Middlesex County News

October 4, 2025

SAYREVILLE, NJ — The owners of XXXV Club (Club 35) in Sayreville were sentenced this week.According to New Jersey Court records, owner Anthony Acciardi Sr. was sentenced to three years of probation by Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Thomas Abode. His wife, Doreen Acciardi, was also given two ...

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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Residents from South Plainfield and surrounding communities gathered in solidarity Wednesday evening at Putnam Park for the annual Domestic Violence Awareness Walk, hosted by the South Plainfield Domestic Violence Response Team (SPDVRT). With purple ribbons, glow sticks, and ...

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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Residents from South Plainfield and surrounding communities gathered in solidarity Wednesday evening at Putnam Park for the annual Domestic Violence Awareness Walk, hosted by the South Plainfield Domestic Violence Response Team (SPDVRT). With purple ribbons, glow sticks, and ...

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EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Ready for a spook-tacular October? Well, for anyone who loves things that go bump in the night and anything that makes the hair on the back of their neck stand up, make a date to experience Middlesex County 4H Club's annual Haunted House and Hayride on Fridays and Saturdays in ...

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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Residents from South Plainfield and surrounding communities gathered in solidarity Wednesday evening at Putnam Park for the annual Domestic Violence Awareness Walk, hosted by the South Plainfield Domestic Violence Response Team (SPDVRT). With purple ribbons, glow sticks, and ...

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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Residents from South Plainfield and surrounding communities gathered in solidarity Wednesday evening at Putnam Park for the annual Domestic Violence Awareness Walk, hosted by the South Plainfield Domestic Violence Response Team (SPDVRT). With purple ribbons, glow sticks, and ...

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EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Ready for a spook-tacular October? Well, for anyone who loves things that go bump in the night and anything that makes the hair on the back of their neck stand up, make a date to experience Middlesex County 4H Club's annual Haunted House and Hayride on Fridays and Saturdays in ...

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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Residents from South Plainfield and surrounding communities gathered in solidarity Wednesday evening at Putnam Park for the annual Domestic Violence Awareness Walk, hosted by the South Plainfield Domestic Violence Response Team (SPDVRT). With purple ribbons, glow sticks, and ...

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EAST BRUNSWICK — Experience Middlesex County 4H Club's annual Haunted House and Hayride on Fridays and Saturdays in October from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. This event takes over the Middlesex County Fairgrounds on Cranbury Road in East Brunswick and starts Friday, Oct. 3. This October favorite is ...

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EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — Hatikvah International Academy Charter School has been recognized with a 2025 National Blue Ribbon Schools Award for Exemplary High Performance.Only nine New Jersey schools received this honor. Hatikvah International Academy was nominated by the NJ  Department of Education. It ...

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SPOTSWOOD, NJ - On the heels of this week's closures along the railroad crossing on Ryders Lane in Milltown, the Conrail Railroad Corporation's next project is to repair and replace the rail line and crossing along Summerhill Road. Work begins on Tuesday, October 7 at 7 a.m. and continues through ...

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NEW BRUNSWICK – A 7-Eleven employee is facing charges after a physical altercation inside the store on George Street left a 44-year-old Manville man dead.Taiwan Sanders-Boyd, 29, of New Brunswick, has been arrested and charged with second-degree reckless manslaughter, according to a press release ...

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NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — A 7-Eleven employee is facing criminal charges after a fight inside the George Street convenience store ended in the death of a 44-year-old Manville man, authorities said.Taiwan Sanders-Boyd, 29, of New Brunswick, has been arrested and charged with reckless manslaughter, ...

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WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A police sergeant and fire chief are credited with saving the life of 19-month-old girl who swallowed a plastic hair clip and was choking on it, township officials said.Police Sgt. Carlos Villegas and Acting Fire Chief Robert Minkler Jr. received proclamations from Mayor John E.

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WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A police sergeant and fire chief are credited with saving the life of 19-month-old girl who swallowed a plastic hair clip and was choking on it, township officials said.Police Sgt. Carlos Villegas and Acting Fire Chief Robert Minkler Jr. received proclamations from Mayor John E.

