Middlesex County News
By TONY GALLOTTO
November 15, 2024
WOODBRIDGE — Reading is fun - and it's fundamental.To celebrate that, Woodbridge will host the Central Jersey Book Festival from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16th, at the Ross Street School. This free festival is sponsored by the Woodbridge Public Library, the Woodbridge Metro Area Chamber ...
EAST BRUNSWICK - The Township of East Brunswick has announced a free rabies vaccination clinic for cats and dogs on Saturday, Nov. 16th, 2024 (one day only) from 9 a.m.-noon at the South Brunswick Municipal Garage, 540 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction (behind the utilities building).Requirements: • ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD –Borough Hall will serve as a drop-off site for South Plainfield’s 12th Annual Toys for Tots drive, which begins Monday, Nov. 18, and runs through Thursday, Dec. 12. Donations of new and unwrapped toys, including but not limited to, dolls, puzzles, board games, basketballs, ...
WOODBRIDGE — This community’s annual tribute to its veterans began on Friday with a special luncheon, and will continue with its Veterans Day parade on Sunday, Nov. 10th.Nearly 150 veterans from town attended Friday’s luncheon at the Acacia Center, an event marked with entertainment, remarks from ...
SAYREVILLE – Anderson Campos Jr., a sixth-grader at Sayreville Middle School, has been ranked by the International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) as #1 in the world in his weight, age, and rank division. Campos Jr., 12, has made a name for himself, having recently won gold at the European ...
Police officers shot and killed pit bulls that attacked a 10-year-old boy at The Knights Inn in Sayreville on Monday, according to a press release issued by Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone.Sayreville police received a 911 distress call at 11:20 a.m. from a family member staying at the ...
EDISON - Marisa Tufaro was born with a complex cardiac defect and lived with a medical condition that restricted her from some physical activity, but that never prevented her from bowling.Marisa, who died in 2017 at 13 from a rare form of cancer following six open-heart surgeries and a heart ...
NEWARK — A Woodbridge accountant for a New Jersey manufacturing company will serve 12 months and one day in federal prison for filing false tax returns, according to U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger.Thomas J. Kohutich, 34, pleaded guilty to two counts of filing false tax returns in 2018 and 2019 on ...
Middlesex County welcomed families from across the region to celebrate fall with its first-ever Fall Harvest Festival at East Jersey Old Town Village, 1050 River Road, in Piscataway.Held October 25-27, the festival showcased seasonal activities and local treats. Attendees enjoyed pumpkin picking, ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY - Lori Mulligan, 58, of Parlin, and Katherine Fokas, 57, of Monroe have been charged with unrelated crimes involving voter fraud for attempting to vote on behalf of a deceased family member.Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone announced that Mulligan and Fokas were charged ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY — Halloween seems like a ‘spirited time’ to look at our area’s most haunted locations — and this sprawling county has plenty.Ghostly haunts are supposedly found in Cranbury, East Brunswick, Edison, Metuchen, Perth Amboy, Old Bridge, and Woodbridge, according to interviews and media ...
TRENTON — A state grand jury did not file criminal charges against two Cranford police officers involved in the Dec. 28, 2023 fatal shooting of a Perth Amboy man on a Garden State Parkway exit ramp in Woodbridge Township.NJ Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced the grand jury decision in ...
WOODBRIDGE — Feeding less-fortunate people and families is a concern that crosses political, cultural and socioeconomic boundaries.That’s the reason, for almost two decades, the “Cast-A-Can When You Cast Your Vote” food drive has become a successful election-season, charitable hallmark in this ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – Borough voters will determine the future of Sayreville's 1909 Town Hall/Firehouse when they vote on Tuesday, Nov. 5, on a referendum question that seeks to preserve the building located at 165 Main Street by spending millions of dollars.Over the years, the building served multiple ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The East Brunswick Arts Coalition hosts the annual East Brunswick Harvest Fest this Saturday, October 26 from 11:30 am - 5:30 pm in the Historic District of East Brunswick. This year not only does the festival have its seasonal staple Beer Garden featuring Ashton Brewery, live ...
EDISON — A former Edison middle school teacher has been sentenced to nine and a half years in prison for possession of child pornography and stalking, according to court documents. Julius Coaccioli, age 55, from Woodbridge, was a teacher at Woodrow Wilson Middle School until his arrest in August ...
