Woodbridge/Carteret Top Stories
By REBECCA GREENE
October 16, 2024
HACKENSACK, NJ — A city councilman's position is on the line after he allegedly used racial references to refer to a high school coach at a soccer game in September and now stands accused of “spreading divisive and harmful rhetoric,” according to an email obtained by TAPinto.Councilman Leonard ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ — East Jersey Old Town Village will be the site of the County’s Annual Fall Harvest Festival, promising a day filled with the tastes, sights, and sounds of autumn-themed fun for the entire family.The free event is presented by the Division of History and Historic Preservation and ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — The city has unveiled a life-sized, life-like statue of Paul Robeson, detailed down to the stitches in his shoes, the buttons on his shirt, the ripples in his hair and the veins in his hands.Immortalized in bronze, the late author, athlete, actor and activist is depicted in his ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ — The JFK High School of Iselin girls tennis team came out a winner in a 3-2 triumph over Sayreville on Tuesday afternoon.The victory improved JFK's record to 4-9 on the season. Sayreville is 5-10.First Singles Bella Almonte (IK)66 Shreeya Porwal (S)10 Second Singles Shantal ...
SUMMIT, NJ — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hopes to build 17 new Mormon temples in the United States and around the world, naming this Union County city among those locations.This news surprised officials in Summit, a six-square-mile city of 23,000 people. The city has not ...
CAMDEN, NJ — Carlos Mahan began apologizing the moment he entered Parkside United Methodist Church in Camden on October 12 and saw his daughter in her casket.“It’s my fault, it’s my fault, it’s my fault,” he said. “I should have picked her up from the bus.” Nobody blamed him for not retrieving ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — County residents surrendered more than 100 firearms at voluntary gun surrender events held recently by law enforcement agencies, which officials see as a success. The items they surrendered included “numerous handguns, rifles and shotguns, including an AK-47 rifle, sawed-off ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – The aroma of grilling pork roll filled the air as more than 3,500 people flocked to Phillipsburg's Pork Roll Palooza on October 12, 2024. Teaming up with the Phillipsburg Downtown Association, Norwescap, a nonprofit organization with a mission to support families in need, hosted ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — There’s a fox afoot in Hub City. “Field Day the Fox”, the city’s new mascot and the newest member of the Recreation Department team, will make its debut on Thursday, Oct. 24, at 9 a.m.Furry, red and sporting an air of Hub City confidence, Field Day will be joined at City Hall by ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Alek Lesniak, the 13-year-old creator of two “Muffin Man” graphic novels is himself something of a superhero.This Colonia Middle School eighth-grader has overcome autism challenges to be a published author with his sight set on a business career, and a philosophical motto for ...
PRINCETON, NJ — The path that led Princeton professor emeritus John Hopfield to a Nobel Prize in physics began with an academic meeting on neuroscience more than 40 years ago and ended Tuesday, Oct. 8th, at a thatched cottage in England, where he and his wife have a summer home. After returning ...
EDISON, NJ — Mayor Sam Joshi has appointed lifelong resident Malia Reichmann as this town’s newest municipal court judge who, at 32, is one of New Jersey’s youngest attorneys appointed to the bench.Reichmann was sworn-in on Monday, Sept. 30th to a three-year term. She will serve along with ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — A 24-year-old North Plainfield man has pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime after breaking into the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers in April.Jacob Beacher trashed the center, destroying several religious artifacts, according to a press release issued Thursday by the U.S.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — It's what we in the Northeast like to call “sweater weather. ”It's also a terrific time to travel around the Garden State and enjoy the changing colors of leaves as fall starts.Middlesex County is just starting to show a bit of autumnal color, but prime time is happening now ...
Performer Kevin Hill will be at Anchors Tiki Bar at 6 pm tonight; Joe from the Benjamin’s will be there from 12 pm to 3 pm on Saturday, with Donna & Nicky appearing at 6 pm. The Bill & Andy Show appears at 6:30 pm on Wednesday.Tonight, the Highland Grove Youth Center has a 6 pm Family Fun ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – The Woodbridge football team extended its unbeaten run to seven games with a 28-7 victory over Montgomery on Homecoming Friday night.Winless Montgomery (0-7) drew first blood with a touchdown less than three minutes into the game, but it didn't take long for the Barrons to come ...
