Top Local News
Top Local News
-
Vaccination Sites To Soon Open In Sayreville
-
Smokers Deemed Eligible For COVID-19 Vaccine In Stage 1B Rollout
-
South Brunswick OEM Coordinating COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution with the County
-
Murphy Discusses Vaccination Update At Latest Press Briefing
-
New Jersey Surpasses 20,000 COVID-19 Deaths
-
107 New Cases and Seven Deaths in South Brunswick this Past Week, Deadliest ...
By DAWN MILLER
January 15, 2021SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Spotswood High School head football coach Andy Cammarano is stepping down from his duties. Cammarano has been the head coach of the Chargers varsity football team since 2007. He was a former a high school football player at Shore Regional High School and served as an assistant coach for his alma mater before joining the Chargers' football program more than a decade ago.
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — After a long wait, and facing an abbreviated schedule, the South Brunswick ice hockey team will launch its 2021 season Friday afternoon against Woodbridge.
Coming off a 5-12 season with a lot of young players, the Vikings have far more experience this season, and head coach Serguei Starikov expects that could translate into a better winning percentage this ...
TRENTON, NJ -- In a highly anticipated announcement , Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday at his COVID-19 press briefing that Indoor sports may resume on Saturday, January 2, 2021, with safety protocols in place. However, the regional suspension of interstate youth hockey competitions will continue through at least January 31.
NJSIAA, the governing body for high school sports in the state, ...
By STEVEN RODAS
January 12, 2021NEW JERSEY — A new executive order will mean sweeping changes for the way teachers and students are evaluated for the 2020-2021 school year.
Gov. Phil Murphy, who has long said this isn’t a normal school year due to COVID-19, announced the changes during a Monday press conference on pandemic updates.
As part of the order, high school seniors won’t have to pass an exit ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY – The newly renamed Middlesex College will publicly unveil its new logo in May, according to a statement from a school spokesperson.
Known as Middlesex County College since its opening in 1964, the Edison-based school with centers in New Brunswick and Perth Amboy is following in the rebranding footsteps of other two-year colleges that are dropping the words ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Middlesex County College will be getting a name change. The Edison-based school with centers in New Brunswick and Perth Amboy, will be known as Middlesex College.
The new name was revealed by Board of Middlesex County Commissioners Director Ron Rios during a presentation he gave at Thursday's vitrual reorganization meeting. A spokesman for the college ...
South Brunswick, NJ Local News
By JILLIAN DIAMOND, TAPINTO EAST BRUNSWICK JOURNALISM INTERN
January 14, 2021EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The Semi-Annual Birding Tour of East Brunswick took place on January 9, and ran from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Led by Steve Albert, a member of the East Brunswick Planning Board and a lifelong birdwatcher, the event takes place in the winter and spring each year - before and at the height of migration for New Jersey’s local avian wildlife.
Over the course of several ...
ROBBINSVILLE, N.J. – Residents from across New Jersey came together on Saturday to show their support for the Kissan Farmer Protests occurring in India in a “Farmers Make, The World Takes" car parade. The movement showed solidarity with farmers while bringing awareness to the issues affecting farmers in India.
The parade, made up of honking cars ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - South Brunswick Township will adopt a Community Energy Aggregation Program in an effort to reduce the township’s carbon footprint and increase the use of renewable and clean energy. The township council unanimously approved the measure and added a new chapter to the township code at a regular meeting on December 22nd, ...
By JOHN MOONEY
January 15, 2021TRENTON, NJ -- Governor 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 ...
TRENTON, NJ -- Individuals ages 65 years and older and those between the ages of 16-64 with medical conditions (defined by the CDC) that increase the risk of severe illness from the virus are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccination beginning Thursday, Jan. 14, according to Gov. Phil Murphy, who shared the news at his COVID-19 press briefing on Wednesday. The Governor also announced ...
NEW JERSEY — The threat of Trenton protests on Jan. 17 looms, following a massive insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. last week.
Gov. Phil Murphy and Colonel Pat Callahan, Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, said Monday that NJ authorities are prepared and on high alert.
“We need to bat 1,000 every day. To the governor's point [we] will be ...
NEW JERSEY — A new executive order will mean sweeping changes for the way teachers and students are evaluated for the 2020-2021 school year.
