Middlesex County News
By TAPINTO STAFF
August 29, 2024
MONROE — A missing 4-year-old child apparently drowned in a pond about 50 yards from the family's home, authorities said. A prepared statement from Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and township Police Chief Griffin M. Banos did not say if the child was a boy or girl. The family ...
PLAINFIELD — A state grand jury has indicted a former mayoral candidate for election fraud and other criminal charges for trying to unduly influence the outcome of this city’s 2021 Democratic primary. The grand jury indicted Dr. Henrilynn Ibezim on eight criminal counts that include ...
TRENTON - Route 28 is scheduled to have daytime lane closures in both directions over the next several months as a roadway maintenance improvement project begins in Somerset, Middlesex, and Union counties. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. beginning Monday, Aug. 26, and continuing daily Monday through ...
SAYREVILLE - The Sayreville Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Tuesday night on Swider Drive off Washington Road. Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Daniel Plumacker of the SPD announced that on Aug. 20, 2024, at approximately 9:49 p.m., ...
WOODBRIDGE — Organizers of the 27th annual “Woodbridge Crossroads of New Jersey 5K” have announced that all money raised from the Sunday, Sept. 1 event will benefit the Marisa Tufaro Foundation. Since its inception seven years ago, the non-profit Marisa Tufaro Foundation has contributed over ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY — The NJ Historical Commission released its first list of 32 sites to be honored on the state’s new “Black Heritage Trail,” places considered “meaningful to Black history, heritage, and culture.” Middlesex County comes up woefully short. Just one site in this 323-square-mile ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey police departments began their annual “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign on Friday as state Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced $540,680 worth of grants to 110 agencies to help pay for their initiatives. In Middlesex County, only five police departments ...
PISCATAWAY – A specialized group of rescuers from the New Market Fire Department will be honored next month for their heroic lifesaving efforts after saving the occupants of numerous vehicles from flooded streets last winter. On December 18, 2023, a morning storm dumped almost three inches of ...
HELMETTA - The annual Helmetta Day is set for Saturday, September 21, and will showcase local artists. The Helmetta Day art show is open to professional and budding artists along with craft enthusiasts. To participate, artists and crafters should contact Helmetta Borough Clerk Melissa Hallerman ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Construction of what will virtually be a new, state-of-the-art Avenel Elementary School officially began on Wednesday with youngsters joining municipal officials to break ground. The long-awaited Avenel Street School No. 4 & 5 redevelopment project is expected to cost $24.8 ...
EAST BRUNSWICK - The county fair closed Sunday on a high note as the sun finally broke through on Saturday after a week of rain and disruption. Tropical Storm Debby, which brought relentless downpours and forced early closures and cancelations earlier in the week, eased off just in time to allow ...
EAST BRUNSWICK/SOUTH RIVER, NJ - The Middlesex County Office of Health Services is reporting that a bat tested positive for rabies in the Borough of South River, Middlesex County, in the vicinity of Daily Street and Edgewood Street. This is the fourth rabid animal reported within Middlesex ...
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 ...
Aditi Gopalakrishnan, a Piscataway resident and rising junior at Woodbridge Academy Magnet School, served as captain of Team JAM Session which placed 2nd at the RoboCup Junior Internationals OnStage League competition in Eindhoven, Netherlands this summer. Gopalakrishnan and teammates Julia Chan ...
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.
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 ...
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% ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
WOODBRIDGE — The FBI finally tracked down a Trinidadian man wanted for 15 years in connection with the 2009 gunpoint robbery of a Woodbridge steakhouse in which $150,000 was stolen, and workers were menaced. FBI agents arrested 51-year-old suspect Kofi Edwards in Sacramento, California, where he ...
TRENTON — A state grand jury has indicted two Middlesex County men for allegedly swindling investors out of roughly $6.7 million, and using that money for their own benefit. The grand jury indicted Wilfredo Topacio, 64, of Woodbridge, and Shahid Javed, 39, of Old Bridge, on criminal charges for ...
PERTH AMBOY - Police Officer Raymond Arce had an idea: Why not engage local youth in a program that connects them with city police officers for ongoing positive interaction? That idea prompted the very first Police Youth Cadet Program in the spring with 35 city youth, ages 13-17, who met with ...
EAST BRUNSWICK - 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 Monday, August 5 to Sunday, August 11 at the ...
PHILADELPHIA — Pharmaceutical retailer Rite Aid is closing 42 more of its New Jersey stores, among 699 nationwide being shuttered after the company filed for bankruptcy in October 2023. Among the New Jersey locations to close are two in Middlesex County, at 366 George St. in downtown New ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY — The New Jersey Hall of Fame recently announced it will induct 18 notable New Jerseryans in 2024, including Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, Jersey Mike's founder Peter Cancro, former Giants quarterback Phil Simms, and singer-songwriter Lesley Gore. Among its 2024 honorees is ...