Woodbridge/Carteret Top Stories
By DAWN MILLER
March 25, 2025
EDISON, NJ — Middlesex County is packed with lots of family fun, from its parks to its attractions to its history. So, this June, if residents are looking for something exciting to do, make plans to stop by Celebrate Middlesex County on Saturday, June 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Edison's ...
EDISON, NJ — In a fitting tribute to the late Peter J. Barnes III, the area formerly known as the Dismal Swamp was renamed in his honor along with a regulatory body to oversee the 660-acre conservation area.The Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve and Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Woodbridge High School's girls softball team will open their season on Tuesday, April 1 at home against Perth Amboy.The Barrons had an 11-9 record in head coach Mike Jago's first season in 2024 as an interim coach. Jago has since been named the full-time varsity softball coach, a ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Jack Ciattarelli, a top contender in the NJ Republican gubernatorial primary, came to downtown to promote local GOP candidates running for elected offices in 2025.Ciattarelli visited Woodbridge on Thursday, March 20th, for a local Republican Organization event to support five ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - What do you do with a mall when malls are not popular anymore? Nationwide, retail malls, once those staples of suburbia that replaced “Main Streets” and “Town Squares,” have become the victims of COVID closures, lifestyle changes, and online shopping (with free delivery!) The ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — A 16-year-old from New Brunswick was gut-shot on Friday night during an argument, but police say his wound is not considered life-threatening.Police responded to the area of Livingston Avenue and Suydam Street at about 9:30 p.m., according to a statement from the New Brunswick ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A 54-year-old Iselin man became a millionaire on March 14th as the top prize winner in the NJ Lottery’s Million Dollar Replay grand prize drawing at Atlantic City’s Golden Nugget casino-hotel.State lottery officials drew one of Iselin’s Daniel DeSanto’s old Scratch-Off tickets to ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ — Rashid Ali Bynum, the man charged with the murder of Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour on Feb. 1, 2023, is scheduled to go on trial next month.Councilwoman Dwumfour, a first-term Sayreville councilwoman, was also pastor of a Nigerian-based evangelical church called Champion ...
SOUTH AMBOY, NJ — The South Amboy Police Department is set to make history by swearing in Patricia Kanecke as its first woman police chief during the Wednesday, April 2, City Council meeting.Patricia Kanecke was born in Jersey City and raised in South Amboy, where she attended local schools. She ...
CARTERET, NJ — The Carteret High School boy's baseball team will open its season on Monday, March 31 on the road against J.P. Stevens.The Ramblers posted an 18-8 record and finished second in the Blue Division of the Greater Middlesex Conference, but they're moving up a level to the Blue Division ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Astronauts on the moon will one day be able to hold conversations, send texts and probably watch cat videos if they so desire, thanks to Nokia Bell Labs' latest technological innovations.Employees gathered at the company's Union County campus earlier this month for launch and ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — This town’s 2025 “Have-a-Heart” Food Drive campaign collected 24,100 pounds of generously donated canned goods, pastas, cereals, and other non-perishable items, and it raised $26,386 in cash contributions between mid-January and Valentine’s Day, on Feb. 14th. Mayor John E. McCormac ...
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D, NJ-06) led members of New Jersey's Congressional delegation in demanding answers from Amtrak on the status of long-overdue repairs to the Northeast Corridor (NEC) and the implementation of federally funded infrastructure upgrades. In a letter to ...
EDISON, NJ — A former Edison middle school teacher is suing the district, claiming she was fired for taking medical leave after an accident. Casey Chrapuch Gaetani was let go from her position at Woodrow Wilson Middle School in 2023.A spokesperson for the Edison School District declined to comment ...
This is Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac. It’s Friday, March 21.Woodbridge High School’s Spring Musical is “Sister Act.” It opens at 7 pm tonight, with a 7 pm performance on Saturday, and a 3 pm Sunday matinée.On Saturday, the Iselin Library will show a movie “Conclave” at 1 pm. The Fords Business ...
NEWARK, NJ — The New Jersey Hall of Fame (NJHOF) has released its list of 60 nominees for the 2025 public vote, which is open through April 15.The inductees will be announced at the end of June, with the induction ceremony scheduled for the fall.TAPinto is proud to be a media sponsor of the New ...
NEW JERSEY — Over-the-counter hearing aids are approved for use in adults ages 18 and older who suffer from mild to moderate hearing loss. Virginia Gural-Toth AuD, CCC-A, manager of Audiology, Tinnitus and Balance Programs at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, suggests asking yourself these ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A student at Colonia High School is undergoing treatment after testing positive for tuberculosis, and classmates and staff members who may have come in contact are being screened for the potentially harmful lung disease.Colonia High School administrators are working with the ...
TRENTON, N.J. — Star Laboratory, a Piscataway-based clinical lab, must repay $3.3 million to New Jersey’s Medicaid program after an audit found the company routinely billed for urine drug testing services without proper authorization, the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) announced ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The Board of Education quietly introduced a tentative $358 million school district budget for the 2025-26 school year on March 13th, which may mean a $93 property tax increase for average local homeowners.The Woodbridge Board of Education voted to accept the district’s tentative ...
NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ — A 26-year-old Green Brook woman surrendered at police headquarters here on March 12th, and is now charged with attempted murder in connection with a Feb. 2nd “road rage’ shooting on Route 22 in Somerset County, authorities said.The alleged suspect, Juliette A. Piscopo, 26, ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A 17-year-old boy was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly sent threatening text messages to a classmate, then reportedly showed up at Woodbridge High School with a loaded handgun, authorities said.Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Police Director Joseph Nisky said ...
CLARK, NJ — Spring officially arrives on Thursday, March 20. And besides warm weather, sprouting flowers, and buzzing insects, what alerts us to the end of the frigid winter months as much as the start of a new Clark soccer season? The Clark Soccer Club is ready for another great one!Between March ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – Bruce A. Cymanski of Barnegat was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 20 years on March 17, for the 1999 murder, kidnapping, and sexual assault of 17-year-old Nancy Noga of Sayreville. Noga was a high school senior reported missing after she did not return home from work ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — The Middlesex College Center for Adult Transitions is enrolling participants for two free educational courses this spring, specifically designed for students ages 18-24 with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In collaboration with Middlesex College’s Workforce ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ — The Sayreville Police Department, in collaboration with the Middlesex County Sort Team, executed a search warrant on a residence in Sayreville, leading to the arrest of two people connected to a series of burglaries in the area. Samir Matthews, 19, of Sayreville, faces multiple ...
CLARK, NJ — French cosmetics giant L’Oréal has opened a sprawling $160 million research and development (R&D) facility in this Union County town where it plans to employ 600 scientists, engineers and researchers, plus a sizable support staff.This New Jersey research site is L’Oréal Groupe’s ...
(EDITOR’S NOTE: We are proud to present a new monthly guest column from Woodbridge Board of Education President Daniel R. Harris. It is published here in cooperation with The Corner Paper and its publisher, Debbie Meehan.)The Woodbridge Public School District rolled smoothly into its second ...
NEW JERSEY — A new study from WalletHub finds that New Jersey gets less federal aid from the federal government than most other states, making it 2025's “least federally dependent” state.The personal finance website ranked all 50 states by virtue of their total scores, based on each state's ranking ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Trader Joe’s will open its 20th New Jersey grocery store in “The Plaza at Woodbridge,” a Route 1 shopping center in Iselin, across from Woodbridge Center.There is no target date for its opening, but Trader Joe’s will replace the Bed Bath & Beyond that closed in 2023. It will be ...