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More than 1,500 Volunteers Package 150,000 Meals as Robbinsville Comes Together to Fight Hunger
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ – The greater Robbinsville community came together in a display of volunteerism on Saturday, as the ONE Project hosted the 2024 NJ Hunger Project at Robbinsville High School. Nearly 1,500 volunteers packaged 150,624 meals to support food-insecure children across New Jersey, Amman Seehra, one of the event’s founders told TAPinto, adding that this was the ninth year of the effort, leading to a total of more than 850,000 meals being packed.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER As witnessed by TAPinto, the volunteers assembled Red Lentil Jambalaya meals, a nutritious and non-perishable dish...
Tewksbury Woman Scores $120K Keno Jackpot In State Lottery
A Tewksbury woman landed a major payday after correctly guessing all nine numbers in the Massachusetts State Lottery's Keno game. Hillary Fetters won $120,000 after matching the numbers in the June 25 drawing. She would have only collected $40,000, but the 3X multiplier drawn after the game pu…
Bacteria Bloom: Historic Fountain in Roxbury Off Again, State Park Closed to Swimming
ROXBURY, NJ – Less than a week after it was reactivated, ending three decades of dormancy, the historic fountain at Hopatcong State Park is off again, thanks to a harmful algal bloom (HAB) in Lake Hopatcong. The restored fountain, activated during a ceremony on July 23, was deactivated two days later after state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) scientists found unhealthy levels of cyanobacteria in the lake near the state park, from which the fountain draws water.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER The DEP feared that the mist from the fountain would contain the...
N.J. Mexican restaurant to be awarded world record for largest tequila collection
With over 1,000 bottles of tequila, Meximodo in Metuchen will soon officially be recognized as the eatery with the world’s largest agave spirits collection. The Mexican cruise restaurant and bar is set to claim its title Wednesday — on National Tequila Day — as a Guinness World Record holder, officials said.
Feature Film Needs Actors From NJ For Paid Roles Up To $4.5K
Lucky Elephant Films, an independent company, is casting specifically out of Somerville for "The Family Recipe." According ot the casting call, the film is "a grounded, fun, funny, little bit edgy, coming-of-age family comedy" that's based on the award-winning screenplay of the same name. Some of the roles include Alison,...
FORMER WALL TOWNSHIP TEACHER FACING ADDITIONAL CHARGES.
MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ: TAPinto previously reported that Julie Rizzitello, 36, of Brick Township, a former Wall Township High School teacher was arrested for having a sexual relationship with a student. Rizzietello has been charged with one count of second-degree Sexual Assault and one count of third-degree Witness Tampering.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Now she is facing additional charges for having a sexual relationship with another student, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Wednesday. According to a press release from the MCPO, as a result of their continued investigation involving members of their Special Victims...
Edison Township Announces Line Up for House Music Festival
EDISON, NJ - The township has announced the upcoming house music festival. The festival is scheduled for Saturday, August 24th, at Papaianni Park from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM. The line-up of performers is as follows:CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER DJ Beloved DJ Mikki Afflick DJ Mark Francis DJ Dee Boyd MC Ras Anthony DJ Mar Mar DJ Matt Knight Special performance by Edison native Abena Mensah-Bonsu The event is free and open to the public and will feature food trucks, vendors, a beer garden, and a kid's zone. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
Edward W. Hardy, Brandie Sutton, Phillip Bullock, And More To Perform In TEA & SYMPHONY Today
Today, the Pocono Mountain Music Festival will host their annual "Tea & Symphony," a quintessentially elegant afternoon tea at Skytop, featuring a menu of sandwiches, sweet treats, and, of course, scones! The experience will be made unforgettable with a live performance by violinist Dr. Edward W. Hardy, soprano Brandie Inez Sutton, tenor Robert Anthony Mack, baritone Phillip Bullock, and pianist Kyle P. Walker. These classical and opera selections, curated by Janinah Burnett, flawlessly complement this sophisticated afternoon.
New York state civil service: These are the salaries for exams open through August
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The New York state Department of Civil Service (DCS) has released its July through August application schedule for New York’s entry-level civil service exams, and some jobs pay better than others. The open-competitive exams are an opportunity to start a career in New York...
Hazlet: Recreation Facility Concept Plan Includes Grant Funded Amenities for Residents.
HAZLET, NJ: Utilizing grants and low interest rate loans, the governing body in Hazlet has made much needed improvements over the last few years, providing great amenities for its residents. Among them to highlight a couple: The 8th Street Park Improvement Plan that transformed 8th Street Park into a multi-faceted park for all children called Freedom Park. It opened in October 2023. Six Pickleball courts and two Tennis Courts were installed in Veterans Park in July 2023. The beautiful new complex is shared by the Hazlet Swim Club and the public... see the township website here for more...
Bruce Springsteen on the poetry of his classic album "Nebraska"
"I lived in this house exactly half a lifetime ago," said Bruce Springsteen. It may not look like much, but this small bedroom in Colts Neck, New Jersey, which still sports the original orange shag rug, is where Springsteen made what he considers his masterpiece: his 1982 album "Nebraska," ten songs dark and mournful. "This is the room where it happened," he said. I saw her standing on her front lawn just twirling her baton Me and her went for a ride, sir, and ten innocent people died From the town of Lincoln, Nebraska, with a sawed-off .410 on my...
Sheriff seizes 1,200 pounds of drugs in the Bronx
BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) – Officials shut down a large facility selling cannabis and psychedelic mushrooms in the Bronx, according to Sheriff Anthony Miranda. Community complaints led investigators to the large store on Timpson Place around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, which officials said was selling unregulated drugs. Over 1,200 pounds of THC concentrate, cannabis flower, edibles and […]
Pass It Along’s Triathlon will be Saturday
Pass It Along, a nonprofit organization that helps build confident, resilient and compassionate young people, will hold a triathlon on July 27. The event takes place at the privately owned lake community of Lake Mohawk Country Club in Sparta. The swim portion will be in the lake, which is patrolled...
More NY school aid needed to address student poverty, special needs, health, advocates say
The clock is ticking louder for the Rockefeller Institute, which accepted the challenge of modernizing a formula used to distribute $25 billion in state dollars to New York's almost 700 school districts. For three hours on Tuesday, dozens of New Yorkers — from school superintendents to parents — told Rockefeller officials that New...
Infamous Stringdusters + Dishonest Fiddlers | Sherman Theater | 7/18/24
The Infamous Stringdusters brought their signature brand of progressive bluegrass to the historic Sherman Theater in East Stroudsburg, PA, for a night of electrifying jams and foot-stomping grooves. Pioneering a unique space at the crossroads of bluegrass and progressive music, The Infamous Stringdusters have become a beloved institution. This Grammy...
Good Samaritan Replaces Missing Sundial at Clark's Historic Plantation Museum
CLARK, NJ — TAPinto Clark reported a few weeks back on the missing historic sundial over at the township's 17th century Dr. William Robinson Plantation Museum. Representatives of the museum have just announced that, while the sundial has not turned up, a new one was donated by an anonymous Good Samaritan, left on the very spot of the original. Back around mid-June, museum workers noticed that their cherished sundial had been stolen.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Despite an announcement to the community, a plea for the sundial's return on the museum's message board, and...
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