Woodbridge/Carteret Top Stories
By VICTORIA GLADSTONE, NJ STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE
February 25, 2025
TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy proposed a record $58.1 billion state budget with more than $1 billion in new taxes and fees, a continued commitment to property-tax relief, and a raft of socially progressive initiatives that may collide with what he called “the noise of chaos and confusion” of ...
CAMDEN, NJ — A county police officer remains in critical, but stable condition today after he was stabbed in the neck on Sunday night outside a grocery store at Broadway and Chestnut Street, according to the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.Officer Josh McKnight, 23, was checking on the business ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — The city’s plans to turn the vacant Brunswick Bank & Trust Building on George Street into a community arts gallery and performance center just got a $5.7 million boost.The NJ Economic Development Authority (NJEDA), a state agency focused on revitalizing urban areas, ...
NEW JERSEY – Our property taxes are really expensive. In fact, they may be the highest in the United States, a new WalletHub study says.Garden State property owners know they pay plenty of money to own homes and businesses. Now, WalletHub, a Florida-based financial website, released a Feb. 18th ...
TINTON FALLS, NJ — Mayor Vito Perillo – New Jersey’s and America's oldest mayor – died on Saturday, Feb. 22, according to social media, news reports, and statements lauding his exemplary two-term community service.Perillo celebrated his 100th birthday on Sept. 22, 2024. In December, he announced he ...
NEW JERSEY — The Garden State ranked as the 6th worst state to retire in 2025, according to a recent study by WalletHub, a finance website. It assessed all 50 U.S. states based on affordability; health care and quality-of-life.New Jersey ranked 45th overall (6th worst) in this study, with a total ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Entrepreneur Eric LeGrand will host an advocacy session for state lawmakers on Monday to promote the need for more state funding for home healthcare to help people with disabilities, those recuperating from injuries, and senior citizens.Scheduled to attend the Feb. 24th meeting are ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Give county officials a piece of your mind. They're asking for it.The county Division of Housing, Community Development & Social Services wants any of the 865,000 people who live in its 25 towns to fill out an online survey about future local development needs and housing ...
NEW JERSEY — Scores of people convicted of driving while intoxicated (DWI) between 2008 and 2016 may be eligible to have those charges overturned, and their records cleared because high-tech breathalyzers used to provide evidence were reportedly found faulty.In a prepared statement, Middlesex ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – Woodbridge built a 15-point lead by halftime and went on to a 67-49 boys basketball victory over Union on Friday.Bryan Anderson scored 18 points for Woodbridge (13-11), which outscored Union, 16-8, in the second quarter to open a 33-18 lead.Emmanuel Cruz finished with 16 points and ...
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, NJ — A Woodbridge man is now charged with first-degree murder in the 2024 death of his 4-year-old son, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.Police from Franklin arrested Sean Tate, 36, where he was living in Woodbridge on Tuesday, Feb. 18th. Tate is charged with ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — Police are investigating a pedestrian fatality on Route 18 North in the Pine Ridge section that happened late Wednesday night, authorities said in a prepared statement on Friday.Officers were dispatched to the accident scene at 11:57 pm on Wednesday where they found the victim ...
MONROE, NJ -- Championship basketball teams are rarely comprised of five great players.What is usually required, though, is at least five players who play great together.The Colonia boys basketball team includes one of the best players in New Jersey, another fast-emerging frontcourt star, one of ...
This is Mayor John McCormac. It’s Friday, Feb. 21, 2025.Tonight, folk singer-songwriter Joseph Alton Miller will be at the Barron Arts Center for a free 7:30 pm show. Reservations are required. Call (732) 634-0413 as soon as possible.On Saturday, kids can try hockey for free at the Community Center ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Like peanut butter and jelly, Fanwood author Candace Waller and Westfield illustrator Abigail Kahn deliciously combined their talents for a new children's book, “Frankie and the Peanut Butter & Jelly Fiasco,” available now on Amazon. The self-published interactive book is ...
NEW JERSEY — Real estate agents often say that “location, location, location” is important about where we live. It appears at least some New Jerseyans also believe being buried near our state’s most famous dead also has value in the afterlife.A new survey from Choice Mutual, a Nevada-based life ...
COLONIA, NJ -- Colonia will be seeking its second championship in a row and its third victory over Piscataway this season when the two boys basketball teams meet in the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament championship game at 8 p.m. Friday at Monroe High School.Both teams bring records of 22-4 ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — A state agency that stimulates business development and jobs across New Jersey will invest $25 million to support start-up companies pursuing research into cutting-edge technologies in New Brunswick.The NJ Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) announced on Wednesday it will ...
NEW JERSEY — Commuters who drive across the GW Bridge or Holland or Lincoln Tunnels to work in NYC and anyone who has ever driven in weekend traffic going to or from the Jersey Shore in the summer knows how bad traffic can be in the Garden State. People might expect New Jersey to be one of the ...
MONROE, NJ -- The Colonia boys basketball team secured a return to the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament final with an 85-53 victory over a depleted St. Thomas Aquinas team that dressed just eight players and finished the game with three players on the court.Top-seeded Colonia will face the ...
SADDLE BROOK, NJ — Bergen County authorities charged a Hasbrouck Heights man with attempted murder for allegedly shooting a crossbow arrow at a pet store owner’s face on Monday, Feb. 17th.The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office says the suspect, Raymond Carey, 53, was tracked down and arrested on ...
EDISON, NJ — A former Edison Township public works employee has filed a civil lawsuit, claiming the town owes him thousands of dollars in unpaid overtime wages that reportedly datie back to 2017.On behalf of Sayreville resident Dwayne Mayers, Bergen County attorney Brandon J. Broderick, filed a ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Jodiefoss Ramos’ work-study paycheck could stretch only so far, so she started skipping breakfast. That, however, left the Rutgers’ Air Force ROTC cadet weak when she reported for physical training three times a week.“My stomach would be rumbling all the time, and it was terrible,” ...
EDISON, NJ — A man from the Keasbey section of Woodbridge has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a 72-year-old man at the victim’s home in Edison, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Police Chief Thomas Bryan.The suspect, 61-year-old Igor Kirilenko from ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Rutgers University police are investigating after a victim was physically assaulted by multiple perpetrators following a verbal dispute inside a College Avenue residence.The victim, who is affiliated with Rutgers University, suffered non-life-threatening injuries during the ...
SUMMIT, NJ — The New Jersey Jazz Society is adding a Vocal Performance category to its 2025 Juried Scholarship Competition. The deadline for this year’s applications is no later than March 28th at 11:59 p.m. There are now six awards:$1,000 for Jazz Performance$1,000 for Original Composition$1.000 ...
TRENTON, NJ — Sexually explicit pictures – whether they are real or fake – should not be used to smear opponents in New Jersey political campaigns and should be a crime that carries a prison term and fines, state Assemblywoman Jessica Ramirez proposes.Jessica Ramirez (D-32nd Dist.), who represents ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ — Local writer Thomas J. Berry is now a 2025 nominee for “Author of the Year” from the International Impact Book Awards.Judges from the International Impact Book Awards (IIBA) will consider each nominee's achievement and literary contribution. Judges will also consider ballots ...
NEW JERSEY — Presidents Day arrived with icy temperatures and power outages for scores of New Jerseyans as many people continue to clean up from a weekend winter storm that spread snow, sleet, ice and rain across the state.Between 42,000 and 60,000 customers lost electricity due to high winds that ...
EDISON , NJ — The township council voted down the introduction of an ordinance to restore the public’s speaking time to six minutes. The ordinance failed with a three to four vote at the council’s combined meeting on Monday. Council President Harris accused some members of the council of ...