Woodbridge/Carteret Top Stories
By TAPINTO STAFF
November 4, 2024
NEWARK, NJ — A Woodbridge accountant for a New Jersey manufacturing company will serve 12 months and one day in federal prison for filing false tax returns, according to U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger.Thomas J. Kohutich, 34, pleaded guilty to two counts of filing false tax returns in 2018 and 2019 ...
DENVILLE, NJ – Morris Knolls got off to a fast start and stayed undefeated with a 43-13 football victory over Colonia in the opening round of the NJSIAA North 1, Group 4 playoffs on Saturday afternoon.On the first snap of the game, Jaylin Jones of Morris Knolls intercepted a pass and returned it 35 ...
NEW JERSEY — People really like to share ‘selfies’ on social media.Avoid this temptation on Election Day when voting at your local polling place. It’s illegal in the Garden State to take ‘selfies’ with your ballot. So are a few other things that New Jersey law considers to be ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — The dead apparently still want to vote.And that got two women in trouble. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office has charged each – in separate cases – with voter fraud for allegedly trying to cast votes on behalf of dead family members.Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said Lori ...
NEW JERSEY — Daylight savings time will end at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, when clocks should be reset to 1 a.m. in our Eastern Time Zone.The good news: We gain an extra hour of sleep or perhaps more after-dark partying.Our daylight hours will gradually shrink until the winter solstice – the shortest ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Bill Romano was leaving Scarlet Fever on Somerset Street with a bag stuffed with Rutgers gear that he planned on wearing to the football team’s clash with UCLA a few Saturdays ago.A transplanted New Jerseyan now living in Naples, Fla., he likes to stock up on Scarlet Knights ...
This is Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac and today is Friday, November 1. Best of luck to the undefeated 9-0 Woodbridge High School football team in its State playoff game tonight at home against Watchung Hills.The “Slambovian Circus of Dreams” is playing at the Avenel Performing Arts Center tonight ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ -- Playing its second game in five days, the JFK-Iselin football team defeated East Brunswick, 31-6, in a regular-season contest on the road Wednesday night.After East Brunswick (2-8) took a 6-0 lead on a fumble return for a touchdown in the second quarter, JFK responded with ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — When Woodbridge hosted Watchung Hills in the second game of the football season back in September, the game was tight and went right down to the wire.In a playoff rematch between the two teams, it was never close.Undefeated Woodbridge scored the first five touchdowns and advanced ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – Montville resident Joe Huber has made it to 149 marathons, and he’s ready to run his 150th marathon on Nov. 3 in New York City.The 74-year-old has been running since he made friends with some runners in 1982, he recently told TAPinto Montville. He quit smoking and had gained 30 ...
CARTERET, NJ — Al-Naiquan Boseman scored all his team's touchdowns in Carteret's 19-10 football victory over Matawan in a regular-season consolation game Wednesday night at “The Pit.”Boseman scored on a 1-yard run in the second quarter, then helped the Ramblers (4-6) rally to put the game away ...
EDISON - Middlesex College and Rutgers–New Brunswick have signed an agreement offering students the opportunity to pursue a bachelor’s degree at Rutgers after they complete an associate degree at Middlesex College.Officials at the schools gathered at an event Thursday on the Edison Campus of ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Seven days after a fatal Oct. 25th one-car crash, police are still hunting for a missing driver who left behind his dead passenger.Police are on the lookout for the driver of a Kia Sportage who ran away from the 9 a.m. crash site last Friday, before cops got to the Route 9–Green ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – An 18-year-old Rutgers-New Brunswick student is facing charges after he allegedly used his cellphone to record other students while they were in the shower.Michael Williams, of Philadelphia, has been charged with three counts of third-degree invasion of privacy and one count of ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Musican Glen Burtnik, speaking from his Asbury Park backyard, uses humbling words to describe his emotions about being included in a mural honoring recording legends who have graced the State Theatre New Jersey stage.He ticks off the names of other musicians who are also part of ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Halloween seems like a ‘spirited time’ to look at our area’s most haunted locations — and this sprawling county has plenty.Ghostly haunts are supposedly found in Cranbury, East Brunswick, Edison, Metuchen, Perth Amboy, Old Bridge, and Woodbridge, according to interviews and ...