WOODBRIDGE — People in Colonia are raising money to help two Taylor Terrace families who lost everything in a devastating Oct. 14th fire at their homes.A windswept blaze apparently began at 28 Taylor Terrace, spreading to nearby 32 Taylor Terrace, where one man was living. The fire badly damaged ...
TRENTON, NJ — A Mercer County judge sentenced a political consultant from Middlesex and Union counties to probation after he pleaded guilty to falsifying 1,948 ballot signatures, so his girlfriend could be a 2021 Democratic gubernatorial candidate.The Oct. 18th ruling from Superior Court Judge ...
NEW JERSEY — Walgreens plans to close 1,200 of its nationwide stores, including some in New Jersey, over the next three years.The pharmacy giant did not say which ones are on the list in an Oct. 15th news release, leaving customers to wonder and employees to worry.Walgreens has 180 locations in New ...
SAYREVILLE – A New Brunswick jury has convicted a Barnegat man of kidnapping, sexually assaulting and killing a Sayreville War Memorial High School student in 1999.The jury determined that Bruce Cymanski, 52, was guilty of killing Nancy Noga. She did not come home on Jan. 7, 1999, after finishing ...
Rocker Jon Bon Jovi has officially endorsed Democrats Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for president and vice president with the release of his new song “The People’s House.”Bon Jovi’s endorsement came in an Oct. 11th Instagram post for that song, which features “The War & Treaty,” a ...
Piscataway’s East Jersey Old Town Village will be the site of the County’s Annual Fall Harvest Festival, promising a day filled with the tastes, sights, and sounds of autumn-themed fun for the entire family.The free event is presented by the Division of History and Historic Preservation and Arts ...
If Democrats in this New Jersey party stronghold need another reason to support Kamala Harris for president, here’s a good one: Her husband, Doug Emhoff, is a local guy.That’s right — America’s ‘Second Gentleman’ grew up right here in Old Bridge.Emhoff returned to the Garden State last Saturday to ...
CARTERET — The newest Central Jersey Medical Center facility here honors Ronald G. Rios, director of the Middlesex County Board of Commissioners and a longtime borough resident.The state-of-the-art facility, at 1540 Roosevelt Ave. in West Carteret, is the Central Jersey Medical Center’s latest ...
CARTERET — Cutting-edge comic book and graphic novel artwork is yours to see at the annual Carteret ‘Comic Con’ Exhibit on display at the Central Jersey Arts Council’s Blazing Star Cultural Arts Center until Oct. 31.The Blazing Star Cultural Arts Center is at 63 Carteret Ave. in the borough, just ...
WOODBRIDGE — Parker Press Park, at 400 Rahway Avenue, will be transformed into a fine arts and crafts gallery on Saturday, Oct. 12, for the 17th annual ‘BarronFest,’ a free public arts festival sponsored by the Woodbridge Township Cultural Arts Commission and the Barron Arts Center.BarronFest will ...
WOODBRIDGE — Iselin boxer “Dangerous Danny” Gonzalez will trade blows in his toughest professional bout on Oct. 12th at the Prudential Center in Newark with undefeated Piscataway pugilist Gabriel Gerena.The 29-year-old Gonzalez has won all three of his professional fights by knockouts, including ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Join your friends and neighbors at the 10th Annual East Brunswick Day on Sunday, October 6, from noon–4 p.m. at the Community Arts Center.This year's EB Day will feature almost 200 vendor/exhibitor booths (the most ever on EB Day), 14 food trucks, a Family Fun Zone, a large ...
CARTERET — Apartment complex tenants and others who live near the borough’s waterfront are not thrilled about plans for a Waterfront Park “tiki bar,” an outdoor stage and cooking facilities that they believe will attract more traffic and noise.Opponents claim Carteret’s latest plan was undertaken ...
SAYREVILLE - Jon Bon Jovi walked out to a roaring crowd of teens on Tuesday at his alma mater, Sayreville War Memorial High School, where he was officially inducted into the High School’s Hall of Fame.Bon Jovi, a Sayreville native, has sold more than 120 million records, has numerous chart-topping ...