COLONIA, NJ -- Plainfield scored three touchdowns in the final 12:01 of the game to pull away for a 35-6 football victory over Colonia on Friday night.Colonia (4-3) had an early lead and managed to stay close to its fast, physical and aggressive opponent until an interception at the goal line by ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Hundreds of Piscataway residents lined up outside of Piscataway’s newest Wawa Convenience Store on Stelton Road on Thursday morning, cheering and waving hand-clap noisemakers, all to be one of the first inside once the doors were officially opened for business.Established as a ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Organizers of AddamsFest, Westfield’s annual month-long celebration of town native Charles Addams, unveiled its 2024 art show to a select crowd Wednesday night. The show will open to the public Friday, Oct. 11.“Be Witched,” also the theme of this year’s AddamsFest, explores ...
ISELIN, NJ – Richie Trotman passed for three touchdowns to lead JFK of Iselin to a 39-26 football victory over North Plainfield on Thursday night.After a 7-yard touchdown run by Fiheem Howell Jr. gave the Mustangs (3-4) a 6-0 first-quarter lead, Trotman threw a 23-yard TD pass to Zack Tyler and ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Nokia Bell Labs bigwig Thierry Klein, who was born in Luxembourg and educated in France, said he inevitably gets asked two questions when he talks to folks back home about his life in New Jersey.Where is it, and why are you there?For those who don’t know about the state ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY — If Democrats in this New Jersey party stronghold need another reason to support Kamala Harris for President, here’s a good one: Her husband, Doug Emhoff, is a local guy.That’s right — America’s ‘Second Gentleman’ grew up right here in Old Bridge.Emhoff returned to the Garden ...
EDISON, NJ — Marios Xani's goal in overtime gave JFK of Iselin a 3-2 boys soccer victory over Edison Magnet on Wednesday.JFK (5-9-1) had taken a 2-0 lead in the first half before Edison Magnet rallied with two goals in the second half.Xani had a goal with an assist from Noah Matos to give the ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The latest weapon in Middlesex County’s battle against opioid overdoses and addiction is vending machines stocked with free, life-saving aids to thwart and counteract the effects of these dangerous drugs.A 24-hour Healthcare Kiosk is now outside the Woodbridge Health & Human ...
RED BANK, NJ — A Red Bank man has admitted to secretly recording videos of 27 women and girls without their knowledge or consent, including several minors, in local stores and private homes. The 35-year-old man, Christopher W. Cox, pleaded guilty before Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Joseph ...
TRENTON, NJ — The State of New Jersey is taking a social media giant to court. Citing “deceptive, unconscionable, and abusive business practices that harm the health and safety of New Jersey’s youth,” NJ Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced that they ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey Army National Guard members and equipment are expected to be in Florida by the end of the week to help with recovery efforts from Hurricane Milton.The storm is expected to make landfall in Florida on Wednesday.“Floridians are family, and we know from personal experience ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Middlesex County is taking significant steps to safeguard the integrity of the Nov. 5th General Election with stringent measures against voter-fraud, polling place politicking, and misuse of the vote-by-mail process.A coordinated effort between the county Prosecutor’s Office, ...
EDISON, NJ — Teachers and staff in Edison’s 19 public schools will soon no longer be required to comply with a controversial state policy regarding how they address transgender students.The Board of Education is abolishing compliance with state “Policy 5756” after board members expressed their ...
EDISON, NJ — Noah Belo scored two goals and assisted on one to lead Colonia to a 5-3 boys soccer victory over St. Thomas Aquinas on Tuesday.St. Thomas Aquinas (8-4) took a 1-0 lead before Colonia (9-3-1) scored the remaining three goals of the first half.Justin Trott scored with 15 minutes left in ...