Woodbridge/Carteret Top Stories
By TAPINTO SPORTS STAFF
January 28, 2025
ISELIN, NJ — Brayden Krahling scored 26 points to lead Spotswood to a 76-66 boys basketball victory over JFK-Iselin on Monday.Junior forward Grant Lorentzen finished with 24 points for JFK-Iselin (4-9), which was trailing, 43-37, after a high-scoring opening half. Lorentzen is averaging a ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Saint Peter’s University Hospital has been recognized as one of the country’s best hospitals by a leading industry referral resource.The designation of the Women’s Choice Award, the only industry resource that takes into consideration the preferences of women when selecting a ...
MILLTOWN, NJ — Groundhog Day is six days away and this borough’s traditional celebration will be another bust. Milltown does not have a new furry forecaster to make a prediction for Middlesex County. Local groundhog wranglers announced on social media that they are still unable to import a new ...
NEW JERSEY – By now, most Americans know that Donald Trump became the second man to serve non-consecutive terms. But how many can name the first man ever to win the presidency back after leaving office? Stephen Grover Cleveland served as the 22nd (1885–1889) and 24th (1893–1897) president. He was ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — Fiction writer Jennifer Salvato Doktorski’s newest and fifth young adult novel, “Finding Normal,” just hit bookstores and is now available from major online booksellers.Doktorski’s new youth adventure novel details the plight of two teenagers, on a five-town Garden State quest, ...
CARTERET, NJ — Authorities charged a 23-year-old borough man with vehicular homicide and aggravated manslaughter in connection with the Jan. 11th car crash that killed a woman from the Avenel section of Woodbridge.Jair Montero-Moran, from Carteret – hospitalized after a two-car crash at 9:55 pm on ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — The consul of the Consulate of Mexico in this city is urging people to understand their rights and to have their documentation with them in the event they are questioned by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.Consul Mariana Diaz-Nagore, in a hastily called meeting ...
COLONIA, NJ— Senior guard Isabel Gidado scored a career-high 27 points to lead Colonia to a 41-37 girls basketball victory over Montgomery on Saturday.Gidado, who also grabbed five rebounds, had a previous career high of 16 points. She has been a part of the Patriots' starting lineup since her ...
NEWARK, NJ — Mayor Ras J. Baraka condemned a U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement raid on a city seafood store where agents detained undocumented people and American citizens, including a military veteran.The federal Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and Mayor Baraka ...
NEWARK, NJ — City officials and business leaders joined New York City-based Shorewood Real Estate Group to open “The Ballantine,” a six-story mixed-use development on the iconic Ballantine Brewery site in Newark’s Ironbound. The Ballantine, at 80 Freeman St., was developed by Shorewood in ...
WASHINGTON, DC — President Trump’s blanket pardon for 1,500 people who stormed the U.S. Capitol in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot hits close to in Middlesex County and elsewhere in Central New Jersey.Notably and tragically, South River native Brian Sicknick – a 42-year-old U.S. Capitol police officer – ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — The family of a 38-year-old mother, slain in Kendall Park on Jan. 9th, started a GoFundMe campaign to pay her funeral expenses and provide for her four children.The family’s goal was $10,000. So far, it has received donation pledges of over $31,000, according to the GoFundMe ...
CARTERET, NJ — A 20-year-old man was arrested in connection with life-threatening injuries to his 6-week-old infant, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Police Chief Theodore Nycz said in a prepared statement.Authorities charged Ezekiel Crespo, 20, with first-degree attempted murder and ...
TRENTON, NJ — Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin (D-19th Dist.) has announced new N.J. Assembly leadership appointments. The changes will strengthen the Assembly’s ability to address key issues, support legislative initiatives, and advance the Democratic Majority’s agenda, Coughlin said in a ...
