Woodbridge/Carteret Top Stories
By TONY GALLOTTO
May 10, 2026
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Public school officials have introduced a $376 million budget for 2026-27 to educate and provide services to an anticipated enrollment of 14,250 students. The budget includes a modest tax increase for local property owners.Superintendent Joseph Massimino presented the budget ...
NEW JERSEY — The former chief executive of an unidentified healthcare service company was sentenced to five years in federal prison for his role in a large-scale investment fraud scheme that the US Attorney's Office for New Jersey said involved more than $212 million in fraudulent ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Final exams at Rutgers-New Brunswick, scheduled for Friday, got postponed after a 48-hour worldwide cyberattack disrupted a widely used college and university educational management computer system.A nefarious cyber hacking organization known as ShinyHunters – a criminal hacker ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ — The police department and PBA Local #98 held an annual memorial service on Thursday, May 7th to honor its fallen law enforcement officers who gave their lives in service to the community.The ceremony marked National Police Week, established in 1962 by President John F. Kennedy to ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – The Woodbridge and Colonia baseball teams have both received top-eight seeds for the upcoming Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament.Woodbridge is seeded sixth and will host 11th-seeded East Brunswick in the first round on Monday. Colonia is seeded eighth and will host a ...
This is Mayor John McCormac. It's Friday, May 8th.The Avenel Performing Arts Center has a show called “The Bitchy Waiter” at 8 pm tonight and at 3 pm on Saturday. Call (732) 314-0500 for tickets. Anchors Tiki Bar has the “Earth Monkeys” at 6 pm tonight with food by Curbside Cravings; “Glitch in the ...
EDISON, NJ — A state Appellate Court ruled that former Edison police officer Michael Dotro should continue to serve a two-decade prison sentence from a 2017 conviction for firebombing a police captain’s home and other charges.Dotro sought Appeals Court relief claiming his original attorney provided ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ — Dom Massaro keeps setting or tying school records, overshadowing exceptional performances by his teammates and making an emphatic case for a first-team all-state candidacy.The senior center fielder became just the third player in South Plainfield baseball history to hit for ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) has announced the high school students who will compete in the USA Biolympiad (USABO) National Finals at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from June 21 to July 2, 2026. Among them will be Berkeley Heights resident Tara ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Hundreds of senior citizens, their families and caregivers came to the town’s 20th annual “Senior Summit & Older Adults Expo” at the Woodbridge Community Center on Wednesday.“Woodbridge is very committed to our senior citizens with our six senior centers, a mobile health care ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — Advay Jain is a typical three-year-old. He loves dinosaurs, drawing, eating strawberries and trying new fruit, and he idolizes his big sister, Avya.What's not typical — Advay Jain is a published author. In March, his children's book,” Dino Learns Not to Waste Food," was ...
COLONIA, NJ – Joe Massimino's two-out RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning gave Colonia a 3-2 baseball victory over St. Joseph of Metuchen on Wednesday.With one out in the bottom of the seventh, Cason Chiera drew a walk and Dylan Chiera singled. On Colin Kroner's groundball to third, ...
WOODBRIDGE - You just had a baby and use coupons for formula when the following week your app has a coupon for baby wipes. Magic? Nope — just a smart loyalty program doing exactly what it was designed to do.Now imagine state lawmakers making that illegal.That's what a coalition of New Jersey ...
NEW JERSEY — You bet New Jerseyan like to gamble – maybe a little too much, according to a recent study from a personal finance website. New Jersey ranks 8th in the nation for gambling addictions, according to a 2026 report from WalletHub, placing the Garden State among America’s top 10 states for ...
TRENTON, NJ — Woodbridge Township is one of seven Middlesex County towns to receive 2026 grants of over $100,000 from the New Jersey Clean Communities program, part of a $25.2 million statewide environmental effort.Woodbridge is to receive a $212,949 grant, the county’s second-largest award behind ...