Gov. Phil Murphy, who has long said this isn’t a normal school year due to COVID-19, announced the changes during a Monday press conference on pandemic updates.
As part of the order, high school seniors won’t have to pass an exit ...
WASHINGTON, DC - New Jersey Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D - 12) has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a press release from her office. The Congresswoman believes that she contracted the virus after members of Congress were sent into lockdown due to Pro-Trump rioters storming the capitol on Wednesday, January 6th, ...
NEW JERSEY -- Gov. Phil Murphy has ordered that all U.S. and New Jersey flags be flown at half-staff on Monday, Jan 11, 2021, in honor of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick of South River, who died following injuries sustained while defending the U.S. Capitol when it was under siege on Jan. 6.
In a statement, Murphy said:
“United States Capitol Police Officer ...
By CHUCK O'DONNELL
January 12, 2021NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The New Brunswick Police Department is asking for help in locating a missing 27-year-old city man.
Yorel Armstrong was last seen in the AMC theater parking lot on Route 1 at about 2 a.m. this morning.
Armstrong, 27, is African American. He is about 5 foot 8 inches tall, weighs 160 pounds.
He was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt/jacket and gray cargo ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - Three South Brunswick Township volunteer fire departments are looking to add to their numbers in 2021. The Kendall Park, Kingston, and Monmouth Junction Volunteer Fire Department are all inviting residents to come out and join.
"Unfortunately, we have witnessed first-hand how difficult it can b to retain our current firefighters and recruit new ones," Chief John ...
NEW JERSEY -- Gov. Phil Murphy has ordered that all U.S. and New Jersey flags be flown at half-staff on Monday, Jan 11, 2021, in honor of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick of South River, who died following injuries sustained while defending the U.S. Capitol when it was under siege on Jan. 6.
In a statement, Murphy said:
“United States Capitol Police Officer ...
By ROHIT ARORA
January 13, 2021NEW JERSEY -- The newly issued guidelines on Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) lending overseen by the SBA and the U.S. Treasury Department will better target New Jersey's small businesses, especially those owned by minorities or located in low income areas.
The Economic Aid Act makes it possible for hard-hit businesses to get second loans from the PPP lending ...
By ROD HIRSCH
January 13, 2021HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Doug Steinhardt, chairman of the New Jersey Republican Party and candidate in the 2021 GOP Gubernatorial Primary, has dropped out of the race just one month after launching his campaign.
The abrupt announcement boosts the likelihood that Jack Ciattarelli, a Hillsborough resident and former state Assemblyman who kicked off his campaign one year ago, will win the GOP ...
By CHUCK O'DONNELL
January 8, 2021NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The vineyard owner on the screen had obviously been drinking his own stock and could no longer converse in his native Italian nor his limited English, but was fluent in the international language of drunk.
His inarticulate antics provided hours of laughs for the customers who had tuned in from the comfort and safety of their homes. They were having such a fun time ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ - Sayreville officials are coordinating with Middlesex County Health Department and state officials about the evolving vaccine distribution.
Governor Phil Murphy expanded the eligibility for the vaccine, with the state opening a mega-site vaccination site in Raritan Center in Edison. Vaccinations are also being offered by Middlesex County Health Department in Sayreville.
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - The South Brunswick Office of Emergency Management is continuing to coordinate with the Middlesex County Health Department and state officials on distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine in the township.
According to the OEM, the state will open a mega-vaccination site at the Raritan Center in Edison Township along with five additional vaccination sites in Middlesex ...
TRENTON, NJ -- Individuals ages 65 years and older and those between the ages of 16-64 with medical conditions (defined by the CDC) that increase the risk of severe illness from the virus are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccination beginning Thursday, Jan. 14, according to Governor Phil Murphy, who shared the news at his COVID-19 press briefing on Wednesday. The governor also ...
By JOHN MOONEY
January 11, 2021SOUTH RIVER, NJ -- A GoFundMe page set up for the family of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick has raised more that $545,000 as of Sunday evening, January 10. To contribute to the page, click here.
Officer Brian D. Sicknick tragically lost his life on January 7th, 2021 following injuries sustained during the events at the United States Capitol on Wednesday, January 6th. I ...