Woodbridge/Carteret Top Stories
By TAPINTO NEWS STAFF
September 9, 2025
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — Pickleball is all the rage in New Jersey. It’s a fun, healthy workout for everyone, from youngsters to active senior citizens.That is what’s attracting ‘Picklr’ – a private members-only pickleball club – to open a 13-court facility in mid-2026 at the former Brunswick Square ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — Two local teenagers rushed to aid an elderly woman who fell in her driveway and was unable to get up. Now, that woman’s daughter is praising those teens for their amazing act of kindness.The incident unfolded in June when 86-year-old Colleen McDonald fell in the driveway of her ...
TRENTON, NJ — Former Jersey City Board of Education president Sudhan Thomas could spend up to five years in a New Jersey prison after he pleaded guilty to corruption charges.A state investigation determined that Thomas, 50, took bribes to steer government contracts to a law firm while running for ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ — Some lucky local person is celebrating a $50,000 win in Saturday night’s historic $1.8 billion jackpot drawing, the second-largest US lottery jackpot in history.The New Jersey Lottery Commission says the $50,000 winning ticket was purchased at David’s Stationery on Sampton ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Long before last week's groundbreaking ceremony for the future Nokia Bell Labs headquarters, Matt Corliss and his crew visited the patch of New Brunswick terra firma. They installed small seismic monitors around the site, and then revved up a couple of snow plows.Corliss, the ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A Linden-based Christian ministry hopes to turn the former Wonder Bread bakery–outlet store on Green Street into a new church, and it will seek Zoning Board of Adjustment approval on Sept. 11th to make that change.World Liberation Ministries wants to repurpose the long-vacant ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ — A police sergeant traded gunfire on Friday, killing an armed man who allegedly took potshots at passing cars, including two marked patrol cars, according to city officials and a NJ Attorney General’s Office statement. The incident unfolded before 1:30 pm on Friday, Sept. 5th, when ...
NEWARK, NJ — A Piscataway man is facing federal charges after prosecutors said he sent sexually explicit images to a child under the age of 16.Mahir Chaudhry, 21, was arrested Aug. 27, 2025, and charged with one count of transferring obscene material to a minor, Acting U.S. Attorney and Special ...
NEWARK, NJ — A Piscataway man is facing federal charges after prosecutors said he sent sexually explicit images to a child under the age of 16.Mahir Chaudhry, 21, was arrested August 27 and charged with one count of transferring obscene material to a minor, Acting U.S. Attorney and Special ...
COLONIA, NJ – Dylan Chiera's field goal in the fourth quarter gave Colonia a 24-21 football victory over North Hunterdon on Friday night.Colonia (1-1) had trailed, 14-0, in the second quarter before Chiera passed for two touchdowns and then broke a 21-21 tie with his 28-yard field goal.A 16-yard ...
PERTH AMBOY, NJ – Carteret scored four touchdowns in the second half for a 28-2 victory over Perth Amboy in the first game of its football season on Friday night.Perth Amboy (0-2) held a 2-0 lead at the half after scoring a safety on an errant snap on a Carteret punt attempt.Ronelle Nimneh-Hilbert ...
ISELIN, NJ -- Senior fullback Matteo Tramutola rushed for 224 yards and four touchdowns on 24 carries to lead Voorhees to a 43-14 victory over JFK of Iselin in the second football game of the season for both teams.It was the home opener for JFK-Iselin, which came in with high hopes after shutting ...
WARREN, NJ – Josh Allen's third touchdown run of the game, with 2:48 left in the fourth quarter, enabled Woodbridge to come from behind for a 26-23 football victory over Watchung Hills on Friday night.Woodbridge (2-0) led, 19-3, at halftime, but Watchung Hills (1-1) came back in the second half to ...
COLONIA, NJ — In the season opener for both boys' soccer teams, Woodbridge rallied from a two-goal halftime deficit to defeat Colonia, 4-3, in overtime on Thursday night.Dylan Bases scored two minutes into the overtime session to give the Woodbridge Barrons a victory after they'd trailed, 3-1, at ...
