Woodbridge/Carteret Top Stories
By TAPINTO SPORTS STAFF
January 11, 2026
COLONIA, NJ – The Colonia girls basketball team remains unbeaten with a 62-38 victory over Old Bridge on Saturday.Ariana Sosa collected 13 points, five rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocks for Colonia (9-0), which opened the game with a 20-7 showing in the first quarter. Nashaelah ...
CARTERET, NJ – Carteret opened a 17-point lead by halftime on its way to a 58-45 boys basketball victory over Spostwood on Saturday.Jeremiah Arrington collected 21 points, 18 rebounds and two assists for Carteret (5-6), which outscored Spotswood, 16-6, in the second quarter to take a 32-17 lead at ...
SOUTH AMBOY, NJ — A Hong Kong-based logistics firm has agreed to a five-year lease at this city’s large new warehouse-distribution facility at 111 Main Street, developer Woodmont Industrial Partners has announced.Wingtat Cargo – with US headquarters in California – will lease 96,000 square feet of ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ – Sophomore guard Jayce Rodriguez scored 21 points to lead Colonia to a 75-50 boys basketball victory over Jackson Township in the Battle of the Boardwalk and Middletown South High School on Saturday.Nfa Clyne finished with 11 points, six rebounds and four assists for Colonia (4-6), ...
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ — The American Dream mall’s huge ice rink will become a glitzy venue for Gov-Elect Mikie Sherrill’s inaugural ball a few hours after she and Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell take their oaths of office on Tuesday, Jan. 20th.American Dream is one of the nation’s largest shopping malls.
TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy announced the sixth round of New Jersey’s Medical Debt Relief program, eliminating more than $86 million in medical debt for over 53,000 people across the state.This is the latest round of New Jersey's partnership with national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt, based in ...
This is Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac. It’s Friday, Jan. 9th, 2026.The carrier who handles our weekly and emergency calls is close to getting our database back online, so our Friday calls can return soon.The Avenel Performing Arts Center has comedian John Poveromo at 8 pm tomorrow night and ...
RAMSEY, NJ — Public school districts across New Jersey will have to come up with plans to prohibit students' cellphones during the entire school day by the start of the 2026-27 school year under a new law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday.“With today’s bill signing, we are ensuring New Jersey ...
EDISON, NJ — One week into January and the Woodbridge girls basketball team has already clinched a division title.Woodbridge's 64-27 victory over J.P. Stevens on Thursday night ensured that the Barrons would win the Greater Middlesex Conference's American-White Division crown. It is the first ...
COLONIA, NJ — Sophomore guard Jayce Rodriguez scored 24 points to lead Colonia to a 55-46 boys basketball victory over St. Thomas Aquinas on Thursday.Dylan Chiera had 13 points, three steals and two assists for Colonia (3-6), which outscored the Trojans, 14-4, in the second quarter to take a 27-17 ...
ISELIN, NJ – JFK-Iselin rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit for a 55-51 boys basketball victory over Carteret on Thursday night.Senior guard Grant Lorentzen scored 24 points for the Mustangs (3-6), who outscored Carteret, 25-8, in the third quarter to take a 47-37 lead. Lorentzen has 909 ...
TRENTON, NJ — The NJ Attorney General’s Office has released a police dashboard-camera video, surveillance videos, and a 911 recording from a fatal accident that happened in Woodbridge Township on July 6, 2025.Killed in the accident was Joseph E. Acevedo-Rodriguez, 26, from Elizabeth, who apparently ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ — A 29-year-old man reportedly stabbed his mother and grandparents to death at their River Road home on Monday, before confronting police officers and being fatally shot, the NJ Attorney General’s Office has said.State authorities have identified the Jan. 5th assailant as Jordan ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Woodbridge jumped out to a 10-point lead after one quarter and went on to a 73-55 girls basketball victory over North Brunswick on Tuesday.Laila Stanford scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for Woodbridge (7-1), which outscored North Brunswick, 23-15, in the second quarter to ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ — Colonia held off a late rally by Spotswood to hang on for a 59-58 girls basketball victory to remain undefeated on Tuesday.Ivana Gidado and Samantha Howell each scored 15 points for Colonia (7-0), which led, 34-26, at the half before Spotswood (3-5) charged back in the second ...
