Woodbridge/Carteret Top Stories
By GUY KIPP
December 11, 2024
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The Woodbridge boys basketball team will open its season on Thursday, Dec. 19, at North Brunswick. The Barrons' program has made measurable strides in each of head coach Jonathan Toczynski's seasons, going 16-8 last winter.Toczynski will continue to have his team push the ball up ...
CARTERET, NJ — The NJ Economic Development Authority awarded a $1.5 million competitive grant so the Carteret Redevelopment Agency can buy vacant Roosevelt Avenue properties in the West Carteret Redevelopment Zone, according to Mayor Daniel J. Reiman.The grant will enable the Carteret Redevelopment ...
BAYONNE, NJ — After playing Santa Claus for 59 years, Ed Broderick said next year would be his last year.“I think after 60 years it’ll be time for me to retire,” he told TAPinto Bayonne at the annual city Christmas Tree lighting in Fitzpatrick Park earlier this week.Broderick made his appearance ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – The boys' and girls' bowling teams from Woodbridge High School both recorded 4-0 victories over South Brunswick on Monday.Isabella Ramos paced the Barrons' girls team with a 508 series. Michael Gurovich had a three-game total for the Woodbridge boys. Woodbridge ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Police have charged a 22-year-old local man with attempted murder after he allegedly struck his stepfather in the head with a hammer, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Police Director Robert Hubner said in a prepared statement.The 48-year-old man survived the alleged ...
CRANFORD, NJ — This Union County community has become a popular dining destination where ‘foodies’ can enjoy anything from Moroccan, Greek, Italian, Mexican, Japanese, Korean and Chinese cuisine as well as delicious burger joints, steak houses and seafood eateries.There is plenty to eat for ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The Lord & Taylor store in Woodbridge Center will soon be a cutting-edge medical research facility with nearly 300 employees, after an $11.5 million sales deal for the former department store.Accu Reference Medical Labs signed a contract in late November to buy the former ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — First Lady Tammy Murphy will be in town on Monday, Dec. 9th, to host her 7th annual Nurture NJ Leadership Summit, bringing together state and national experts to support New Jersey’s mission to become the safest, most equitable state in the nation to deliver and raise a ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The Colonia-Woodbridge-JFK ice hockey co-op team opened its season with a 13-1 victory over South Brunswick on Friday.Senior Ray Obolsky scored four goals and assisted on three others for Colonia, which had a 6-1 lead after one period.Patrik Kuzar scored three goals and Anthony ...
NEW JERSEY — Motorists should prepare to pay more at the pump when the state's gas tax increases on Jan. 1, 2025. State Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio announced the new gasoline tax increase. Under a state law signed earlier in 2024, the gas tax rate will increase by 2.6 cents to support the ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — Celebrated chef Maricel Gentile, and owner of popular Maricel’s Kitchen, has been crowned a “Holiday Champion” on Chef Buddy Valastro’s competition series, Holiday Recipe Rumble, that streams on Hulu as of Dec, 6, 2024.Maricel Gentile's culinary journey began in Manila and ...
COLONIA, NJ — It will be a new era for the Colonia High School girls basketball program when the season opens on Thursday, Dec. 19 at home against Piscataway.The Patriots will be under the direction of first-year head coach Jill Bachonski, who had been an assistant under Sandi Chiera, who stepped ...
CLARK, NJ — Police in this Union County town are looking for the culprit who abandoned nine tiny puppies in a five-gallon bucket at Raritan Road and Frances Drive on Thursday afternoon. Meanwhile, the Newark-based Associated Humane Society (AHS) hopes to find forever homes for the puppies, ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY — Police here and across the state are starting a month-long crackdown on drunk driving, many of those efforts fueled by grants from the NJ Department of Highway Traffic Safety.The state’s 2024 “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign has divided $732,400 among 130 law enforcement ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Terri Briggs-Jones was busy cooking a Thanksgiving Day feast with her husband when she got a phone call from a friend who was bringing food to Plainfield Train Station for homeless people who often gather there. “There are people there who are cold and need coats,” her friend told ...