This is Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac. It’s Friday, Sept. 5, 2025.Our Summer Concert Series continues tonight with “Forever Simon & Garfunkel” at Anchors Tiki Bar. On Sunday, we have “Tequila Rose,” a country rock band; “The Infernos” for our last Monday show; and “Human Wheels,” covering John ...
CARTERET, NJ — Borough Hall has awarded a construction contract for the second phase of its mile-long Northern Riverwalk, Mayor Daniel J. Reiman announced. The contract went to Piscataway-based Epic Management – the qualified low-bidder – to continue building the Northern Riverwalk from Waterfront ...
ISELIN, NJ – The JFK-Iselin girls soccer team opened its season with a 3-2 overtime victory over Middlesex on Wednesday.Riley Rodriguez broke the tie with an overtime goal off an assist from Gabriela Goodridge.Sanai Trotman scored one goal in each half for the Mustangs. Her second goal, with an ...
HACKENSACK, NJ — A 78-year-old Hackensack man has been arrested and charged with setting fire to three police cars in a municipal parking lot, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said in a prepared statement.Jaime Magnelli Sr. was arrested on Sept. 2nd on charges including aggravated arson, ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ — People here and elsewhere in the Middlesex County area can expect more late-night noise and vibrations as military and state police helicopters continue to fly over the area as part of joint training exercises, police said on Wednesday.Piscataway police issued a public safety alert ...
EDISON, NJ — Public school district officials recently unveiled the new Andrew S. DeNicola Performing Arts Center at John P. Stevens High School. The $30 million project will have a new classroom wing and a renovated auditorium.“These projects represent the district’s dedication to fostering a ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The 2025 NJ Senior Olympics returns for its 19th year – starting Friday, Sept. 5th–Sunday, Sept. 7th – with events at local parks and recreation venues. Upward of 1,400 people, 50 and older, from across New Jersey are to compete in 23 events.Behind the NJ Senior Olympics is ...
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, Newark's perpetual bachelor, has announced in a social media post that he is engaged.The bride-to-be is Alexis Lewis, a vice president of Investments at Brasa Capital Management, a real estate investment manager with residential and commercial assets located in the western ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ — Low-flying helicopters, simulated gunfire, and explosions shook parts of Piscataway Tuesday night, startling residents who reported their homes trembling as the noise echoed overhead.Many turned to social media to ask whether others had seen the aircraft or heard the booms, unsure ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A new restaurant-cocktail bar called “Caroline's Tavern” is now open at the Avenel Performing Arts Center. And that’s just for starters.The same award-winning executive chef and restaurateur behind Caroline’s is going to open a new 250-seat restaurant, called “Violette’s,” at the ...
Happy Labor Day — our unofficial end of summer.Oh sure, there may be plenty of warm days ahead, but Labor Day is customarily when school children and their parents get ready for a new academic year, and many fashion-conscious women stop wearing white attire and accessories.Plenty of people and ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Michele Hernandez Sanchez, a graduate of New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School, once dreamed of becoming a lawyer. She changed her mind, however, after her brother was diagnosed with leukemia.“During afternoons at the hospital, I realized that doctors and nurses ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The top executive at Berkeley College’s Woodbridge campus is among New Jersey’s 2025 “Leading Women in Business," honored by NJBIZ, along with leaders in healthcare, finance, law, education and technology.Jennifer DeJesus – chief operating official at the college’s Woodbridge ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey health officials confirmed the state’s first human cases of West Nile virus this year include at least one person from Middlesex County, according to an Aug. 28th statement.The Middlesex County resident reported symptoms in the first week of August, while a child in ...
TRENTON, NJ — A state grand jury decided it would not criminally charge two Woodbridge police officers or an NYPD detective for their role in a June 13, 2024, gunfight at a Fords hotel that ended in a suspect’s death and two of those cops getting wounded.NJ Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin ...
PERTH AMBOY, NJ – Fiheem Howell Jr. and Grant Lorentzen scored two touchdowns each as the JFK Memorial football team of Iselin opened its season with a 36-0 victory over Perth Amboy on Thursday night.Senior quarterback Richie Trotman passed for two touchdowns and ran for another for the Mustangs, ...