Woodbridge/Carteret Top Stories
By TONY GALLOTTO
October 27, 2025
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — A Pittsburgh-based education website recently issued its 12th annual school report card for New Jersey and national public school districts. Here’s a snapshot of how Carteret and Woodbridge school districts stack up from Niche.com, with links to help you learn more.The ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Apparently many people and families here "ain’t afraid of no ghosts," showing up last night for the annual downtown ghost walk, raising money to support talented students from Woodbridge High School’s six choirs and a local food pantry.Spooky walks began at 6 pm on Saturday, Oct.
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Officials here are kick-starting Woodbridge’s 19th annual “Cast-A-Can” food drive as early in-person voting for the 2025 general election begins today.The “Cast-A-Can” food drive asks voters to bring canned goods or other nonperishable foods to any of the town’s 32 polling places ...
This is Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac. It's Friday, Oct. 24.Twisted Ginger is at the Anchors Tiki Bar tonight with food by The Hot Dog Guy and Buckshot Band is there on Saturday night. The “Downstrokes” is to perform at Anchors Tiki Bar next Thursday with food by Zappa, all at 6 pm.The Avenel ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ -- Twp of the best football players in Middlesex County led two teams on winning streaks into the last game of the regular season when South Plainfield hosted JFK-Iselin.And while those two players, Dom Massaro of South Plainfield and Grant Lorentzen of JFK, combined for enough ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — The public got its first peek Wednesday night at concept plans for H3 – a 42-story building that represents the third stage of the HELIX project that promises to reshape the New Brunswick skyline, transform the city’s downtown area and impact the region’s economy.H3 will be ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Incidents of school violence, vandalism and bullying have seen a “substantial decrease” according to the most recently available statistics from the Woodbridge Public School District.School Superintendent Joseph Massimino delivered that news at an Oct. 16th Board of Education ...
HAMILTON, NJ — A first-time visitor can feel the energy just by pulling into the parking lot of the Social Profit Center. A former factory near the Hamilton/Trenton border, the 75,000-square foot building brings together more than a dozen nonprofits into a joint setting where they can collaborate ...
NEWARK, NJ — Former President Barack Obama is coming here to boost voter support for Democratic candidate Mikie Sherrill in the final days of her contentious Garden State governor’s race against Republican Jack Ciattarelli.Meanwhile, President Donald Trump fired off a post on his social media ...
EDISON, NJ – Abigail Pietrzak had one goal and one assist in JFK-Iselin's 2-1 girls soccer victory over J.P. Stevens on Tuesday.Pietrzak gave the Mustangs (11-3-1) a 1-0 lead 5:52 into the game with a goal assisted by Jaeleen Saenz.Jaslyn Chen scored for J.P. Stevens to tie the game, 1-1, midway ...
NEW JERSEY — The governor’s race is getting most of the media attention ahead of the Nov. 4 general election, but all 80 seats in the General Assembly are up for grabs, and experts say some of the district races are highly competitive.Democrats currently control the NJ Assembly with 52 seats to 28 ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A yearlong Woodbridge School District study confirms what most people and parents may already know: Drivers who ignore school buses stopped for student pickups or drop-offs are putting those kids at greater risk.Results of the study – that Woodbridge schools conducted with ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ — Hundreds of people gathered in Kennedy Park for the Festival of Lights to celebrate Diwali with food, live music, performances, fireworks and dancing on Sunday, Oct. 19th. Food and clothing vendors lined the outskirts of the park, while tables, seating, free henna and face painting ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Hundreds of people from this county and a nearby communities turned out on Saturday, Oct. 18th to rally on “No Kings Day” against what organizers described as President Donald Trump’s authoritarian policies and abuses of power.Protests in Piscataway drew over 700 people; ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Voters here and across New Jersey are days away from the Oct. 25th start of “early voting” for state, county and local offices on the Nov. 4th general election ballot. Woodbridge voters have many decisions to make this year.At the top of everyone’s ballot is the 2025 race for New ...
