Woodbridge/Carteret Top Stories
By TAPINTO WOODBRIDGE/CARTERET STAFF
April 29, 2025
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – The Woodbridge softball team pulled out a 1-0 victory over Sayreville in eight innings on Monday.Gia Allen hit a sacrifice fly to break the tie.Madelyn Brenner pitched a two-hitter for the victory. In eight innings, she allowed just one walk. Brenner also went 3-for-4 at the ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A dozen children with Autism got a big surprise when they returned to Indiana Avenue Elementary School from spring break on Monday, April 28th.Awaiting them was a new playground, specially designed to meet their disability needs. Their special-ed teachers, Stephanie Towns and ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ — US Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and NJ Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin sent a letter to NL Industries, Inc. on Monday, April 28, demanding immediate and comprehensive action to clean up toxic pollution left behind in the Raritan River near the company’s former titanium dioxide ...
ISELIN, NJ -- Grant Lorentzen left school early on Monday because he wasn't feeling well.But by game time at 4 p.m., the junior right-hander felt hardy enough to go out and pitch a two-hit shutout, and the only thing that appeared sick was the wicked slider Lorentzen was throwing past Carteret ...
MAHWAY, NJ — Ramapo College has chosen NJ Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin as its 2025 undergraduate commencement speaker to appear at the Prudential Center in Newark on Thursday, May 15th.Coughlin’s remarks are expected to address some of New Jersey’s most prominent educational issues and ...
EDISON, NJ — Hands of Hope for the Community’s fourth annual Tee Off Against Hunger conducted at TopGolf in Edison on Sunday generated a record $60,000 for the nonprofit.Middlesex County Commissioner Charles E. Tomaro, who serves as Hands of Hope for the Community’s president, said corporate and ...
NEW JERSEY — A 19-year-old man from Waretown has been arrested for allegedly starting a massive wildfire that charred 15,500 acres, destroyed a commercial building and over a dozen vehicles, and forced the evacuation of 7,000 people from their homes, authorities said.Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – Woodbridge scored eight runs in the fifth and sixth innings combined and held off Old Bridge to a 10-7 baseball victory on Saturday.Xavier Diaz and Ryan Leach each hit home runs for the Barrons (10-2), whose five-run sixth inning gave Woodbridge a 10-3 lead.Diaz was 2-for-3 with ...
COLONIA, NJ -- In an inter-county baseball game that carried a little extra competitive juice than some weekend crossover games do, Colonia threw its best at Raritan and concluded an undefeated week.Co-aces Colin Kroner and Cory Pascarella combined on a three-hitter and Colonia drilled four ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Three electric passenger shuttles and three electric garbage trucks are the newest additions to Woodbridge’s municipal vehicle fleet, Mayor John E. McCormac and public works Director George T. Brew announced.The town’s three new “roll-off” trash trucks are the nation’s first of ...
CARTERET, NJ – Eric Thompson and Lucas Rivera combined on the shutout for Carteret in its 5-0 baseball victory overJFK-Iselin on Friday.Thompson went six innings, scattering seven hits, walking two and striking out nine. Rivera pitched one inning, struck out one and allowed one hit.Nick Kee went ...
This is Mayor John McCormac. It’s Friday, April 25th.The Avenel Performing Arts Center has the Super 70s Prom Dinner Theater at 6 pm tonight and tomorrow night, with a 3 pm Sunday matinée. Next Friday, May 2nd, the Avenel Performing Arts Center has musician Stanley Jordan in concert and on ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The township Police Department wants your drugs.Specifically, the police want people to clean out their medicine cabinets, and turn in their old, unused prescription medications.From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 26th, Woodbridge police are again participating in the U.S.
NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — A 20-year-old Rutgers University student died in a two-car collision on Route 1 shortly before noon on Tuesday, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.Driver Henna Aslam, of South Brunswick, died of her injuries at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital where ...