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WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A police sergeant and fire chief are credited with saving the life of 19-month-old girl who swallowed a plastic hair clip and was choking on it, township officials said.Police Sgt. Carlos Villegas and Acting Fire Chief Robert Minkler Jr. received proclamations from Mayor John E.

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WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A police sergeant and fire chief are credited with saving the life of 19-month-old girl who swallowed a plastic hair clip and was choking on it, township officials said.Police Sgt. Carlos Villegas and Acting Fire Chief Robert Minkler Jr. received proclamations from Mayor John E.

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WOODBRIDGE, NJ — US News & World Report ranks Berkeley College – with a busy downtown campus here – among the best universities and colleges in the nation’s northeast region.US News & World Report’s 2026 best college edition also ranks Berkeley College for its high “social mobility ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - Middlesex County’s Plays-in-the-Park will hold auditions for its 28th annual production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on Monday, October 6, 2025, at the Stephen J. Capestro Theater in Roosevelt Park, Edison.Audition Schedule:Men: 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.Women: 7:30 ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - Middlesex County’s Plays-in-the-Park will hold auditions for its 28th annual production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on Monday, October 6, 2025, at the Stephen J. Capestro Theater in Roosevelt Park, Edison.Audition Schedule:Men: 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.Women: 7:30 ...

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MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ – There are some stories that are a little bit odd in New Jersey and this is one of those stories. Police in Monroe Township, Middlesex County are looking for the owner of a pig that they found in an unspecified part of the community.  In a post on Facebook, the Monroe Township ...

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WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A police sergeant and fire chief are credited with saving the life of a 19-month-old girl who swallowed a plastic hair clip and was choking on it, township officials said.Police Sgt. Carlos Villegas and Acting Fire Chief Robert Minkler Jr. received proclamations from Woodbridge ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - Middlesex County’s Plays-in-the-Park will hold auditions for its 28th annual production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on Monday, October 6, 2025, at the Stephen J. Capestro Theater in Roosevelt Park, Edison.Audition Schedule:Men: 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.Women: 7:30 ...

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WOODBRIDGE — A police sergeant and fire chief are credited with saving the life of a 19-month-old girl who swallowed a plastic hair clip and was choking, township officials said.Police Sgt. Carlos Villegas and Acting Fire Chief Robert Minkler Jr. received proclamations from Mayor John E. McCormac ...

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WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A police sergeant and fire chief are credited with saving the life of 19-month-old girl who swallowed a plastic hair clip and was choking on it, township officials said.Police Sgt. Carlos Villegas and Acting Fire Chief Robert Minkler Jr. received proclamations from Mayor John E.

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Middlesex County officials are warning residents to be on alert after reports of a “Jury Duty Scam” targeting people in the area.According to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, residents have received phone calls from scammers posing as members of the Middlesex County ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — It’s no secret many people cringe when they’re summoned for jury duty. Criminals – posing as sheriff’s officers – are now taking advantage of people's reluctance with a new “jury duty” phone scam,” the Middesex County Prosecutor’s Office warns.People – especially senior ...

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NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Middlesex County detectives have arrested a 57-year-old man allegedly in possession of crack cocaine and heroin with an estimated $50,000 street value.The arrest of Kevin Gause, from New Brunswick, comes after a lengthy investigation by the Middlesex County Narcotics Task Force, ...

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NEW BRUNSWICK – Authorities said a 57-year-old New Brunswick man has been arrested with crack cocaine and heroin totaling an estimated street value of $50,000.Kevin Gause was arrested following an investigation by the Middlesex County Narcotics Task Force that lasted several months, according to a ...

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EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — The woman convicted of killing New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster in East Brunswick in 1973 has died in Cuba. The Cuban Foreign Ministry announced on Friday the death of Joanne Chesimard, born Joanne Deborah Byron. She had a number of aliases, including Assata Shakur."On ...

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