TOP LOCAL News
By MELINDA MYERS
July 30, 2024
Another summer of above-normal summer temperatures in much of the country may be taking its toll on your vegetable gardens. Temperature extremes can interfere with flowering and fruit set, resulting in poor flowering, blossom drop, and a lack of or misshapen fruit on tomatoes, peppers, squash, and ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ - The Summer Concert Series continues at Piscataway’s Columbus Park Extension Gazebo on Thursday evening, August 1st, featuring Desire Sings with the best oldies but goodies from the doo-wop era. Last Thursday's concert by Carnaby Street took concertgoers back to the British ...
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 ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - On Thursday, July 25, at approximately 2:00 am, East Brunswick police officers responded to the intersection of Highway 18 North and South Woodland Avenue for the report of a motor vehicle crash involving an operator of an electric bicycle. The bicyclist, Rohit Sharma, 25, was ...
WEST NEW YORK, NJ — Before kids return to this Hudson County town’s K-6th public school, US Sen. Bob Menendez’s name will be taken off the building and removed from its website. “We’re going to take the name down before the school year starts,” Mayor Albio Sires told NJ Globe. Its 550 students ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – “The flavor has landed in Piscataway Town Center!” Grand opening festivities for the new Piscataway Wing Stop is set for Thursday, August 29th from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. before the Rutgers vs Howard Football opening game at Piscataway’s SHI Stadium. In a Facebook post, township ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Everything’s ship-shape at “Anchors Tiki Bar” – this community’s newest entertainment venue – for Tuesday’s grand opening celebration on the Sewaren waterfront. Mayor John E. McCormac, along with Woodbridge Township Council members and municipal staff, will hold a ribbon-cutting ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Township residents are invited to enjoy a meal with members of the River Road Rescue Squad at their community pasta dinner on Saturday, August 3rd, from 5pm-7pm. Tickets are $8, children 8 and under are free. All proceeds from the dinner will be donated to featured community ...
PERTH AMBOY - Growing up in Perth Amboy in the late 1950s, Brian Taylor has fond memories of walking two miles each day to play three-on-three basketball in Washington Park. At the time, things were a bit different. There were no full basketball courts. In fact, Taylor and his friends would ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Dr. Monika B. Potocki has joined the Saint Peter’s University Hospital’s Gianna Center, a service dedicated to providing a more natural alternative to assisted reproductive technologies, in accordance with the ethical and religious directives for Catholic health care services ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield resident John Dunlea, who embezzled more than $1.5 million from a law firm where he worked, was sentenced Friday to five years in prison, according to state Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin. In sentencing Dunlea, 61, state Superior Court Judge Stephen Taylor also ...
PARIS — Mendham native Jack Alexy, made a remarkable impact on Saturday by leading the U.S. team to gold in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay at the Paris Olympics. Alexy, along with teammates Chris Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong, and Caeleb Dressel, clinched the gold medal with a time of 3:09.28. This ...
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 ...
NEWARK, NJ-- Two Warren women, including a former assistant dean and a former employee of an Essex County graduate school pleaded guilty to defrauding their former employer of more than $1.3 million, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Teresina DeAlmeida, 59, of Warren, New Jersey and ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Taking the train and riding the bus is going to cost us more. This is after NJ Transit’s board of directors approved a new $3 billion operating budget on Wednesday, expected to sharply raise fares for riders. This is reportedly the agency’s biggest-ever operating budget. NJ ...
WOODBRIGE, NJ — A fast-growing national specialty bakery chain is opening its newest shop at the popular St. Georges Crossing shopping center. Dallas-based “Nothing Bundt Cakes” will lease a sizable store in St. Georges Crossing in Woodbridge, according to Levin Management Corp., a North ...
WEST HARTFORD, CT -- The University of Hartford announced that 1,927 students have been named to the Dean's List and President's List for the Spring 2024 semester. The Dean's List recognizes students achieving superior academic standing. The requirement, with some exceptions and based on school ...
FAIR LAWN, NJ - A two-alarm overnight fire destroyed six businesses in a Fair Lawn Avenue strip mall, according to Douglas Sadowski, Public Information Officer of the Fair Lawn Fire Department. Extensive overhaul operations are continuing this Friday morning. There were no injuries to building ...
NEW JERSEY -- When the Olympic flame is officially lit on Friday, July 26 in Paris, France for the opening of the summer games, 23 of New Jersey's finest athletes will be among the almost 600 athletes representing Team USA. The more than 10,500 athletes competing in the XXXIII Olympiad hail ...
PERTH AMBOY - The city served as a backdrop on July 26 for an announcement that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is earmarking $72 million to support statewide climate change preparedness. This project, Building a Climate Ready NJ, is designed to reduce flood risks for ...
WASHINGTON – Boar’s Head announced it is recalling several of its deli meats due to possible Listeria contamination. Two deaths, 34 illnesses and 33 hospitalizations across 13 states have been linked to meats sliced at delis, according to an announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food ...
MADISON, NJ – School officials at Farleigh Dickinson University (FDU) awarded several students from Piscataway with academic honors, naming them to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2024 semester. Dean’s List honors for students enrolled at FDU’s Florham Campus in Madison went to: Desiree ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – A city man has pled guilty to a first-degree attempted murder charge in connection with a shooting incident that left a Rutgers student hospitalized after being hit by a stray bullet. Christian Farmer, 20, also pled guilty to second-degree possession of a firearm for an unlawful ...
JERSEY SHORE, NJ - With only six weeks left until the start of school, and the weather at the shore is looking great, there's no time to waste in enjoying these last remaining weeks of summer. From fairs and festivals to summer sidewalk sales and water sports, there's plenty to do. Here are some ...
OLD BRIDGE, NJ — A 67-year-old man who pretended to be a doctor will spend a decade in state prison, and his wife will serve a year in county jail for her role in their medical malpractice scheme. Authorities say Orger Sibaja-Bolanos posed as a doctor using his Old Bridge home for a phony ...
NEWARK, NJ – A Scotch Plains woman has been charged in connection with her role in embezzling more than $350,000 from a Union County synagogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Tuesday, July 23. Stacy Margaritondo, 51, is charged by complaint with one count of wire fraud. She ...
RAHWAY, NJ — A Perth Amboy police detective’s medical condition has improved from critical to stable after being wounded in a shooting while trying to serve warrants in Rahway on Wednesday night. The unidentified police detective was shot at least once in his leg around 8:30 pm on Wednesday, ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Last month, the school district made headlines when Donald Panzarella, New Jersey’s winningest softball coach, announced his resignation as head of South Plainfield’s varsity team. In a statement issued through his attorney, Panzarella cited ‘undue stress’ and an ‘environment ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – The Piscataway Public Library asks residents to tell their stories about why they chose Piscataway to call home. As part of World on the Move, a traveling exhibit that explores the past 250,000 years of human migration, the library is collecting stories from the community for a ...
TRENTON, NJ/WASHINGTON, DC — New Jersey residents will soon be able to utilize IRS Direct File, which will let them submit their federal tax returns for free. Gov. Phil Murphy and U.S. Department of the Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo announced Wednesday that more than 1.3 million New ...