ISELIN, NJ – Woodbridge scored seven runs in the last two innings to pull away for a 10-0 baseball victory over JFK-Iselin on Tuesday night.Kevin Arroyo and Ishaam Jasani combined on a three-hitter for Woodbridge (9-7), which scored three runs in the first inning before JFK starter Grant Lorentzen ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The 20th annual “Senior Summit & Older Adults Expo” returns on Wednesday, May 6th to mark May as national Older Americans Month.The free community event opens at 10 am Wednesday at the Woodbridge Community Center, 600 Main St., said Mayor John E. McCormac, who will make opening ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — A local man faces criminal charges after allegedly threatening a landscaper with a handgun, then refusing police requests to come out of his Wren Court home, according to Police Chief Frank Mea Jr.That 11:15 am incident on Monday, May 4th, prompted a larger police response, ...
COLONIA, NJ – Senior pitcher Colin Kroner became the all-time career strikeout leader in the Colonia baseball program in Monday's 10-4, eight-inning loss to Old Bridge.Kroner, a right-hander and a Seton Hall University commit, struck out 13 batters in 7 ⅓ innings, giving him 249 strikeouts for his ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – Madelyn Brenner drove in five runs and Gracien Milevoi pitched four no-hit innings in Woodbridge's 16-0 softball victory over Carteret on Monday.Milevoi struck out three batters and walked four in the four-inning game.Brenner hit a pair of doubles in three at-bats for Woodbridge ...
CARTERET, NJ — Basketball courts at a Chrome neighborhood park were closed for the weekend to prevent a ‘pop-up takeover’ that threatened to bring in hundreds of potential partygoers, authorities said.The borough closed basketball courts at Bishop Andrew Park just before Saturday, May 2nd, as a ...
EDISON, NJ — Students from Edison Academy Magnet School were awarded the top prize at this year's MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge in New York City.The students – Ashwath Ram, Vedaswaroop Kunamneni, Sreethan Gangavarapu, Alexander Poon, and Ishan Nagpal took home the top cash prize of $20,000 in ...
FRANKLIN, NJ — A 54-year-old Georgia man is charged with murder after a woman was found dead in the passenger seat of his car outside a Davidson Avenue hotel on Saturday morning, according to Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald.Acting Chief of County Detectives Meredith McKay, and Franklin ...
CARTERET, NJ — When USRB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center (CPAC) rolls out the red carpet for its Tony Award-style “Marquee Awards” ceremony on May 18th, Carteret and Woodbridge high schools are to walk away winners in 23 music theater categories. Students and staff advisers from ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — Chef Maricel Gentile has served up delicious East Asian cuisine at her Main Street restaurant since 2024, with cooking lessons and catering for many corporate and special regional events.Recently, Chef Gentile – from Maricel’s Kitchen – published her debut cookbook. “Maricel's ...
COLONIA, NJ – Woodbridge scored 10 runs in the first two innings on its way to a 17-2 softball victory over Colonia on Saturday.Riley Vazquez went 3‑for‑3 with three runs scored and a double for Woodbridge (14-2). Gia Pedde drove in four runs on a pair of singles, while Olivia Bekesy added three ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A lucky supermarket shopper has apparently won $1.45 million in the April 30th Jersey Cash 5 drawing with a ticket bought at Wegmans Food Market in Crosspointe Town Square, state lottery officials announced.The winner has not yet come forward to claim their winnings. State Lottery ...
This is Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac. On Saturday, “Twisted Country” is playing at Anchors Tiki Bar at 6 pm with food from Chill Will’s Grill and “Donna & Nicky” are playing there at 3 pm Sunday with food from The Hot Dog Guy, also there at 6 pm on Tuesday when “Just Bob” performs, and at 6 ...
UNION, NJ — Authorities arrested a Newark man in connection with an April 11th shooting at a Route 22 Chick-fil-A that left one man dead, and six other customers wounded, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel said.Suspect Jaheed Fields, 20, was taken into custody on Friday in Newark. He is charged ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The new $200 million Hackensack Meridian Health & Wellness Center is now officially open at Metropark in Iselin, billed as America’s first major transit hub with a host of onsite medical services readily available to thousands of rail commuters.Gov. Mikie Sherrill, NJ Transit ...