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Drone Flight at Newark City Hall Budget Session Highlights Reservoir Safety
Leer en español NEWARK — The city's water and sewer utilities spending will increase by $7.8 million in this year’s proposed plan, Water and Sewer Department Director Kareem Adeem said earlier this week at a budget meeting, where he demonstrated a security drone used to watch the Newark-owned Pequannock Watershed.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER The watershed supplies drinking water for New Jersey's largest city, so city officials want it secure. “Our security drones are in full operation,” Adeem said, just before the drone started loudly whirring. “We operate them every day – 24-hour surveillance...
Harrison public schools launch High-Impact Tutoring program for mathematics
Thanks to the recent $128,280 High-Impact Tutoring grant awarded by the State of New Jersey, Harrison Public Schools have successfully implemented a new virtual tutoring program. The grant allows the district to offer enhanced academic support in mathematics for upcoming third- and fourth-graders participating in the Summer Academic Achievement program...
Field Hockey: Dates to keep for the 2024 season
We are inching closer and closer to the start of a new field hockey season. Practices are slated to begin in a few days and the first day of competition is right around the corner. It’s time to take a look at and circle some of the most important days...
UPDATED: VFW barbecue postponed to Aug. 25
West Milford Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7198 has postponed its annual barbecue to Sunday, Aug. 25 because of the weather forecast. The township’s veterans and first-responders are invited to the event at 1 p.m. at the post, at the crossroads of Cahill Cross and Ridge roads. The post...
Mason’s late goal pushes women’s soccer past NJIT, 1-0
And just like that, fall sports is officially back. Senior center back Emily Mason scored the game’s lone goal in the 85th minute as the Knights topped the Highlanders, 1-0 at Lubetkin Field at J. Malcolm Simon Stadium in Newark. The Knights dominated possession and outshot the Highlanders, 27-5, but only put five shots on goal. Standout sophomore keeper Olivia Bodmer stopped all four NJIT shots on net. The early season August games can be an adventure - with uneven, sloppy play as coaches figure out rotations and teams begin to gel.
Montclair Pair Head to South Jersey to Revitalize Rowan Football
A pair of recently graduated Montclair football players are hoping to bring a title to a university program that was at one time one of the top small colleges in the country. Wesley Mathis and Manny Robinson combined to help the Mounties come this close to winning a state championship last fall before losing to Passaic Tech in the North 1 Group 5 final.
Newark Woman Assaulted, Robbed At Gunpoint On Porch: Police
At 10:06 p.m., the woman was sitting on the porch of her home on Houston Street when the suspect stopped in front of the house in a silver minivan, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. The suspect exited the vehicle carrying a weapon, then walked onto the porch,...
Coyotes are apparently on the rise in a park in the heart of the Bronx
CLAREMONT, The Bronx (PIX11) — It’s surrounded by some of the most densely populated areas of the nation’s most densely populated city, but Claremont Park is home to what local residents say is a growing number of coyotes. That’s concerning to some people in the neighborhood, but animal experts and parks officials alike are saying […]
Bayonne City Council awards $2.4M contract to upgrade special needs baseball field
The Bayonne City Council awarded a $2.4 million contract to upgrade a special needs baseball field on Avenue E, commonly known as the 11th Street Oval, at Wednesday evening’s meeting. “I am very excited that construction will start soon on transforming the 11th Street Field into a Field of...
‘Like something dead’: Putrid smell leads authorities to dozens of dogs in squalid apartment
An overwhelming smell that one person described as “rotting flesh” emanating from a Jersey City building Thursday evening led authorities to a gut-churning discovery — dozens of dogs in a squalid apartment covered in animal feces and urine. The dogs living inside an apartment of a building...
Body Of Paramus Gym Owner, 35, Recovered From Vermont River: State Police
Tuan Baldino was initially reported missing on Saturday, Aug. 10 after swimming in Mad River in the northern part of the state. The search lasted several days and had to be suspended multiple times due to high and swift water condition, police said. Warren Falls, where the river was located, was closed all week as police searched for Baldino.
HCPO to host 3rd Annual Overdose Awareness Event and Vigil in Jersey City
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office will host their 3rd Annual Overdose Awareness Event and Vigil at Jersey City’s Lincoln Park next week. “Substance use disorders can effect anyone, regardless of age or background. The unfortunate reality is, the opioid epidemic has already shattered families and left far too many individuals feeling helpless and hopeless,” Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said in a statement.
Hoboken launches interactive map to help residents plan around construction projects
The City of Hoboken launched an interactive map that will be updated on their website weekly to help residents plan around construction projects. “We recognize that in a dense, urban city like Hoboken, unanticipated delays due to construction can pose quality-of-life challenges for residents,” Mayor Ravi Bhalla said in a statement.
Bizarre moment Trump gets distracted by box of Cheerios during Bedminster press conference
In a bizarre moment, Donald Trump veered off course during his press conference on Thursday when he got distracted by a box of Cheerios. At his luxury New Jersey golf resort in Bedminster, the Republican presidential nominee spoke about the economy and hit out at his 2024 election rival Kamala Harris next to a table full of cereal boxes, pastries, milk, fruit, bacon and other grocery items.
Flustered Trump still has no answer to Kamala Harris’s campaign
Donald Trump summoned reporters to one of his properties for the second time in as many weeks to deliver a campaign message – but they would be hard-pressed to find something new or interesting to write about. He spoke for roughly 40 minutes before taking questions at his Bedminster,...
NJ gas station selling $6 fuel loses its national branding
A gas station in South Jersey known for still selling gas at nearly $6/gallon has apparently lost or intentionally dropped its national branding. Not too long ago, we wrote about the Exxon station at the Black Horse Pike and Route 9 in Pleasantville, which, for some unknown reason, has been selling premium unleaded for $5.999 for quite some time.
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