Middlesex County News

August 7, 2024

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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CARTERET — 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 efforts and extracurricular contributions. Kristen L. Johnson has taught ancient civilization history to 6th graders at ...

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Leer en Español CARTERET — 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 ...

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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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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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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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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Two county corrections officers were fired, two police officers were required to resign, and 19 cops were suspended from duty from police departments here in 2023, according to the NJ Attorney General’s Office. Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin has, for a fourth year, ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Two county corrections officers were fired, two police officers were required to resign, and 19 cops were suspended from duty from police departments here in 2023, according to the NJ Attorney General’s Office. Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin has, for a fourth year, ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Two county corrections officers were fired, two police officers were required to resign, and 19 cops were suspended from duty from police departments here in 2023, according to the NJ Attorney General’s Office. Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin has, for a fourth year, ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY — Two county corrections officers were fired, two police officers were required to resign, and 19 cops were suspended from duty from police departments here in 2023, according to the NJ Attorney General’s Office. Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin has, for a fourth year, ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY — Classes will resume at schools here in roughly five weeks. What better time to see how our area high schools fared on U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 list of “Best High Schools in New Jersey" and the nation? According to the magazine’s 2024 high school rankings, 42 of New ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY — Back-to-school supplies appeared on store shelves a few short days after Fourth of July’s fireworks blasts died down, but it still seemed like there was plenty of summer left. Fast-forward to today. Middlesex County’s public schools are now gearing up to resume classes in five ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Classes will resume at schools here in roughly five weeks. What better time to see how our area high schools fared on U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 list of “Best High Schools in New Jersey" and the nation? According to the magazine’s 2024 high school rankings, 42 of New ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Classes will resume at schools here in roughly five weeks. What better time to see how our area high schools fared on U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 list of “Best High Schools in New Jersey" and the nation? According to the magazine’s 2024 high school rankings, 42 of New ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Back-to-school supplies started to show up on our store shelves a few short days after Fourth of July’s fireworks blasts died down. It seemed like there was plenty of summer still left. Fast-foward to today. Middlesex County’s public schools are now gearing up to resume ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Classes will resume at schools here in roughly five weeks. What better time to see how our area high schools fared on U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 list of “Best High Schools in New Jersey" and the nation? According to the magazine’s 2024 high school rankings, 42 of ...

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NEW BRUNSWICK – The Rutgers University Police Department is investigating a reported carjacking that occurred on College Avenue on Friday night. A man was sitting in his car in Lot 30 behind the Student Center at 126 College Avenue when he was approached by two people in masks at about 11:25 ...

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PISCATAWAY, NJ – A mid-afternoon fire broke out at the Avalon apartment community in Piscataway on Thursday, displacing residents in multiple units. No injuries were reported. While the official cause of the fire is under investigation, police at the scene described it as a mulch fire that spread ...

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PISCATAWAY, NJ – A mid-afternoon fire broke out at the Avalon apartment community in Piscataway on Thursday, displacing residents in multiple units. No injuries were reported. While the official cause of the fire is under investigation, police at the scene described it as a mulch fire that spread ...

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PISCATAWAY, NJ – A mid-afternoon fire broke out at the Avalon apartment community in Piscataway on Thursday, displacing residents in multiple units. No injuries were reported. While the official cause of the fire is under investigation, police at the scene described it as a mulch fire that ...

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NEWARK – A New Brunswick man who authorities say was part of a trafficking organization responsible for distributing bulk quantities of fentanyl in New Brunswick and other municipalities is heading to prison. Kenneth Strickland, 57, was found guilty Monday for his role in a conspiracy to ...

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PISCATAWAY, NJ – A mid-afternoon fire broke out at the Avalon apartment community in Piscataway on Thursday, displacing residents in multiple units. No injuries were reported. While the official cause of the fire is under investigation, police at the scene described it as a mulch fire that ...

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PISCATAWAY, NJ – A mid-afternoon fire broke out at the Avalon apartment community in Piscataway on Thursday, displacing residents in multiple units. No injuries were reported. While the official cause of the fire is under investigation, police at the scene described it as a mulch fire that ...

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EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - It's that wonderful time of year again - the Middlesex County Fair is coming to town.  This time, focus on the farms and the farmers a bit - the gorgeous fresh foods and the animal visits under the loving - yet watchful eyes - of the 4-H youth. The County Fair runs from ...

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I want adventure in the great wide somewhere.  I want it more than I can tell.  And for once it might be grand  To have someone understand. I want so much more than they've got planned.                                                  Belle in "Beauty and the Beast" EAST ...

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WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The FBI finally tracked down a Trinidadian man wanted for 15 years in connection with the 2009 gunpoint robbery of a Woodbridge steakhouse where $150,000 was stolen, and workers were menaced. FBI agents arrested 51-year-old suspect Kofi Edwards in Sacramento, Ca., where he was ...

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MILLTOWN, NJ - The Milltown Parent Teacher Organization, in conjunction with the Milltown Historical Society, are hosting a Holiday Craft and Maker's Fair at the Joyce Kilmer School on Saturday, November 23 and Sunday, November 24. Organizers are looking for crafters, artists, makers, bakers, ...

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PISCATAWAY, NJ – Mid-July weather conditions forced organizers to postpone Piscataway’s annual bike rodeo to Tuesday evening, and change the location to the parking lot of the Little League Complex which allowed for a contained area for dozens of young riders to learn how to ride their bicycles and ...

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SOUTH BRUNSWICK - A Camden man has been sentenced for a fatal hit-and-run in South Brunswick, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. Giovanni Gaines-Little, 24, was sentenced to 11 years in New Jersey State Prison and is subject to three years of parole upon release. On ...

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