Woodbridge/Carteret Top Stories
By MATT KADOSH
August 13, 2024
Leer en español NEWARK — A resident’s lawsuit aiming to stop the city’s practice of banning people from City Council meetings has survived a motion to dismiss the claims. Superior Court Judge Stephen L. Petrillo last week ruled that Munirah El Bomani may continue to prosecute her lawsuit ...
CARTERET, NJ — The borough has received a new $5.4 million competitive N.J Department of Transportation grant to provide more access to two areas on its rapidly redeveloping waterfront. The new grant, from the state agency’s Local Transportation Projects Fund is earmarked for Carteret to improve ...
PARIS, FRANCE — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, the queen of the track and field world, added another gold jewel to her crown when the New Jersey native blew open the women's 4x400-meter relay with an historic second leg to spark Team USA to an American record and a blowout victory on Saturday at the ...
PARIS, FRANCE — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, the queen of the track and field world, added another gold jewel to her crown when the New Jersey native blew open the women's 4x400-meter relay with an historic second leg to spark Team USA to an American record and a blowout victory on Saturday at the ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Aditi Gopalakrishnan, a Piscataway resident and rising junior at Woodbridge Academy Magnet School served as captain of Team JAM Session, which placed 2nd at the RoboCup Junior Internationals OnStage League competition in Eindhoven, Netherlands this summer. Gopalakrishnan and ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Animal rights groups and supporters held a midday protest outside Woodbridge Center today to spotlight what they allege is the deplorable treatment of animals at the mall’s indoor aquarium. Activists from Revolution Philadelphia, the New Jersey chapter of Uncle Neil’s Home, and ...
EDISON, NJ — Hundreds of tenants were evacuated from 280 apartments at the Evergreen Meadows complex on Friday after building and code enforcement inspections found potentially unsafe structural issues, Mayor Sam Joshi announced. Tenants from 11 of the 12 multi-unit buildings at Evergreen ...
NEWARK, NJ — An East Brunswick day spa is among eight where “sexual services” were allegedly also on the table for as little as $160, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office for New Jersey. Good Day Spa, at 282 Route 18 in East Brunswick, is among eight "spas" run by four foreign nationals living ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — National Night Out was a wash-out around here, but many communities have rescheduled their popular events for this coming week. Communities abruptly canceled their planned events on Tuesday, Aug. 6th with the National Weather Service forecasting downpours and lightening ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — A former Sayreville special education teacher and wrestling coach has been sentenced to seven years in state prison after he pleaded guilty to child endangerment for crimes involving sexual misconduct with youngsters. Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Thomas Abode ...
This is Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac. It’s Friday, August 9. Joe & Rosie are at Curtains Restaurant at 7 pm tonight, and Space Needle is there on Saturday at 7 pm. The Earth Monkeys are playing at Anchors Tiki Bar on Satruday; Bill & Andy are playing on Wednesday; “Last Night in ...
NEW JERSEY — The State of New Jersey ranked as having the 8th most student debt in the nation in 2024, according to a study done by WalletHub. The personal finance website ranked all 50 states, and the District of Columbia, by a total score based on each state's ranking in student-loan ...
EDISON, NJ — A kosher food company located in Edison has recalled a line of frozen desserts as they may contain traces of milk, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. Yummy Foods has recalled their line of Yummy Swirly Ices, commonly found in the freezer aisle, at independent kosher ...
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — The crowd came to watch history at Union Catholic's watch party for alumna Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone at Stage House Tavern in Mountainside, and she delivered a dominating performance at the Paris Olympics in the 400M hurdles on Thursday, Aug. 8. She became the first female ...
ELIZABETH, NJ — Distinguished 'pizzaiolo'' Al Santillo, owner of this city's iconic Santillo’s Brick Oven Pizza, is teaming up with celebrity businessman Dave Portnoy to rebuild the century-old pizzeria, severely damaged in a January fire. Portnoy, founder of “Barstool Sports,” and an internet ...
