TOP LOCAL News
By TAPINTO SOMA STAFF
June 27, 2024
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ -- Local, state and federal lawmakers met with commuters from South Orange and Maplewood on Wednesday night to hear first-hand the frustration that has come as New Jersey Transit failures mount in recent weeks. South Orange Mayor Sheena Collum said she believed the Zoom meeting ...
The RVCC Foundation, the fundraising arm of Raritan Valley Community College, raised $158,790 at the 20th Annual RVCC Foundation Golf Classic, held June 6 at the Stanton Ridge Golf & Country Club in Whitehouse Station. This year’s event was another sellout, with 132 participants, including ...
West Side Square Development Fund (the "Trust") has entered into a loan agreement in the amount of $169,300,000 (the “Loan”) through its nominee entity, Avenir West Side Square LLC (the “Nominee”) as borrower, BPT WSS FUNDING LLC, LEXINGTON EV MARION LLC, LEXINGTON SI3 MARION LLC, and BPSJ MARION ...
Valley Health System has named K. Nadeem Ahmed, MD, to the position of Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO). Dr. Ahmed has over 20 years of experience with healthcare systems across the United States and internationally. He most recently served as the Global CMIO for The Aga Khan University ...
CAMDEN – The Battleship New Jersey is home again. After getting fresh coats of paint on its hull and other maintenance in the Philadelphia shipyard dry dock, the Camden tourist attraction on Thursday was pushed up the river by tugboats and reunited in the early afternoon with its berth on the ...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Lisa F. Garcia announced last week at at Bradley Beach, NJ, a $258,000 in grant funding to help New Jersey’s coastal communities protect the health of beachgoers. She was joined by Congressman Frank Pallone Jr., Ranking Member of the ...
CER Development, a construction company for commercial and residential projects, has recently finished a project for the Crestmont Country Club in West Orange, NJ. The 9th hole snack shack is the preferred meeting point for club members to enjoy grilled food and refreshments while playing the ...
The New Jersey Hall of Fame unveiled its Entertainment and Learning Center at American Dream on Tuesday, June 18, before a crowd of supporters, elected officials, including Gov. Phil Murphy and State Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, and inductees Tommy James, comedian Joe Piscopo (who gave us the ...
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center celebrated Juneteenth, which commemorates the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, with a flag raising ceremony on June 19. The Medical Center is both the largest hospital and licensed nursing home in NJ and the fourth largest, publicly owned hospital in the ...
New Concepts for Living (NCFL) held a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for its new, state-of-the-art Achievement Center in Paramus, New Jersey, on June 18. The provider of community residences, day programs, and therapeutic and behavioral services for adults living with intellectual and ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The aroma of apples, oranges and peppers at the peak of their spring ripeness greets you as soon as the doors swing open. Coming from a back wall there’s the quiet hum of an oversize refrigerator, where eggs and milk are just chilling out. A few aisles over, cans of green beans, ...
HAMILTON, NJ - Century mark milestones are worth celebrating, especially for a small business serving professional contractors and homeowners in New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania since 1924. For 100 years and through three generations, Hamilton Building Supply has been a trusted supplier of ...
Hudson County Community College (HCCC) will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the HCCC Center for Student Success at 2 Enos Place in Jersey City, N.J., at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18. The eleven-story Center for Student Success, a 153,186 square-foot, mixed-use tower, is being constructed one ...
NEPTUNE CITY, NJ — With 75 years in business, Kelly's Tavern continues to be a beloved destination for great food, drinks and joyous moments at the Jersey Shore. A celebration is planned on Saturday, June 22, featuring live music by Eamonn Ryan and the Express and Tom Gentile, starting at 4 ...
NEW JERSEY - Tourist season in New Jersey brings life to our beaches. The Parkway becomes an automotive chess game with license plates reflecting exotic, far-off places like Michigan, Ohio, and Montreal. Most importantly, the season brings important dollars and employment to half a million New ...
Holy Name, a health system in New Jersey, has named Amit Mody as the Executive Vice President of Business Development. Reporting to President and Chief Executive Officer Mike Maron, Mody will lead service line development, providing a strategic roadmap for financial success by integrating all ...
Maureen Hemhauser of Peapack-Gladstone Bank has received the Woman of Impact Award from the New Jersey Bankers Association (NJBankers). NJBankers a trade association representing 65 banks and 200 service providers, presented her with he award during the Association’s annual Women in Banking ...
ASBURY PARK, NJ— Last Thursday, Asbury Park Brewery marked a significant milestone with the grand opening of its expansive new brewery and tasting room at 614 Cookman Ave. The event, which began with a private gathering and culminated in a festive public celebration, drew local celebrities, ...
CAMDEN – When Tracey Sharpe graduated from Gloucester Catholic High School and left her hometown of Woodbury to go to college she thought she was on the path to becoming a lawyer. While an undergrad at George Washington University, Sharpe volunteered for AmeriCorps in Washington, D.C., working ...
Spencer Savings Bank is relocating and expanding its North Caldwell financial center, one of 27 full-service Spencer Savings Bank financial centers located throughout New Jersey, spanning 7 counties. The bank will also offer free use of its conference room to businesses and community organizations ...
A recent survey of small business owners released by TD Bank showed that 90 percent of the respondents were optimistic about their business’ future in the next 12 months – a significant uptick from last year’s report when 80 percent had a positive outlook. Drilling further into the survey ...
Forty-eight recipients of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s (NJEDA) Seed Equity Grant Program have graduated from a nine-week Cannabis Technical Assistance Program (CTAP) at a celebration held at Hub 13 in Trenton last month. This program provided targeted education and training to ...
RWJBarnabas Health launched its 2024-2025 Community Health Needs Assessment survey -- in collaboration with its health coalition partners (Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset), St. Peter’s University Hospital, Capital Health, Lawrence Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, local health centers, county and ...
Jim Bowman says he’s not out to save the plant in his retirement, yet he just might be saving some youngsters in New Jersey’s underserved communities. Bowman is the impetus behind the New Jersey chapter of Think Big for Kids, an altruistic organization that originated in Tampa, Fl. Its mission ...
There is just one week left to nominate N.J. women for COMMERCE magazine’s fourth annual “Enterprising Women in Commerce Awards.” The magazine and the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ) are seeking nominations of enterprising women who deserve to be recognized for their ...
The Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ) announces it has named Jamie Grill-Goodman as Commerce Magazine’s new Editor. Grill-Goodman succeeds Diane C. Walsh, who is retiring from the magazine after more than a dozen years working with CIANJ and COMMERCE Magazine. Commerce, the ...
Manasquan Bank has promoted four professionals to the position of Executive Vice President. Headquartered in Wall Township, NJ, the bank has been serving New Jersey residents since 1874. Jennie Piperi has been promoted to Executive Vice President and will continue her role as Director of ...
Englewood Health has received the Equality Builder designation from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s 2024 Healthcare Equality Index (HEI). This accolade recognizes Englewood Health’s commitment to establishing foundational policies that ensure LGBTQ+ inclusion across ...
Valley Health System announced that Audrey Meyers, Chief Executive Officer of Valley Health System, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA) at an award ceremony in July in recognition of her 44 years of service to Valley. According to ...
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced its commercial airports continued seeing a surge in passenger volume, recording the busiest first four months of the year ever. The milestone was capped by the second-busiest busiest April of all time. Likewise, the Port of New York and New ...
