Woodbridge/Carteret Top Stories
By TONY GALLOTTO
December 1, 2024
EDISON, NJ — More than 6,500 rabbis and Jewish leaders from a hundred nations and across the United States are to come today – Sunday, Dec. 1 – to the NJ Convention & Exposition Center in Raritan Center.This unprecedented New Jersey event is part of a four-day Chabad-Lubavitch conference of ...
CRANFORD, NJ – Emily Litz wasn’t sure what to expect at a last-minute assembly on Nov. 14 at Malcolm E. Nettingham Middle School in Scotch Plains. Her surprise was evident when she was called up to receive the 2024-25 New Jersey Milken Educator Award, often referred to as the “Oscars of teaching”, ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The township Police Department has a new emergency medical service with two fully-equipped ambulances and 10 recently hired, qualified emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to staff those rigs.The new Police Department ambulances went into service on Nov. 4th, to supplement paid ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ —Eight players from the Woodbridge High school football team have been named to the Big Central Conference Liberty Gold Division First Team for 2024. All eight first-string players from the Barrons are seniors who helped the team achieve a 10-1 record this past season:Bryan ...
EDISON, NJ — A Woodbridge woman and her teenage daughter suffered “life-threatening injures” in a two-car accident on Route 1, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Police Chief Thomas Bryan said in a prepared statement.A Cranford woman, identified as Alyssa Figueredo, 31, is now charged ...
COLONIA, NJ — Four players from the Colonia High School football team have been named to the Big Central Conference Liberty Gold Division First Team for 2024.The first team includes two seniors and two juniors from the Patriots. Senior wide receiver Nygel Hill, senior linebacker Nick Straile, ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — The first in a series of town hall meetings convened to elicit feedback in the search for a new university president will be on Tuesday, Dec. 3.The meeting at the Richard Weeks Hall of Engineering will run from 3:30-5 p.m., followed by similar meetings on Wednesday (Newark ...
This is Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac. Today is Friday, Nov 29th.We hope everyone had a terrific Thanksgiving.Saturday (Nov. 30th) is very busy in town with our annual Winterfest celebration starting at 4 pm on Main Street with horse and carriage rides, kid crafts and rides, holiday vendors, ...
CARTERET, NJ — As Hanukkah coincides with Christmas and New Year’s, the Borough of Carteret has big plans, sponsoring several holiday events, plus suggesting ticketed entertainment at the popular URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center, 46 Washington Ave.People, families and visitors can ...
TRENTON, NJ — Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez (D–19th Dist.) has secured $1.5 million to help combat homelessness in our area and throughout New Jersey.These funds in the state’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget, will support staff retention and shelter expansion, ensuring vital services to people in need. ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — With Thanksgiving feasts behind us, let’s look at the holiday events that Woodbridge Township, community groups, and area businesses have in store for this merry season and charitable giving. People, families and visitors can enjoy parades, tree lightings, Santa Claus visits, ...
NEW JERSEY — Today’s 98th annual Thanksgiving Day parade will not air on CBS television affiliates for the first time in decades, the latest blow for this major department store chain.Thankfully, NBC TV stations – Macy’s official parade broadcast home since the 1960s – will still air the parade ...
EDISON, NJ – Middlesex County’s Roosevelt Park Family Ice Skating Rink is now open for its 13th season. The rink is at the Level Playing Fields Complex in Roosevelt Park and adjacent to Menlo Park Mall.Group and private lessons are available. The rink is available for birthday parties and private ...
NEW JERSEY - Growing cranberries is a family business in New Jersey, with a lifestyle that involves intense work during a growing season, nurturing plants and flooding fields for gathering fruit. Nobody knows this better than Bill Cutts, one of three generations of family members who are now ...
ON YOUR TABLE — This holiday season, try something nontraditional, sweet and savory to accompany turkey or ham on your holiday table: Cranberry chutney, a condiment that punches up a seasonal taste with aSouth Asian flair.Chutney is made from fruits, vegetables and/or herbs with vinegar, sugar and ...
