By TAPINTO PLAINFIELD STAFF
April 24, 2018TRENTON, NJ — Governor Phil Murphy issued an executive order on Monday for New Jersey flags to be flown at half-staff at all state buildings and facilities on the day of the upcoming General Assembly session, scheduled for May 7, in memory of Assemblyman Jerry Green, former chair of the Union County Democratic Committee, who died last week.
On Thursday, Governor Murphy had said, ...
By BRAD ROTHENBERG
April 25, 2018Thank you, Mayor Brindle, and the six members of council, who voted to approve the 2018 budget last night and to Mr. Gildea, Councilwoman Habgood and the finance committee members who worked tirelessly to prepare it. Thank you for the lowest tax increase I can recall while producing a budget that provides for smart investment in our town.
For most of my residency here, the same ...
By WESTFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT
April 25, 2018April 19, 2018 9:36 a.m.
Officer McCarthy arrested Paul S. Lee, age 36, of Ridgewood, NJ, at Westfield Police Department headquarters on the strength of an outstanding Westfield warrant in the amount of $89. Subject was processed and released after posting bail.
April 19, 2018 12:01 p.m.
A resident of Central Avenue reported being the victim of identity theft. Unknown actor(s) ...
By ATLANTIC HEALTH SYSTEM
April 25, 2018Morristown Medical Center’s Carol G. Simon Cancer Center presents “Protecting Your Colorectal Health” on Tuesday, May 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Morristown Medical Center Health Pavilion, 333 Mount Hope Avenue in Rockaway. Admission is free.
This popular, educational program presents an opportunity to hear up-to-date presentations from leading ...
By SUSAN MASSA CRS SRES ABR BROKER ASSOCIATE
Sometimes you forget and don’t realize your home provides so much to your life. It brings along with it your dreams of the future, shelter to you and your family, a way to provide a better lifestyle, a better commute, a neighborhood, schools, community involvement and recreational facilities. But it also provides a way to save for the future. It does this by allowing you to build your ...
By MARY ANN MCGANN, WESTFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Two years ago, voters in Westfield approved a bond referendum to renovate the aging auditoriums in Edison and Roosevelt Intermediate Schools. Major aspects of the renovations include new seating and flooring, electrical and lighting upgrades, state-of-the-art sound systems, acoustical treatments and air conditioning.
On April 11 and 12, students, staff, families and other members of the ...
By LIZ KEILL
‘The Sting ‘slithers and shakes at Paper Mill Playhouse
By LIZ KEILL
MILLBURN, NJ – In a premiere production of “The Sting,” Harry Connick Jr. commands the Paper Mill Playhouse stage in Millburn.
Based on the sensational Paul Newman/Robert Redford film in 1973, the 1930s plot centers on a con game and gambling, sometimes on a train between New York and ...
By YOSSI GOLDMAN, BROUGHT TO YOU BY UNION COUNTY TORAH CENTER-CHABAD
Why We Keep Kosher
This week's parshah, Shemini, introduces the Torah's dietary laws. Animals must chew their cud and have split hooves to be kosher, fish need fins and scales, and a list of forbidden fowl is enumerated.
To those of us in Jewish education, it is a continuing source of disappointment that so many Jews still believe the kosher laws to be outdated.
By MARIA SIKOUTRIS DI IORIO
April 13, 2018Dropping Off Our Kids At College – Learning How To Adjust
Hellenic Therapy Center
Whether your kid is a freshman entering college for the first time or returning back to college, there are so many emotions we experience as parents. There are differences in a parent’s reaction to the departure of a first child, an only child or even the last child. Feelings ...
By STEVE LENOX
April 23, 2018PATERSON, NJ — On what Paterson Superior Officers Association President Mason Maher called “a sad day for Paterson,” a city police officer lost his life on Sunday after he was involved in a motor vehicle collision while on duty.
Several sources familiar with Sunday’s tragic accident have identified the fallen officer as Tamby Yagan, a 13-year veteran of the ...
