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Port Strike Ends, Longshore Workers Win $24 Wage Increase
East Coast Longshore workers with the International Longshoremen’s Association are returning to work, after three raucous days on the picket lines. They received a promise of a $24-an-hour pay raise over six years, bringing top pay from $39 to $63.
Addams Family, born in NJ, embraced by Burger King for Halloween
Westfield, New Jersey, has Halloween written all over it. Real-life scares like the infamous John List case and The Watcher house, but also the creative fictional works of “The Addams Family” started here. Charles Addams lived in Westfield and was a cartoonist who contributed to The New Yorker...
City of Elizabeth’s Pet Costume Contest Returns This Halloween Season
ELIZABETH, NJ - The City of Elizabeth invites all pets to embrace the Halloween spirit. Mayor J. Christian Bollwage, the City of Elizabeth, and the Department of Health and Human Services will be hosting their annual Howl-O-Ween Pet Costume Contest on October 19 from at Carteret Park. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTERThe City of Elizabeth says a Pet Rabies Clinic will also be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The contest will begin at 3 p.m. Prizes will be given out to first, second, and third place. Residents must bring their dogs on a leash and cats in a carrier. For more information, call 908-820-4026. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
Girls volleyball: Conference Players of the Week, Oct. 2-8
We are another week into the 2024 volleyball season and some players and teams are emerging as the state’s best. Have a look at the Conference Players of the Week in all 13 conferences from Oct. 2-8. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a...
Target To Replace West Orange K-Mart Store
Levin Management Corporation announced the big box retailer has signed a lease to open a 211,500-square-foot store at West Orange Plaza in West Orange (Essex County). The new store will expand the shopping center, anchored by a Whole Foods from 296,500 to 311,500 square feet, as part of a redevelopment project.
New Affordable Housing Obligations are Fast Approaching
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – Borough Planner McKinley Mertz attended the Tuesday, October 8 council meeting to give the council an update regarding the next round of affordable housing obligations. Due to the absence of Mayor Al Morgan the meeting was presided over by Council President Peter DeSarno.The newest affordable housing legislation came into effect in March 2024. The Department of Community Affairs (DCA) is now responsible to calculate the new obligations for each New Jersey municipality. The DCA calculations are due on October 20. Mertz noted that since October 20 is Sunday, the calculations will likely...
Hudson Yards’ Free Instagram-Worthy Floral Exhibit Pays Tribute To Your Favorite Artists
All gardeners and plant parents will find something to love about Fleurs de Villes ARTISTE. The free exhibit at Hudson Yards, sponsored by Nikon, showcases the extraordinary work of local florists while paying tribute to artists across various media, and it’s a wonderful backdrop for an impending Instagram story, if you ask us. Stationed along the Shops and Restaurants at Hudson Yards, you’ll find 10-foot mannequins donning gorgeous petals of various colors and styles. Here you’ll notice the nods to iconic creators in theater, food, architecture, and beyond. Additionally, there are floral arranging classes and other experiences taking place around...
Open Space to be Earmarked for Recreation on Terrill Road in Scotch Plains
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – Township officials visited Orchid Park – a state-mandated residential community on Terrill Road – this week to tour open space that will be used for recreational purposes for the community.In attendance were both Mayor Josh Losardo and former Mayor Al Smith, who led negotiations for the redevelopment plan at the former Parker Gardens site during his term as mayor. The Orchid Park housing development was required to be built under the state’s affordable housing mandate.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER“While the preference would certainly have been to keep...
Frustrated Penn Station commuter creates app to predict track numbers — and avoid the stampede: ‘They’re like animals’
This guy’s on the right track. NYC commuters know well the anxiety-ridden moment when a train is finally called at Penn Station, minutes before departure — when otherwise typically civilized commuters often stampede like elephants down to the platform. Longtime NJ Transit sufferer Joshua Crandall was fed up feeling the pent-up energy of his fellow stressed-out rail riders, standing around waiting — tired of the trample-or-be-trampled, chaotic mad dashes that inevitably followed. So, the 59-year-old Montclair resident took matters into his own tech-savvy hands: He designed an algorithm to predict exactly which track the oft-unreliable New Jersey Transit and Long Island Rail Road trains...
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