Westfield Top Stories
By TAPINTO.NET STAFF
August 21, 2024
WESTFIELD, NJ — A black bear was sighted on the Seward Avenue path leading into Tamaques Park within the last hour, Westfield police said in a Nixle alert Wednesday, Aug. 21, at 9:16 p.m. In a Facebook post at about 9:30 p.m., the Westfield Police Department said that police have searched the ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield was among municipalities across the country to celebrate National Night Out this month, a yearly event promoting community building through casual and friendly interactions with local law enforcement. Westfield’s event was originally scheduled for Aug. 6, but was ...
PATERSON, NJ – Congressman William “Bill” Pascrell Jr., a distinguished public servant whose career spanned local, state, and national politics, passed away at the age of 87 on Wednesday. Born on Jan. 25, 1937, in Paterson, Pascrell dedicated his life to improving his community and serving his ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Police have arrested a man who they believe groped and tried to kiss a store worker in Westfield the day after Christmas, according to Westfield Police Chief Christopher Battiloro. Jairo Pineda-Angarita, 35, of Plainfield was arrested Aug. 10, police said. He has been charged ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Several Westfield residents recently became victims of fraud, Westfield police said Tuesday. A resident told police on Aug. 13 that an unknown person had used his identity to rent an apartment in New Rochelle, New York without paying the rent on the property, police said. A ...
Pulse aquí para leer esta historia en inglés NEW BRUNSWICK — Rutgers, a school that postponed 1,000 or so students’ final exams last spring after those inhabiting a tent-lined encampment threatened to escalate their pro-Palestinian protests, will require demonstrators to obtain university ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ —Gavin Rogers, who was reported missing on Monday, Aug. 19, has been found and is safe, Scotch Plains Police said Wednesday. Rogers had been last seen on Sunday, Aug. 18, at 10 p.m. wearing a navy polo shirt, khaki shorts, green shoes and black frame prescription glasses, ...
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — The Echo Lake dog park in Mountainside is closed to the public through January 2025 as the county works on a project there that includes a new pavilion, replacing the fences and gates and other improvements. An announcement on the county website states the closure is “to ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Elizabethtown Gas plans to continue its overnight work at the intersection of Springfield Avenue and East Broad Street on Tuesday night, Aug. 20, with a portion of Springfield Avenue to be closed from 7 p.m. until 7 a.m., the Town of Westfield said on its Facebook page. On ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — It’s been a cruel summer for the air conditioning at Westfield’s municipal building. “We have a rooftop unit that serves the community room that has been failing all summer and finally has basically failed,” said Town Administrator Jim Gildea at last week's town council ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ — Wanna be in the movies? Your big break may be coming. A Manhattan casting agency has put out a call for New Jerseyans to be paid extras in Adam Sandler’s “Happy Gilmore 2,” a Netflix sequel to his 1996 box office hit comedy. Grant Wilfley Casting will hold a casting call from ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — A flash flood warning was in effect until 9:45 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 18, the National Weather Service said. A flash flood warning is issued when a flash flood is imminent or occurring. A severe thunderstorm warning expired at 7:15 p.m., and a severe thunderstorm watch continued ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ — Route 22 is scheduled to have overnight lane closures in both directions this coming week as the Dickens Lane to Fairway Drive pavement preservation project on Route 22 nears completion in Union County. Beginning at 9 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, ...
NEW BRUNSWICK — Pat Hobbs has resigned as the athletic director at Rutgers University, breaking ties with a department that has a budget of almost $170 million — accounting for about 3% of the school’s $5.6 billion budget. Hobbs is stepping down due to health issues, according to a statement ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The March to Yorktown Day Commemoration & Encampment Festival planned in Mindowaskin Park Sunday, Aug. 18, has been canceled due to weather, organizers said. Rain and thunderstorms were expected in Westfield all day, and the area is under a flood watch until 2 a.m. Monday, ...
CRANFORD, NJ – Five Cranford friends were at a Yankee game on July 7 when they started getting calls that Petey Fekete, a local teen with special needs, had gone missing that afternoon. Fekete had no phone, money, ID, or water. The Cranford Police Department and people throughout town were combing ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Tour de Westfield, a free 2-mile bike parade for Westfield families to encourage healthy movement and enjoying togetherness, returns for its third year on Sept. 8. A new, custom-built fire engine is in the works for Westfield, as well as the refurbishing of an existing fire ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Love them or hate them, those plastic bags containing unsolicited coupons that arrive at the end of your driveway will be harder to deliver if a town ordinance introduced at Tuesday’s town council meeting passes — and you may be more easily able to opt out of receiving them ...
WASHINGTON, DC – The US Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Perdue Foods is recalling 161,171 pounds of frozen ready-to-eat chicken breast nugget and tender products. According to the FSIS announcement the chicken products may have been “contaminated with ...
TRENTON, NJ — To make up for a summer of repeated delays and cancelations, Gov. Phil Murphy is giving NJ Transit travelers a “transit fare holiday,” from Monday, Aug. 26 through Labor Day, Sept. 2. NJ Transit train, light rail and bus commuters will get free rides, and monthly pass holders will ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — As September ushers in the return of school and the gradual departure of hot, humid weather, in Westfield it also brings the return of a fun-filled family event that includes a bike parade, free riding lessons and more. Tour de Westfield, a free, 2-mile bike parade for Westfield ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — A recent Green Team survey to Westfield residents to determine interest in curbside garbage pickup has generated some confusion and strong reactions. The survey, which asks residents about their preferences regarding backyard versus curbside pickup, generated public discussion at ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — Drivers on Route 22 are finding that the material used to patch and resurface portions of the highway are sticking to their vehicles, Springfield Township Administrator John Bussiculo said. “On Route 22, we had ruts in the road, and they put slurry down to coat it,” Bussiculo ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Part of Central Avenue was closed and later re-opened Wednesday, Aug. 14, after a three-car crash. The Westfield Fire Department, Westfield Police and Westfield Volunteer Rescue Squad were on the scene. The crash happened at about 4:46 p.m., in the area of Central Avenue and ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — A new, custom-built fire engine is in the works for Westfield. The town council discussed and voted to approve the ordinance making the purchase possible on first reading at its meeting Tuesday night, which also included the refurbishing of an existing fire truck that was ...
NEW JERSEY — Award-winning broadcast journalist Michael Aron, the chief New Jersey political correspondent on the state’s public television stations for four decades, died on Tuesday. He was 78. Considered the “dean of the Statehouse Press Corps,” Aron was a daily fixture on NJ PBS News and on ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — New stop signs were installed this week at the intersection of Summit Avenue and Clifton Street, near Edison Intermediate School, to indicate that the intersection is now a four-way stop. The town council voted unanimously at its July 10 meeting to turn the intersection, as well ...
NEWARK, NJ — A package of bills signed by Gov. Phil Murphy (D) into law on Tuesday aims to strengthen youth literacy skills with a focus on grades K-3. Murphy signed the bills in Newark, where the school district has struggled with reading scores. School officials reported last September that ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — It may feel like summer is in full swing now, but Westfield Public Schools open in less than a month. The first day of school for students is Thursday, Sept. 5. Other key dates to mark on your calendar include winter break, which will take place from Dec. 23 through Jan. 1, ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ — A worker sustained a fatal head injury when he was struck with the bucket of a backhoe during the demolition of a home between Warren Street and Jerusalem Avenue on Mountain Avenue Monday afternoon, Scotch Plains police said. Scotch Plains police, fire and medical personnel ...