Middlesex County News

August 11, 2024

EDISON, NJ — Hundreds of tenants were evacuated from 280 apartments at the Evergreen Meadows complex on Friday after building and code enforcement inspections found potentially unsafe structural issues, Mayor Sam Joshi announced. Tenants from 11 of the 12 multi-unit buildings at Evergreen ...

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NEWARK, NJ — An East Brunswick day spa is among eight where “sexual services” were allegedly also on the table for as little as $160, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office for New Jersey. Good Day Spa, at 282 Route 18 in East Brunswick, is among eight "spas" run by four foreign nationals living ...

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NEW BRUNSWICK – A man was treated at a local hospital for a foot injury after being struck by a train just west of the Jersey Avenue Station on Friday night. Northeast Corridor train 3875, which departed New York Penn Station at 6:47 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Trenton at 8:24 p.m., ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — National Night Out was a wash-out around here, but many communities have rescheduled their popular events for this coming week. Communities abruptly canceled their planned events on Tuesday, August 6 with the National Weather Service forecasting downpours and lightening ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — National Night Out was a wash-out around here, but many communities have rescheduled their popular events for this coming week. Communities abruptly canceled their planned events on Tuesday, August 6 with the National Weather Service forecasting downpours and lightening ...

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National Night Out was a wash-out around here, but many Middlesex County communities have rescheduled their popular events for this coming week. Communities abruptly canceled their planned events on Tuesday, Aug. 6th with the National Weather Service forecasting downpours and lightening storms.

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — National Night Out was a wash-out around here, but many communities have rescheduled their popular events for this coming week. Communities abruptly canceled their planned events on Tuesday, Aug. 6th with the National Weather Service forecasting downpours and lightening ...

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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Music has always been Harry Romero’s go to and, over the past 30 years, the South Plainfield native has made a name for himself in the underground house music scene.  “As a Latin kid growing up in the tri-state area, music was par for the course. There was always music ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ -- Former Sayreville Middle School teacher and wrestling coach John Denuto has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing minors after admitting to inappropriate sexual misconduct with two victims, according to multiple media reports. Denuto, 47, of Spotswood ...

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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Music has always been Harry Romero’s go to and, over the past 30 years, the South Plainfield native has made a name for himself in the underground house music scene.  “As a Latin kid growing up in the tri-state area, music was par for the course. There was always music ...

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EDISON, NJ - The township has declared the Evergreen Meadows Apartment Complex as an imminent hazard, as two ceilings have collapsed in the span of one week. Approximately 280 apartment units have been ordered to evacuate. The township says they are working to make hotel accommodation for those who ...

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Former Sayreville Middle School teacher and wrestling coach John Denuto has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing minors after admitting to inappropriate sexual misconduct, according to multiple media reports. Denuto, 47, of Spotswood, pleaded guilty to endangering the ...

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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Music has always been Harry Romero’s go to and, over the past 30 years, the South Plainfield native has made a name for himself in the underground house music scene.  “As a Latin kid growing up in the tri-state area, music was par for the course. There was always music ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ -- Former Sayreville Middle School teacher and wrestling coach John Denuto has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing minors after admitting to inappropriate sexual misconduct with two victims, according to multiple media reports. Denuto, 47, of Spotswood ...

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MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ -- The crowd came to watch history at Union Catholic's watch party for alumna Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone at Stage House Tavern in Mountainside, and the GOAT delivered a dominating performance at the Paris Olympics in the 400M hurdles on Thursday, August 8. She became the first ...

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A tornado watch is in effect for Middlesex County, according to the National Weather Service. The weather service is also predicting showers and thunderstorms -- the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby -- throughout the day. Some of the storms could be severe. The chance of precipitation is 60% ...

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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Music has always been Harry Romero’s go to and, over the past 30 years, the South Plainfield native has made a name for himself in the underground house music scene.  “As a Latin kid growing up in the tri-state area, music was par for the course. There was always music ...

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UPDATE: This person has been located, New Brunswick Police have announced. NEW BRUNSWICK – The New Brunswick Police Department has issued a missing person alert for a 29-year-old man who was last seen in and around George Street on Saturday, Aug. 3. Thomas Lotito is described as white, ...

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CARTERET, NJ — A local middle school social studies teacher is Middlesex County’s 2024-25 “Teacher of the Year,” honored by the NJ Department of Education for her classroom effort and extracurricular contributions. Kristen L. Johnson has taught ancient civilization history to 6th graders at ...

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SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — Police arrested four teenagers who stopped for snacks at a convenience store in Monroe after they allegedly stole several cars – crashing one of them – in South Brunswick. Police identified the four, all from Trenton, as Ronia Jackson, 18; Kayon Moore, 18; and their alleged ...

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CARTERET, NJ — A local middle school social studies teacher is Middlesex County’s 2024-25 “Teacher of the Year,” honored by the NJ Department of Education for her classroom effort and extracurricular contributions. Kristen L. Johnson has taught ancient civilization history to 6th graders at ...

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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Putman Park officially opened to the public late last month and on Friday, Aug. 2, a group of residents took to the courts for South Plainfield's first-ever Pickleball Tournament. Over the course of the two-hour tournament, 14 participants battled the heat and humidity and ...

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NEW BRUNSWICK – The distraught young woman’s body was dangling from the side of the Morris Street Parking Deck. She had tied one end of a rope around her neck and secured the other end to a guard rail on the second level of the deck. Tommy Williamson and Andre Penn, two stagehands from the ...

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CARTERET, NJ — A local middle school social studies teacher is Middlesex County’s 2024-25 “Teacher of the Year,” honored by the NJ Department of Education for her classroom effort and extracurricular contributions. Kristen L. Johnson has taught ancient civilization history to 6th graders at ...

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CARTERET, NJ — A Denmark-based global transportation and logistics firm has agreed to lease the second of three huge warehouses that Crow Holdings Development built on its 126-acre Salt Meadow Road industrial campus. DSV Global Transport & Logistics – the world’s third-largest company of its ...

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NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – There’s a gentle hum coming from the air conditioning vents in the back of this late-model Chrysler Pacifica as it cruises up Suydam Street, passing a guy walking with headphones and a wearing a sweat-soaked Yankees cap. The van turns onto Livingston Avenue, where it passes a ...

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CARTERET, NJ — A local middle school social studies teacher is Middlesex County’s 2024-25 “Teacher of the Year,” honored by the NJ Department of Education for her classroom effort and extracurricular contributions. Kristen L. Johnson has taught ancient civilization history to 6th graders at ...

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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The South Plainfield Library is helping the community relax and destress with their upcoming meditation class. With so many stressors surrounding community members, the library staff wanted to find a way to help the community find peace – and they wanted to do it for free.

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NEW BRUNSWICK – There’s a gentle hum coming from the air conditioning vents in the back of this late-model Chrysler Pacifica as it cruises up Suydam Street, passing a guy walking with headphones and a wearing a sweat-soaked Yankees cap. The van turns onto Livingston Avenue, where it passes a kid ...

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CARTERET, NJ — A Denmark-based global transportation and logistics firm has agreed to lease the second of three huge warehouses that Crow Holdings Development built on its 126-acre Salt Meadow Road industrial campus. DSV Global Transport & Logistics – the world’s third-largest company of its ...

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