Woodbridge/Carteret Top Stories
By TAPINTO SPORTS STAFF
February 3, 2025
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — South Brunswick opened a 10-point lead by halftime and went on to a 51-37 boys basketball victory over Carteret on Saturday.Logan Rogers scored 18 points and sank four 3-pointers for South Brunswick (4-16), which outscored Carteret, 14-9, in the second quarter to take a 26-16 ...
NEW JERSEY — Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. sharply criticized Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, the largest health insurance provider in the state, and Hackensack Meridian Health, the state’s largest hospital system, for their inability to reach an agreement that will keep the hospital system ...
NEW JERSEY — Furry forecasters made Groundhog Day predictions for early spring on Sunday, Feb. 2nd.But, America’s most famous groundhog – Punxsutawney Phil – predicted 6 more weeks of winter after waking up in his Gobbler's Knob burrow in Pennsylvania to see his shadow yesterday. In our area: ● ...
UNION, NJ -- Scotch Plains-Fanwood and Woodbridge were both coming into Sunday afternoon's Citizens Bank Scholarship Games showcase at Kean University off of subpar performances in their previous games on Thursday night.On Sunday, Scotch Plains-Fanwood definitely regained its stride, while ...
NEW JERSEY — Parents may wish to brace for more white-knuckle time teaching their teenagers to drive safely. They can also hire qualified driving instructors or rely on local high school driver-ed programs.This comes as the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (NJMVC) set strict new requirements for ...
EDISON, NJ — Middlesex County has announced the lineup for the 2025 Plays-in-the-Park season at the Stephen J. Capestro Theatre at Roosevelt Park in Edison. This year’s lineup includes productions Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, RENT, and Grease.Beautiful: The Carole King Musical will be on ...
COLONIA, NJ – Alexis Lease-Springer scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead South Brunswick to a 57-50 girls basketball victory over Colonia on Saturday.Kendall Dixon scored 15 points for South Brunswick (9-9), which rallied from a 43-37 deficit after three quarters with a 20-7 burst down ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The family of a Fords woman who tragically died in 2023 at the hands of a hit-and-run driver is launching a scholarship fund in her memory, with Sunday, Feb 2nd breakfast fundraiser at the Woodbridge Elks Lodge.The family of 45-year-old Kristen Brooke Bruschi and the Elks will host ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — It may be cold in New Jersey, but in local writer Albert Tucher’s new Hawaiian mystery “Pele’s Prerogative,” things are just heating up after a deadly encounter with a hidden lava tube.“Pele’s Prerogative” is Tucher’s fifth novel about an ensemble cast of police, lawyers and bad ...
TRENTON, NJ — “We want you back!” NJ lawmakers told the nation’s nomadic Miss America, urging the competition to return in 2025 “and every year thereafter.”A resolution pleading with event organizers to come back was passed by the state Assembly by a voice vote, with no objections, on Thursday.
CRANFORD, NJ — A former Cranford woman and her 16-year-old son are among 60 airline passengers who perished in Wednesday night’s midair collision with a military helicopter as it approached Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC. Christine Conrad Lane, 49, and her teenage son, Spencer Lane, were ...
This is Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac. Today is Friday, Jan. 31st.The Children’s Clothes Closet is open at the First Presbyterian Church of Woodbridge on Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm.Our Historical Association and Historic Preservation Commission are showing the film “The Wreck of the Broker” on ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey elementary teachers may soon find furry friends in their classrooms. The state Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bipartisan bill establishing a pilot program to place therapy dogs in elementary school wellness programs. School districts including Barnegat, Clifton and ...
NEW JERSEY — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was ordered to begin an 11-year federal prison term in June for accepting bribes, including gold bars and cash, in return for giving favors to Egypt, Qatar and a few New Jersey businessmen.U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein gave an 11-year prison sentence to ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ — The mayor and Borough Council officially honored Lenore Cibelli-Lambert, from Parlin, who is the reigning Ms. New Jersey Senior America for 2024, Mayor Kennedy O'Brien and the Council presented her with a certificate from the borough.Certificate of RecognitionPresented to Lenore ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Healthy choices have come to East Brunswick as CAVA has opened its first Middlesex County location at the Mid-State Mall on Route 18 North. Bowls, wraps, and tasty pita chips are there waiting for you in a sunny atmosphere (even on a windy winter's day here in the Heart of New ...