ISELIN, N -- Six varsity football players from John F. Kennedy High School's Mustangs have been selected to the Big Central Conference United Silver Division First Team.Three seniors from the Mustangs were voted to the first team, including defensive lineman/fullback Manny Perez Quijano, linebacker ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY — The latest year-to-date statistics from the N.J. State Police show that Middlesex County communities had 58 traffic deaths in 52 separate accidents over the past 12 months, more than in any of the other 20 counties. Across the Garden State, accident fatalities rose from 536 at ...
TRENTON, NJ — Just days before the expiration of temporary COVID-19 measures allowing restaurants to serve alcohol and meals, Gov. Phil Murphy has a new law (S3608/A4866) making those permissions permanent.“Outdoor dining has proven to be an incredibly successful venture over the past four years, ...
CARTERET, NJ – Three Carteret High School football players have been named to the Big Central Conference United Gold Division first team for 2024.Ja'Kir Thomas, Yari Miranda and Darius Armstrong of Carteret were all named to the first team in a vote of the conference's coaches.Thomas, a senior ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – As everyone gets ready for the Thanksgiving holiday this week, police in Woodbridge and other nearby towns want people to know that DUI checkpoints will be setup to promote safe driving and . Starting today, Wednesday, Nov. 27, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office is ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Sue Pitt Anderson, who had just turned 15, was painfully skinny and coming off a terrible performance in a distance freestyle race. The next night, July 27, 1963, she regained her form and broke the world record in the 200-meter butterfly.Fifty-nine years later, she quickly ...
NEW JERSEY — Grocery prices have been a trending topic for most of 2024, and as Thanksgiving approaches, consumers may be a little concerned about the cost of putting food on the table for a large group of friends and family.The experts at Upside, the nation’s largest food and fuel app which works ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — A new Rutgers initiative aims to support civic education and create broad civic engagement opportunities with a strong emphasis on student involvement and solution-focused dialogue. The new Rutgers Democracy Lab (RDL) at the Eagleton Institute of Politics will focus on promoting ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — This town's fourth annual 5K “Turkey Trot” walk/run on Saturday, Nov. 30th, will benefit the Marisa Tufaro Foundation.The Woodbridge Turkey Trot starts at 8:30 am on Saturday, Nov. 30th, at Alvin P. Williams Memorial Park in Sewaren on a course parallel to its scenic waterfront and ...
TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy are inviting New Jersey residents to visit Drumthwacket during the holidays.“This beautiful property, appropriately known as the People's House, is a historical and cultural treasure that becomes even more remarkable at this time of year,” ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — “Going vertical.” That's what they say in the construction business when buildings begin to rise from their foundations. After years of planning, excavating and laying underground infrastructure, new residences have gone vertical along Tices Lane and Route 18 in East ...
COLONIA, NJ — Matt Fasulo, a member of the Colonia High School Class of 2025 and the school's baseball team, has made a verbal commitment to attend Rutgers-Newark University, where he will continue his athletic career.Fasulo earned a reputation as one of the best fielders at shortstop of anybody in ...
Will you be less thankful on Thanksgiving Day toiling away in your kitchen?Would you prefer to spend more time with your family? Hey, we get it. So do some area restaurants and supermarkets. They’re ready to relieve your holiday kitchen duties, for a variety of price options.TAPinto ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ — A Piscataway man has been sentenced to seven years in New Jersey state prison for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl at his former residence in Bound Brook.Lenic Galvan, 22, was sentenced in a Somerset County court on Monday after he was found guilty last May of second-degree ...
This is Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac. Today is Friday, Nov. 22.The Woodbridge American Legion Post 87 Auxiliary is having a Christmas Mini Fundraiser at their hall on 314 Berry Street on Satuday (Nov. 23) from 9 am and 6 pm with professional pictures with Santa Claus. Saturday is also the Clothes ...