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Mother-Daughter Graduates Supported Each Other Through Rutgers Journey
NEW BRUNSWICK - They live together. They attend school together, and this month mother-daughter Latonya Johnson and Laila Birchett are graduating together from Rutgers School of Social Work. “My family – my kids, my mom and dad – everyone is proud because it’s two generations going to college together,” said Johnson, 43. “I never thought in a million years, I’d be going to school with my daughter and graduating in the same college and major. It’s kind of surreal, but it has brought us closer because we connected on a level that I never thought I’d connect with my...
Somerset County Acepts Food Donations in Hillsborough, Bridgewater May 4
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Somerset County residents can drop-off canned food and non-perishable items at the free, First Saturday and E-Waste Drop-off events at the South County Public Works facility on Roycefield Road and the Somerset County Recycling Center, located at 40 Polhemus Lane, Bridgewater on Saturday, May 4. Donations will be delivered to the Food Bank Network of Somerset County.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Incorporated in 1982, the Food Bank Network of Somerset County, Inc. is a non-governmental, non-sectarian, 501(c)3 not-for-profit public benefit organization. For the past 40 years The Food Bank has been...
Kenilworth to Kick Off 2024 Pride Month with Flag Raising Ceremony
KENILWORTH, NJ - In honor and to commemorate June as Pride month in Kenilworth the fifth annual flag raising ceremony will be held on Tuesday, June 4, at 6:30 p.m. right in front of Borough Hall. After the flag is raised, it will remain for the duration of the month. Stay tuned on TAPinto Kenilworth for more information about the upcoming event.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Pride month, first acknowledged on June 28, 1970, with a march in New York City, marked the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. On June 28, 1969, the New York City...
Santangelo collects 100th hit, Dayton outlasts Middlesex - Softball recap
Alyssa Santangelo recorded her 100th hit for Dayton in its 6-4 victory against Middlesex in Springfield. The sides were tied at two entering the bottom of the fourth before Dayton (13-5) scored a pair of runs and one in the fifth. Middlesex (9-6) cut it to a one-run game in the sixth but Dayton responded with a run.
Fiery Crash Hospitalizes Driver On Route 287 In Bernards
A Toyota and Subaru collided on the northbound side of the highway around 4 a.m. on Saturday, May 4, causing the Toyota to erupt in flames near milepost 26 in Bernards Township, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. Both drivers suffered minor injuries and the driver of the...
Princeton faculty demand university VP resign after arrest of student protesters
A group of Princeton University faculty members and academic staff have called for the university's vice president to resign, objecting to her handling of pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus that resulted in 15 arrests this week. In a letter published late Friday by the Daily Princetonian, the campus newspaper, more than 120 professors, lecturers...
Popular Hillsborough Duke Farms Farmers Market Rebranded & Transplanted to Somerville, Opens Sunday, May 5
SOMERVILLE, NJ - The Somerset County Regional Farmers Market has a new name and will be set up at a new location after eight years at Duke Farms in Hillsborough. Many of the same vendors who were regulars at the Duke Farms Farmers' Market will be making the move to the new location at the Somerville Middle School. The Grand Opening is Sunday, May 5, rain or shone. The season will run every Sunday through Nov. 29, according to Jamie Kraska, chairman of the Somerville Alliance for Food Education.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER SAFE is operating the farmers'...
South Brunswick Police Ask for Public's Assistance Locating Missing Man
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing person. William Koerner was last seen walking towards McDonald's on Route 1 on Wednesday at 9:30PM, according to police. Koerner was last seen wearing a white crewneck sweatshirt, a black jacket, and grey work pants. Anyone with information on Koerner’s whereabouts is asked to contact the South Brunswick Police Department at 732-329-4646. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
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