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Montgomery school board adopts $114 million budget
Montgomery Township Board of Education members have adopted a $114 million budget that funds school district operations for the 2024-25 school year following a public hearing on April 30. “The biggest drivers of our appropriations are going to be instruction (regular and special) and also employee benefits,” said Jack Trent,...
N.J. fire chief caught on video vandalizing vehicle parked near firehouse
A volunteer fire chief in Piscataway seen on video vandalizing a vehicle parked beside the fire house as a result of an ongoing dispute with a man who owns a neighboring building has been charged with third-degree criminal mischief, authorities said. A video recorded by a Mark Bahna shows Arbor...
Bergen student sues Rutgers over antisemitism, saying she was bullied for defending Israel
A Jewish student from Bergen County has sued Rutgers University, alleging she was harassed in her dorm after she attended a pro-Israel event. Rebecca "Rivka" Schafer, 19, said she suffered other instances of antisemitism at Rutgers' New Brunswick campus, where students set up an encampment in recent weeks to protest the military campaign in Gaza and the university's ties to Israel. ...
Concert to celebrate joy and gratitude this weekend in Highland Park
Philomusica Concert Choir will present "Sing Out My Soul!" on May 11-12 featuring a variety of music that celebrates joy and gratitude. Taking place at the Reformed Church of Highland Park, the program features Chilcott's "A Little Jazz Mass," Marques L. A. Garrett's "Sing Out My Soul," Fauré's "Cantique de Jean Racine," Melissa Dunphy's "Songs for the People," Robert T. Gibson's arrangement of Bill Withers' "Lovely Day," and more.
Baseball: Sayreville Upsets Woodbridge, 4-3, in GMC Tournament Quarterfinals
NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ -- Tenth-seeded Sayreville scored the tiebreaking run in the top of the seventh inning and went on to upset second-seeded Woodbridge, 4-3, in the quarterfinal round of the Greater Middlesex Conference baseball tournament on Wednesday night. Sayreville went ahead, 4-3, on a bases-loaded walk in the top of the seventh. In the bottom of the seventh, Rob Lukachyk reached on a one-out single for Woodbridge, but he was stranded as the game ended.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Woodbridge had taken a 1-0 lead on a home run by Tim Deignan...
Raritan council rejects redevelopment plan for 'decrepit' shopping mall
RARITAN BOROUGH – The Borough Council has unanimously rejected a redevelopment plan for the Raritan Mall at the corner of Route 206 and Orlando Drive. The vote at Tuesday's Council meeting was 5-0. Councilwoman Joyce Melitsky, citing health reasons, had resigned earlier Tuesday. Melitsky was in her second term.
Triumph Brewing Company to Reopen in June After Long Restoration of Former Post Office
ALMOST READY: What used to be Princeton’s post office in Palmer Square has been transformed into the sleek new location of Triumph Brewing Company. Four separate architectural firms were involved in the effort. (Photo by Anthony Stull) The opening of Triumph Brewing Company, relocated from Nassau Street to the...
Rutgers University president grilled on negotiations with student protesters
TRENTON, N.J. -- Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway faced questions from New Jersey lawmakers at a state budget hearing Thursday regarding pro-Palestinian protests on campus.Holloway has come under fire for negotiating with student protesters to clear out tent encampments on the New Brunswick campus as finals got underway last week.Rutgers University president negotiated with protesters "to protect safety of students," he saysCBS New York's Christine Sloan spoke to Holloway after the hearing."I think all of our students are safe. I think with the Jewish students in particular, they have incredible resources available to them," he said."You've been praised...
New documentary depicts Manville's struggle to remain a quintessential American town
Joe DeVito III hopes his film, "The Asbestos City," a documentary about Manville, will eventually have a happy ending. DeVito, a Manville borough councilman and a digital arts teacher at Immaculata High School in Somerville for two decades, says the 85-minute documentary that will be shown three times next week at Reading Cinemas Manville, will bring to a wider audience the story of Manville's struggle to remain a quintessential American town that gets knocked down by man-made or natural calamities, but always manages to get back on its feet.
Princeton hunger-strikers met with the university president. Here's what happened
After four days of a hunger strike by a group of students, Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber met with pro-Palestine student organizers this week, breaking a two-week standoff between him and a larger collective of protesters amassed on a lawn a short distance from the campus entrance on Nassau Street. But the...
A New Breakfast Spot in Town -- 'Designed in Tokyo, Made in Princeton'
Princeton, NJ -- I was talking to my actuarial writer friend Peter, whom I speak to on Tuesdays. He lives in California and we’ve been friends since we were 13. Peter isn’t exactly a culinary gourmet, so when I told him I was headed over to review a new Japanese restaurant that serves breakfast his response was “Sushi for breakfast -- yuk!” I must say I too was surprised when I saw J.S. Foodies Tokyo at 14 South Tulane advertising breakfast. I just didn’t equate the two ideas, Japanese food and breakfast. Man was I wrong.CLICK HERE...
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