TRENTON, NJ — Sean Lavin was a Mercer County sheriff’s officer who responded to Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of New Orleans in 2005. His memories of finding those who didn’t survive left him sleepless afterward and triggered post-traumatic stress disorder, he said. “Not one of us were OK with ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ -- Trailing by seven points late in the first quarter, South Plainfield ran off 21 points in a row to take command of the game on its way to a 70-44 boys basketball victory over Woodbridge on Thursday night.The victory clinched second place in the White Division of the Greater ...
TRENTON, NJ — Business leaders failed to persuade lawmakers Monday to drop a bill requiring stores to warn gift-card buyers about potential fraud.Assembly bill A-4636 would compel retailers to post information about how the cards can be manipulated and made worthless. Businesses that fail to ...
NEW JERSEY — The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has arrested 3,550 undocumented people across the nation since President Donald Trump took office last week, including people in New Jersey, touching off a wave of fear and outrage.The ICE crackdown triggered a swift, sharp ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ — Police have arrested three Jersey City men and a 16-year-old who attempted to break in to a home on Rhode Street on Jan. 28th, likely to steal the homeowner’s luxury vehicle, said Police Chief Dan Plumacker. The homeowner provided officers with detailed descriptions of the ...
NEW JERSEY — Welcome to the “Year of the Wood Snake,” which begins today, touching off 15 days of family gatherings, feasts, gift-giving and celebrations to mark a new Chinese lunar year.This new lunar New Year, or “Spring Festival,” is based on Chinese astrology. It is one of the most important ...
CAMDEN, NJ — Four former New Jersey governors – Democrats and Republicans – joined Gov. Phil Murphy and TV celebrity Kelly Ripa at Cooper University Hospital’s groundbreaking ceremony for its $3 billion expansion.They were joined at the event by ABC-TV’s Kelly Ripa, the 54-year-old host of “Live ...
CARTERET, NJ – High school senior Jahaysia Ledesma scored her 1,000th career point in Carteret's 63-23 girls basketball victory over Dunellen on Monday.Ledesma, a senior guard, sank five 3-point baskets and finished with 23 points, giving her 1,015 for her career. She is averaging 15.6 points per ...
TRENTON, NJ — A bill to increase the safety of inflatable bouncy houses – typically rented for backyard birthday parties and parking lot carnivals – was approved Monday by the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee.The measure, A3433, would require bouncy houses to include anchors and stakes. It would ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – Woodbridge outscored South Brunswick by 10 points in the third quarter, taking control of a boys basketball game the Barrons would go on to win, 49-36, on Tuesday night.Senior guard Derek Anderson scored 17 points and hit four 3-pointers for Woodbridge (10-6), which outscored South ...
TRENTON, NJ — New moms who work as New Jersey state troopers or professional firefighters may gain guaranteed paid time off with their babies and other job benefits under legislation approved Monday in Trenton.Supporters in the Assembly public safety committee said such first responders now ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ — Jim McGreevey is on the brink of a political comeback as mayor of New Jersey's second-largest city.The state’s former 52nd governor and Woodbridge Township’s mayor for a decade, appears well-positioned to be this Hudson County city’s next mayor with a mighty campaign war chest and ...
CLARK, NJ — Parents often encourage their children to do the right thing even when no one is watching.For millions of television viewers, this message of behaving with integrity recently spotlighted a Westfield mother of five, who also happens to be a Union County commissioner and made a chance ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Junior guard Angel Smith scored 31 points to lead Woodbridge to a 65-62 girls basketball victory over Highland Park in overtime on Monday.Bobbi Jo Timinski finished with 14 points for Woodbridge (3-13), which made up a three-point deficit in the final quarter and then outscored ...