WAYNE, NJ – Recently, a Wayne Valley teacher and high-ranking member of both the Wayne and Passaic County teacher’s union filed a lawsuit against a Wayne school district employee and the Wayne Board of Education. During this past BOE meeting, the Board provided their first public statement on the matter.

Long-time Social Studies teacher for Wayne Valley, Dennis Carroll is suing the ...

WAYNE, NJ – Last summer, after George Floyd was murdered in Minnesota, the Black Lives Matter movement picked up steam and became a fixture in American culture. In Wayne, the movement’s biggest changes happened in the school system. Current and former public high school students urged the district to teach more ethnically diverse subjects, to be more aware of racism in the schools and ...

WAYNE, NJ — A cyberattack against a “vital” U.S. oil pipeline has contributed to a spike in already high gasoline prices. New Jersey gas prices now average $3.04 per gallon, according to AAA, compared to roughly $3.01 per gallon nationally. 

In Passaic County, the price at the pump has hit $3.02 as of part of a national trend in high gas prices — the most-expensive ...

WAYNE, NJ – With Gov. Murphy lifting many of the restrictions on indoor and outdoor gatherings and with millions of people fully vaccinated, it is beginning to feel like there is a chance for a bit of our old normalcy to start slowly coming back.

The pandemic drove many aspects of our lives to a virtual setting, including business networking, however online virtual networking via ...

PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ — The Pfizer vaccine opened to children 12 – 15 in New Jersey Wednesday night, state health officials said.

The state Health Department in a statement said that following federal authorization of the Pfizer vaccine for children in that age range, it is allowing the vaccine to be administered to those children.

“With today’s ...

WAYNE, NJ – The municipal budget took a step forward on Wednesday night, as the Town Council voted to approve amendments to the original document. When the time came for the public to comment during the council meeting, two residents, Linda Nardone and Bob Nulman asked why there was no money set aside in the budget to update the town’s existing Master Plan. This sparked a discussion ...

PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ — The Pfizer vaccine opened to children 12 – 15 in New Jersey Wednesday night, state health officials said.

The state Health Department in a statement said that following federal authorization of the Pfizer vaccine for children in that age range, it is allowing the vaccine to be administered to those children.

“With today’s ...

WAYNE, NJ – To help address the rise in depression, anxiety and substance abuse issues that have been growing because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wayne Township along with several community organization partners are hosting a live (and live-streamed) community forum to provide valuable information and tools to help those who have been quietly suffering in isolation.

This forum will be ...

NEW JERSEY — The community is being alerted to a nationwide safety recall of certain Kidde smoke detectors for failing to sound off during smoke conditions or a fire.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission on May 6 announced the recall of some 225,000 Kidde smoke and combination smoke/carbon monoxide alarms — Model Series 2040, 2050, 2060 and 2070, which have a TruSense logo or ...

WAYNE, NJ – Police Chief Jack McNiff, along with the Passaic County Prosecutor’s office announced the arrest of a Wayne man for endangering the welfare of a child, aggravated assault and child abuse, according to a statement released to the press.

On May 31, 2020, volunteers from the Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad and Wayne PD responded to a call for a non-responsive four-week-old ...

WAYNE, NJ -  The 7-11 on Route 23 South in Wayne sold the May 1 Jersey Cash 5 winning lottery ticket, netting the holder of this ticket a cool $1,763,205.

The Jersey Cash 5 drawing happened on the evening of May 1 and the winning numbers were: 01, 02, 15, 28 and 31. The 'XTRA' number was 02.

Only one person was lucky enough to hit all five of the numbers, so this person will ...

WAYNE, NJ — In a pandemic year, with so many restrictions on gatherings, live performances by up-and-coming music students have not been possible. This puts a damper on the motivation to practice and the passion to be the best they could be. Despite this, fifteen musicians from Wayne Hills and Wayne Valley pushed themselves in the one and only competition available to them this year. It was ...

WAYNE, NJ — It was a match that brought two friends and training partners full-circle and facing each other across a wrestling mat once again. It was a friendly battle of two evenly matched and talented wrestlers who have been supporting and helping each other since they were about ten years old. It was a rematch of the first meet of the season, and like that first match, the two determined ...

WAYNE, NJ – On a chilly mid-May Tuesday, the 24 teams in Wayne’s inaugural cornhole league played their second round at either the Taphouse on French Hill Road or the Village Inn on Runnymeade Drive.

This is the second of eight weeks of play, leading up to the semi-final and finals that will be held on June 29.

Everyone’s favorite team, the TAPintos had a much better ...

WAYNE, NJ - Our latest Where in Wayne contest featured a mysterious picture of a stone wall next to a counter. Only a few people were able to identify where the picture was taken, and one was chosen for the promised $50 gift certificate.

However, because the contest was so challenging, a second picture was added and a second prize of $25 was offered.

Both winners were chosen at random. The ...

WAYNE, NJ - Local restaurants say they are excited to welcome back patrons in mid-May after more than 14 months of closures and capacity limits.

Recently, Gov. Phil Murphy announced an additional easing of restrictions, removing capacity limits for indoor businesses and ending all limits on outdoor gatherings.

Since May 7, the ban on buffets and other self-service foods at restaurants has ...

Containers of 365 Everyday Value Whey Protein Powder  Natural Vanilla Flavor due to the potential of an undeclared soy allergen, announced Arizona Nutritional Supplements. 

The containers of the protein powder were mistakenly packaged with Soy Protein Powder, the company stated. 

The product can be identified by the UPC 9948228764, a Best By of 03/04/2023 and Lot 0073984. The ...