TRENTON, NJ — A man from the Iselin section of Woodbridge admitted to defrauding 60 victims in South Korea with a phony investment scheme, the Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, Vikas Khanna, announced in a prepared statement.Mohammed Rahman, 64, from Iselin, pleaded guilty in Trenton federal ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – Emmanuel Cruz connected for 17 points to lead five scorers in double digits in Woodbridge's 69-45 boys basketball victory over North Plainfield on Thursday night.Bryan Anderson collected 13 points, 10 rebounds and six assists; and his twin brother, Derek, had 13 points, four ...
COLONIA, NJ — It was Senior Night for the Colonia boys' basketball team, and a prospect that should terrify every other team in Middlesex County is that the ceremonies took just a couple of minutes.Zach Smith is the only senior on the high-riding Patriots, who extended their record to 14-1 this ...
ISELIN, NJ – Jahaysia Ledesma scored 17 points to lead Carteret to a 48-20 girls basketball victory over JFK-Iselin on Wednesday.Ledesma finished with six rebounds, five steals, three assists and two blocked shots for Carteret (9-3), which led, 24-11, at halftime.Ivanni Villegas collected 11 ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Union County-based “Our House” – a Central Jersey provider for people with special needs – will host a grand opening today for its newest facility in a former parochial school that the town acquired and is leasing to this agency.The new Our House center – at what once was Our Lady ...
SOMERSET, NJ — The Franklin Township Police Department is urging people to be wary of misinformation after untrue rumors about a local serial killer circulated on social media. Public Safety Director Quovella M. Maeweather debunked the rumors as false, saying they caused unnecessary panic in the ...
TRENTON, NJ - President Trump plans to appoint Douglas J. Steinhardt, a state senator and former chairman of the New Jersey Republican Party, as acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, as reported by the New Jersey Globe. He will hold the title of acting U.S. Attorney as he awaits formal Senate ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Nick Milone scored two goals to lead the Colonia-Woodbridge-JFK tri-op to a 5-3 ice hockey victory over Hunterdon Central on Wednesday.Patrik Kuzar and Ray Obolsky each finished with a goal and an assist for Colonia (4-7-1), which outscored Hunterdon Central, 3-1, in the third ...
NEW JERSEY — Sky-watchers can see an unusual celestial treat as Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars line up and shine bright in our night sky from now until late February, according to the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA).On clear nights, when clouds cooperate, New Jerseyans will ...
MILLTOWN, NJ — Police in this ordinarily quiet community are on alert after a second attempted nighttime residential burglary in as many weeks, both on Columbia Avenue and while homeowners were asleep inside.The latest break-in attempt happened at 3:30 am on Tuesday, Jan. 21st. The first was on ...
EDISON, NJ — Officials from New Jersey and Middlesex County broke ground at Middlesex College for construction of a new $125 million Multipurpose Community Venue & Student Center that will be the future home of Rutgers University baseball and accommodate concerts, cultural events, and other ...
CARTERET, NJ — Three public high school grads will be off to Ireland in March to compete in the 2025 world finals for “Junk Kouture,” a global scholastic competition for students who turn recyclable trash into creative fashions.Months before their 2024 graduation, Rachael Saini, Meryum Sohail and ...
COLONIA, NJ – Junior swingman Aiden Derkack scored 36 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Colonia to a 72-55 boys basketball victory over St. Joseph of Metuchen on Tuesday night.R.J. Wortman collected 15 points and eight rebounds for Colonia (13-1), which has won 10 games in a row. The ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ — A high school wrestling match featuring two of the Greater Middlesex Conference’s top teams will celebrate the life of Marisa Tufaro and raise money for the foundation bearing her name.Donations collected at the Wednesday, Jan. 22nd eighth annual Marisa Tufaro Memorial Dual ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The N.J. Division of Consumer Affairs has issued a stern warning to retail stores, tobacco shops and bodegas in Carteret and Woodbridge not to sell illegal flavored vapor products.Businesses in these neighboring towns, and in the Raritan Bay Area, are among 11,000 New Jersey ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Borough of South Plainfield has officially designated TAPinto as its online news source for a ninth consecutive year, something that officials in Carteret and Woodbridge may also consider.South Plainfield's council adopted a Jan. 6th resolution to designate TAPinto as its ...