EDISON, NJ — A local man has been arrested for allegedly soliciting sexually explicit videos from a 6-year-old Illinois girl in text messages, according to NJ Attorney General Matthew Platkin.State authorities charged 23-year-old Shakem T. Holmes, from Edison, with endangering the welfare of a ...
NEW JERSEY — Jon Bon Jovi plans to release Forever (Legendary Edition), a re-imagined version of the band's 2024 album Forever, on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, featuring guest artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Jelly Roll, Avril Lavigne, and Joe Elliott of Def Leppard. Sayreville's own Rock & Roll ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Municipal officials recently honored 76 people for their volunteer service to community organizations, schools, libraries, senior citizens, charitable endeavors, and many other local causes.Looking over the packed audience at Woodbridge’s Oct. 5th ceremony, Mayor John E. McCormac ...
ISELIN, NJ – Senior running back Fiheem Howell Jr. rushed for two touchdowns as JFK-Iselin rolled to 42-0 victory over Middlesex on Friday night for its fifth consecutive win.Howell gained 101 yards on 18 carries, scoring on a 1-yard run in the first quarter and a 4-yard run in the second ...
MADISON, NJ — Former NY Jets center Nick Mangold has made an impassioned plea for help from gridiron fans on social media, revealing that he has chronic kidney disease and needs a transplant.Mangold, now 41, hopes fans will step up to be tested for a match. Mangold was diagnosed in 2006 with a ...
CARTERET, NJ — Voters in this growing community have no municipal or school board contests for voters to decide on the Nov. 4th General Election ballot.Local Republicans, for yet another year, did not field any challengers for two Borough Council seats. And, no challengers filed petitions to run ...
COLONIA, NJ – A matchup between two football teams playing very well coming into Friday night's Cranford-Colonia game looked for awhile like it might go punch-counterpunch for four quarters.But, while Colonia's defense tightened up after a long Cranford scoring drive in the first quarter, the ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – Summit held Woodbridge to 107 yards of total offense and handed the Barrons their first loss of the football season, 10-7, on Friday night.All the scoring took place in the first half. Cooper Smoragiewicz kicked a 29-yard field goal in the first quarter to give Summit (6-2) a 3-0 ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Police are investigating after a Rutgers student was found injured and unresponsive at a residence in New Brunswick.Rutgers University Police Department officers responding to a disconnected 911 call at about 12:26 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 15th, discovered the 19-year-old ...
This is Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac. Today is Friday, Oct 17th.The Earth Monkeys are at Anchors Tiki Bar tonight at 6pm and Seven Stone is there tomorrow night at 6 pm, both with food by Bussin’ Empanadas, Curbside Cravings will have food on Sunday and next Thursday “Joe From The Benjamins” is ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Activists in three local towns plan to host another “No Kings” protest on Saturday, Oct. 18th, joining scores of people from across New Jersey and millions more nationwide. National organizers of Saturday’s “No Kings” protests – to denounce President Trump’s overreach of ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — A 17-year-old from North Brunswick and a 20-year-old city man are facing criminal charges in connection with the Oct. 8th shooting death of Fernando Buezo Diaz at Pine Street Park.The teenager, whose name was withheld due to his age, was arrested on Wednesday, Oct. 15, and ...
METUCHEN, NJ — The so-called “Lucille Ball Pond,” that straddles Metuchen and Edison in the Oak Hills neighborhood, is getting a new lease on life from Middlesex County in partnership with those two communities.The Clive Street pond has been overgrown with brush, weeds and invasive reeds for many ...
COLONIA, NJ — Aiden Derkack, a 6-6 swingman who led the Colonia High School's boys' basketball team to three consecutive sectional championships and two consecutive county titles before transferring, has made a verbal commitment to attend Providence College.Derkack announced in July that he would ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ — Dorothea Bongiovi, wife of rock icon Jon Bon Jovi, is one of three people who the New Jersey Hall of Fame will honor as “unsung heroes” at its 17th annual induction ceremony on Nov. 21st. Sayreville native Dorothea Bongiovi (neé Hurley) is founder and director of JBJ Soul Kitchens ...