CARTERET, NJ — A local middle school social studies teacher is Middlesex County’s 2024-25 “Teacher of the Year,” honored by the NJ Department of Education for her classroom effort and extracurricular contributions. Kristen L. Johnson has taught ancient civilization history to 6th graders at ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — Police arrested four teenagers who stopped for snacks at a convenience store in Monroe after they allegedly stole several cars – crashing one of them – in South Brunswick. Police identified the four, all from Trenton, as Ronia Jackson, 18; Kayon Moore, 18; and their alleged ...
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — As her Union Catholic family cheered from a watch party at the Stage House in Mountainside, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone moved a step closer to defending her title with a very comfortable victory in her semifinal heat of the women's 400-meter hurdles on Tuesday at the Olympics ...
CARTERET, NJ — A Denmark-based global transportation and logistics firm has agreed to lease the second of three huge warehouses that Crow Holdings Development built on its 126-acre Salt Meadow Road industrial campus. DSV Global Transport & Logistics – the world’s third-largest company of its ...
NEW JERSEY — No surprise: Most states rely on taxpayers – not federal aid or service fees – to fund their many government agencies, programs and services. The State of New Jersey, however, reportedly takes a bigger bite out of hardworking, and sometimes struggling taxpayers, than 45 other ...
WAYNE, NJ – The storm that crashed over Wayne late Sunday brought wind and rain, thunder and lightning, with one of those bolts striking an HVAC unit on the roof of BJ’s Wholesale Club at the Willowbrook Mall. The strike tripped a variety of breakers, including an elevator in neighboring Dave ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Two county corrections officers were fired, two police officers were required to resign, and 19 cops were suspended from duty from police departments here in 2023, according to the NJ Attorney General’s Office. Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin has, for a fourth year, ...
HOBOKEN, NJ — Police here arrested a city man in connection with an incident in which graffiti was found on United Synagogue of Hoboken property at 115 Park Ave. Cops nabbed 26-year-old Daniel Estreicher of Hoboken on bias intimidation and criminal mischief charges, city officials said. The ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Back-to-school supplies started to show up on our store shelves a few short days after Fourth of July’s fireworks blasts died down. It seemed like there was plenty of summer still left. Fast-foward to today. Middlesex County’s public schools are now gearing up to resume ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Classes will resume at schools here in roughly five weeks. What better time to see how our area high schools fared on U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 list of “Best High Schools in New Jersey" and the nation? According to the magazine’s 2024 high school rankings, 42 of ...
BAYONNE, NJ — The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey has agreed to sell land to the City of Bayonne for the construction of a ferry terminal. The city will pay $4.04 million to buy 2.3 acres of land on Port Terminal Boulevard — a small portion of 31 acres that Bayonne sold to the Port ...
This is Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac. It’s Friday, August 2. The Avenel Performing Arts Center is featuring the show “Confessions of a Show Girl” tonight and tomorrow night at 8 pm, and on Sunday at 2 pm. Also, tonight the Mayor’s Summer Concert Series continues with the “Flying Ivories” at ...
Three candidates from Carteret, and three from Woodbridge, plan to run for the school boards in their respective communities on the Nov. 5th general election ballot. Candidates in these neighboring towns – all incumbents – filed nominating petitions on or before the Monday, July 29th ...
EDISON, NJ — The busy Route 27–Plainfield Avenue intersection may soon be redeveloped to accommodate an out-of-state specialty grocer that just paid $5.5 million for the former Sam Ash Music Store. The Sam Ash Music Store, an iconic local retailer for decades, has been vacant since May 2024. Its ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — City Council member Suzanne Sicora-Ludwig pleaded not guilty on Wednesday during her first court appearance since she got arrested for DWI and other charges after a one-car crash on March 8th. Highland Park Municipal Judge Edward Herman, who will hear the case, ended the ...