MIDDLESEX, NJ – Jerry Moon scored 20 points and dished out seven assists to help Carteret to a 70-64 boys basketball victory in overtime over Middlesex on Tuesday.Jeremiah Arrington scored 16 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for Carteret (4-5), which outscored the Blue Jays, 10-4, in overtime.Qorey ...
ISELIN, NJ – JFK-Iselin rallied in the fourth quarter for a 59-54 boys basketball victory over Spotswood on Tuesday night.Arnav Pofale scored a season-high 23 points for JFK-Iselin (2-6), which trailed, 38-35, after three quarters.Grant Lorentzen finished with 16 points, seven steals and three ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Tuesday was a reorganization double-header with the Township Council and the Board of Education administering oaths to their respective re-elected members and choosing 2026 leaders.At the Municipal Complex, first ward Councilwoman Sharon McAuliffe was chosen to be 2026 Council ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ — Nobody wearing a South Plainfield uniform on Tuesday night had been born yet the last time the Tigers' boys basketball program won a game over Colonia.In a very physical and sometimes disjointed game, South Plainfield broke a 23-game losing streak against Colonia with a 56-42 ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ — Police shot and killed a machete-wielding man who allegedly threatened them at a River Road home on Monday afternoon, and cops later found three people dead inside the house, authorities said.The police-involved shooting is now under investigation by the NJ Attorney General’s ...
METUCHEN, NJ — Carteret rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit for a 41-35 girls basketball victory over Metuchen on Monday.Samantha Woode scored 17 points for Carteret (6-2), which outscored Metuchen, 28-15, in the second half after trailing, 20-13, at halftime.Nadia Momoh finished with 10 ...
OLD BRIDGE, NJ — A New Brunswick man died at the scene after he was hit by a car in Old Bridge on Saturday.Davon Porter, 30, was struck on Jan. 3rd at about 1:25 am on Route 9 south in front of the Quality Chevrolet lot, according to a press release from Middlesex County Prosecutor Linda Estremera ...
EDISON, NJ — An ambulance transporting a one-year-old girl crashed into the Rail Road bridge on Parsonage Road on Sunday, according to township police. The child was uninjured in the crash.At 7:50 pm on Monday, police say the ambulance was transporting the patient to the Children’s Hospital of ...
TRENTON, NJ — People and families who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) faces new rules and potential difficulty shaped by new federal policies that include expanded work requirements and after program disruptions in late 2025.New Jersey has more than 800,000 recipients ...
CAMDEN, NJ — The City Council is considering a law to prevent artificial intelligence technology (AI) from eliminating any of its 500 municipal jobs, a move that may set a precedent for other New Jersey municipalities.Scheduled for introduction on Jan. 13th, sponsor, Council President Angel ...
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, NJ — Governor-Elect Mikie Sherrill was busy on Saturday. She administered oaths of office to five Township Council members here, then she did the same at the Borough of Madison’s reorganization in Morris County.Her appearances mark the fourth time Sherrill has turned up at local ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Saying that Patrick Gesualdo has lived an extraordinary life, from his beginnings here in Avenel, seems like a big understatement. This award-winning music industry drummer’s hits – onstage and off – keep coming.Self-taught drummer “Pat” Gesualdo has performed live and on albums ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The Woodbridge girls basketball team equaled its victory total for all of 2024-25 with a 70-42 victory over South Plainfield on Saturday morning.Laila Stanford collected 15 points, five rebounds and three blocks for Woodbridge (6-1), which had a 6-19 record last season.Bobbi Jo ...
NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr., 73, intends to run for a seventh, three-year term in the office that he has held since 2003.DiVincenzo, from Nutley, plans to pursue the Democratic Party nomination in the June 2nd primary election, according to a prepared statement he ...
SOMERSET, NJ — Governor-Elect Mikie Sherrill is to appear at the Franklin Township reorganization meeting today at the Municipal Complex as five council members take their oaths of office for new 2026 terms.Sherrill's participation in the 1 pm to 4 pm ceremony on Jan. 3rd is drawing statewide ...