released a joint statement outlining their intention to integrate the two healthcare systems.

The announcement comes less than a year after Saint Peter’s and RWJBH signed a Letter of Intent to ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ – United Reformed Church, “The Church on Main Street” will resume in-person worship in the sanctuary this Sunday, Sept. 13, at 10 a.m.

Several protocols will be in place so that everyone can worship safely:

• Worshippers will be required to wear masks and maintain appropriate physical distance;

• Hand sanitizer will be available ...