MONTVILLE, NJ — The Star-Ledger will cease printing newspapers early next year, shutting down its giant printing press facility in Montville, the company announced on Oct. 30.The Newark Morning Ledger Company, owner of the Star-Ledger, said the decision to shut down was due to rising costs, ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ -- The Woodbridge football team will put its undefeated record on the line in the first round of the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 4 playoffs when the Barrons host Watchung Hills on Friday at 6 p.m.In veteran head coach Joe Goerge's first season, Woodbridge (9-0) has shown a knack for ...
COLONIA, NJ -- Despite losing its last four games of the regular season, the Colonia football team was able to slip into the final seed for the NJSIAA Section 1, Group 4 playoffs and will play a first-round game at Morris Knolls in Denville on Saturday afternoon. Kickoff is at 1 p.m.Top-seeded ...
NEW JERSEY — The Garden State apparently has plenty of haunted places. And it’s that time of year when folks seek out “the spooky,” to visit haunted venues, or tell ghost stories that set the mood for trick-or-treating.Our news sites have received a half-dozen media releases peddling spooky surveys ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Two Democrats from the state's 19th District are condemning a comedy routine that called Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage” at a Manhattan rally for presidential candidate Donald Trump.Leading the local outrage is state Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez – joined by Assembly ...
TRENTON, NJ — The NJ Department of Community Affairs (DCA) has released the new number of affordable housing units that Carteret, Woodbridge and other communities in our area should build.These communities – and municipalities across New Jersey – have until Jan. 31 to adopt the state’s guidance or ...
TRENTON, NJ — A state grand jury did not file criminal charges against two Cranford police officers involved in the Dec. 28, 2023 fatal shooting of a Perth Amboy man on a Garden State Parkway exit ramp in Woodbridge Township.NJ Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced the grand jury decision ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Iselin’s JFK high school’s football team was just one yard away from clinching a division title when South Plainfield's A.J. Perales perfected the art of the steal.Perales, a defensive end from South Plainfield, emerged from a pile at the goal line with a Mustang fumble and ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Feeding less-fortunate people and families is a concern that crosses political, cultural and socioeconomic boundaries.That’s the reason, for almost two decades, the “Cast-A-Can When You Cast Your Vote” food drive has become a successful election-season, charitable hallmark in this ...
NEW JERSEY — Step aside “Happy Gilmore. Here comes “The Boss.”An upcoming movie about Bruce Springsteen’s early career means amateur actors from the Garden State have more shots to be paid “extras.”Manhattan-based Grant Wilfley Casting has announced calls for “1980s type” extras for an upcoming ...
BAYONNE, NJ — A special education teacher is being praised as a hero – and she has made national news – after she used her body to shield the teenage victim of a brutal Oct. 22nd street beat-down.Meanwhile, police have arrested five Bayonne teens in connection with the violent assault on Avenue A ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — The granddaughter of Rutgers alumnus Paul Robeson said she hopes a new mural will educate further generations about her grandfather’s legacy and inspire others to be vocal in support of worthy causes.“For me, the most important thing is our responsibility is to live his legacy — ...
ISELIN, NJ -- JFK-Iselin was a yard away from clinching a division title when A.J. Perales perfected the art of the steal.The defensive end from South Plainfield emerged from a pile at the goal line with a Mustang fumble and returned it 99 yards the other way for the deciding touchdown in the ...
COLONIA, NJ – After the Colonia football team rallied from an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter, Old Bridge defeated the Patriots in double overtime, 36-29, on Friday night.Zahmir Evans' 1-yard touchdown run in the second overtime provided the difference for Old Bridge (6-3).Colonia (4-5) ...