OLD BRIDGE, NJ – Derek Oxner collected four hits to lead Woodbridge to a 6-4 baseball victory over Old Bridge on Thursday.Oxner went 4-for-4 with three runs batted in for Woodbridge (9-2), which scored three runs in the first inning and three in the sixth to take a 6-0 lead.Xavier Diaz went 2-for-3 ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ — Long before the doors officially opened on Tuesday afternoon, excited customers lined up outside Bojangles’ newest restaurant to get a taste of its famous Southern chicken, biscuits, and fixings.“It’s a very exciting day. We’ve been waiting a long time. Our franchisee has been ...
EDISON, NJ — A Staten Island man has been convicted of several acts of armed robbery, including attempted robbery of a husband and wife who own a jewelry store in Edison. Tony Clanton, 51, also known as 'Tone,' was found guilty by a federal jury following a six-day trial. On June 27, 2023, Clanton ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — A Middlesex County grand jury has decided not to file criminal charges against Woodbridge police Officer Hector Rivera for his alleged use of a non-fatal chokehold during a Feb. 11, 2023 domestic violence arrest.The grand jury’s decision came on April 9th after the Middlesex ...
CARTERET, NJ – Nick Kee, a senior right-hander, recorded his 200th strikeout in Carteret's 9-3 baseball victory over Piscataway on Wednesday.Kee pitched six innings, struck out six batters, walked four and allowed three runs to get the victory. He has 201 strikeouts in his career.Drexler Rodriguez ...
NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ – The Colonia baseball team turned 21 hits and 12 walks into a 29-4 victory over North Brunswick on Tuesday.A day after pitching a one-hitter against Sayreville, senior Cory Pascarella drove in eight runs against North Brunswick (1-7). Pascarella was 4-for-4 with a home run, a ...
TRENTON, NJ — A Piscataway woman admitted in federal court to stealing more than $150,000 in Social Security retirement benefits over an eight-year period by continuing to collect payments intended for her deceased mother. Deborah Bailey, 68, of Piscataway, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A surprise awaits children with Autism at Indiana Avenue Elementary School when they return from spring break next Monday. Spoiler Alert: It’s a specially-designed playground to meet their disability needs.Work on this Autism-friendly playground began on Tuesday, April 22nd. It ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — National autism rates have reached a record high, with about one in 31 children identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and co-authored by a Rutgers researcher.This represents a 22% ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – Colonia swept a softball doubleheader from Woodbridge, 9-4 and 5-2, on Tuesday.In Game One, Marisela Cardona went 3-for-3 with a home run and three runs scored for the Patriots. Hailey Conklin went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored, Emily Schmidt had two hits and two RBI and ...
WOODBRIDGE -- A fundraiser to benefit brave 4-year-old township resident Scarlett Griffith and heighten awareness about the rare genetic disorder with which she has been diagnosed will be held May 8 at the Woodbridge Community Center’s Skyline Miniature Golf and Pavillion.All proceeds ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — School kids are home on spring break. Parents are scrambling for fun things to do until classes resume on April 28th. To help, there’s a fun event on Wednesday at Woodbridge Center mall.Tomorrow is ‘Big Wheels’ Day' – at Woodbridge Center’s parking lot – an annual event sponsored ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ -- Kevin Penny took a shutout into the seventh inning and Jayden Jimenez escaped a bases-loaded jam for the save as South Plainfield held on for a 1-0 baseball victory over Woodbridge on Tuesday morning.South Plainfield completed a sweep of the two-game Greater Middlesex Conference ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – Senior right-hander Cory Pascarella pitched a one-hitter to lift Colonia to a 4-0 baseball victory over Sayreville on Monday.Pascarella struck out 11 batters, walked two and threw a total of 94 pitches.A Division 1 Monmouth University commit, Pascarella has pitched two one-hitters ...
ISELIN, NJ – Grant Lorentzen turned in a dominant performance on the mound to lift JFK of Iselin to a 3-1 baseball victory over North Plainfield on Monday morning.Lorentzen, a junior right-hander, struck out 12 batters without walking any in a seven-inning effort. He scattered five hits and ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A 67-year-old Monmouth County man died in a four-car accident early on Saturday, April 19th on the New Jersey Turnpike in Woodbridge, according to the NJ State Police.The initial State Police investigation indicates that a Mazda CX-5 struck the back of a Chevrolet Malibu, driven by ...