CARTERET, NJ — Two local guys who created “The Smithereens” as Carteret High School students will prove you can go home again on Saturday, Dec. 7th, with a performance at the URSB Carteret Arts & Events Center in downtown.The founders of “The Smithereens” – Jim Babjak and Dennis Diken – grew up ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Seven people with “student-affiliations” to Rutgers University allegedly sold illegal drugs through a private social media network and now face criminal charges after a multi-agency undercover investigation.A large amount of marijuana, LSD, cocaine, psilocybin mushrooms, ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Scott White doesn’t want the next president at Rutgers University to be some C-suite hotshot who’s wading ashore on the banks of the Old Raritan because it’s a good career move.“I’d love to find a candidate, a president who loves this university, who wants to be here more than ...
EDISON, NJ — One elderly tenant, and possibly two, died in the wake of Tuesday night’s four-alarm fire at a senior citizen complex off Inman and Grove avenues, known as Menlo Manor. The two tenants were critically injured in the second-floor fire at 6 pm on Dec. 5th. A 99-year-old resident was ...
CARTERET, NJ — Two players from the Carteret High School boys soccer team have been selected to the Greater Middlesex Conference Blue Division team for 2024.Seniors Justin Fuentes and Stephano Jaramillo were each named to the first team. Fuentes, who played both forward and midfield, led the ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — School districts in Carteret, Dunellen, Highland Park and Piscataway will share $12.1 million in NJ Department of Education grants to help pay for more preschool classrooms or increase the size of existing classrooms.This money is part of $42 million being awarded to 22 ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Defending state champions Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen and Howell headline a deep and talented field of boys and girls high school bowling teams that will compete in the Marisa Tufaro Classic.Proceeds from the event, at which bowlers and their coaches are invited to donate ...
NEW JERSEY — It’s frustrating to have purchased deliveries swiped off your doorstep.As the holidays approach, scores of people will get more and more deliveries dropped on their doorsteps. These are easy-pickings for so-called “porch pirates” – thieves who target doorstep deliveries left unattended ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The only thing New Jersey animal rights activists want for Christmas is to see the SeaQuest indoor aquarium at Woodbridge Center mall permanently closed.To help that happen, activists and supporters from Uncle Neil’s Home and Revolution Philadelphia plan two holiday season protests ...
NEW JERSEY — Congressman Frank Pallone (D, NJ-06) slammed Amtrak and NJ Transit for their failure to provide reliable service along the Northeast Corridor, leaving thousands of commuters stranded Monday due to ongoing overhead wire issues. The congressman demanded that the two transit agencies ...
COLONIA, NJ — Two players from the Colonia High School boys soccer team were named to the All-Greater Middlesex Conference Team for 2024.Seniors Noah Belo and Cristian Alvarez of Colonia were both selected to the team in a vote of the conference's coaches. Belo finished with 12 goals and nine ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Two players from the Woodbridge High School boys soccer team were named to the Greater Middlesex Conference All-White Division Team for 2024.Senior Sebastian Correa and junior David Baez were both selected to the team in a vote of the conference's coaches. Correa, a midfielder, ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Three new electric, zero-emission buses will soon shuttle senior citizens around town, another step in this Central New Jersey community's progressive effort to be environmentally-conscious.These new shuttle buses will bring senior citizens from their homes, retirement communities, ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A Westfield developer wants to build 90 new apartments with ground-floor stores at Main and Fulton streets, a short walk to Woodbridge’s busy downtown train station.The Planning Board will hear this proposal on Wednesday, Dec. 4th, from Fulton Street Urban Renewal LLC, to build a ...
CARTERET, NJ — Redevelopment opponents thought they found “ulterior motives” for the Borough of Carteret to build a new waterfront “tiki bar;” to sell beer and liquor at its ferry service headquarters; and offer alcohol at other Arthur Kill venues.The "Save Carteret Avenue” neighborhood group said ...