Woodbridge/Carteret Top Stories
By TONY GALLOTTO
August 1, 2024
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The FBI finally tracked down a Trinidadian man wanted for 15 years in connection with the 2009 gunpoint robbery of a Woodbridge steakhouse where $150,000 was stolen, and workers were menaced. FBI agents arrested 51-year-old suspect Kofi Edwards in Sacramento, Ca., where he was ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Grand opening ceremonies were held Tuesday for “Anchors Tiki Bar” – this town’s newest entertainment venue – on the Sewaren waterfront. Joining Mayor John E. McCormac for the July 30th ribbon-cutting were Township Council members and municipal staff; Assembly Speaker Craig J.
JERSEY CITY, NJ — The newly revitalized Bergen Square was unveiled at the corner of Bergen Avenue and Academy Street here, with Mayor Steven Fulop joining City Counci members, local dignitaries, and community residents to cut the ribbon on the $1.8 million renovation project. In addition to ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — First, there was a loud “boom.” Then a burst of flames. That was how one neighbor, former councilman Mark LoGrippo, described the scene on Tudor Oval on Monday, July 29, at about 10:15 p.m. “We were in the kitchen and, all of a sudden, we heard a ‘boom,’” said LoGrippo, who ...
PERTH AMBOY, NJ — Police Officer Raymond Arce had an idea to engage local teenagers in a program that connects them with city police officers to experience positive interactions. That idea prompted the very first Police Youth Cadet Program in the spring with 35 city youngsters, from 13 to 17, ...
Leer en español NEWARK — The memories of fallen firefighter captains Augusto “Augie” Acabou and Wayne “Bear” Brooks Jr. were fresh in the minds of family, colleagues and friends on Tuesday morning as the city dedicated two Ironbound firehouses in their honor. Family members pulled black ...
TRENTON, NJ — A state grand jury has indicted two Middlesex County men for allegedly swindling investors out of roughly $6.7 million, and using that money for their own benefit. The grand jury indicted Wilfredo Topacio, 64, of Woodbridge, and Shahid Javed, 39, of Old Bridge, on criminal charges ...
WEST NEW YORK, NJ — Before kids return to this Hudson County town’s K-6th public school, US Sen. Bob Menendez’s name will be taken off the building and removed from its website. “We’re going to take the name down before the school year starts,” Mayor Albio Sires told NJ Globe. Its 550 students ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Everything’s ship-shape at “Anchors Tiki Bar” – this community’s newest entertainment venue – for Tuesday’s grand opening celebration on the Sewaren waterfront. Mayor John E. McCormac, along with Woodbridge Township Council members and municipal staff, will hold a ribbon-cutting ...
PERTH AMBOY, NJ — The city's Fire Fepartment is getting $90,909 in federal funds through the federal Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AFG) Program for training firefighters and fire officers. “We are immensely grateful to FEMA for this generous grant of $90,909.09 through the Assistance to ...
PERTH AMBOY, NJ — Growing up in Perth Amboy in the late 1950s, Brian Taylor has fond memories of walking two miles each day to play three-on-three basketball in Washington Park. At the time, things were a bit different. There were no full basketball courts. In fact, Taylor and his friends would ...
PHILADELPHIA — Pharmaceutical retailer Rite Aid is closing 42 more of its New Jersey stores, among 699 nationwide being shuttered after the company filed for bankruptcy in October 2023. Among the New Jersey locations to close are two in Middlesex County, at 366 George St. in downtown New ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Town resident John A. Dunlea, who admitted embezzling more than $1.5 million from the law firm where he worked, has been sentenced to five years in state prison, NJ Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said in a prepared statement. Superior Court Judge Stephen Taylor also ordered ...
NEWARK, NJ — Taking the train and riding the bus is going to cost us more. This is after NJ Transit’s board of directors approved a new $3 billion operating budget on Wednesday, expected to sharply raise fares for riders. This is reportedly the agency’s biggest-ever operating budget. NJ ...
WOODBRIGE, NJ — A fast-growing national specialty bakery chain is opening its newest shop at the popular St. Georges Crossing shopping center. Dallas-based “Nothing Bundt Cakes” will lease a sizable store in St. Georges Crossing in Woodbridge, according to Levin Management Corp., a North ...
NEW JERSEY — When the Olympic flame is officially lit today, Friday, July 26 in Paris, France to open the summer games, 23 of New Jersey's finest athletes will be among the almost 600 athletes representing Team USA. More than 10,500 athletes will compete in the XXXIII Olympics, coming from more ...
This is Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac. It’s Friday, July 26. Bill & Andy will appear at Curtains at 7 pm tonight. At 7:30 pm tonight, at the Woodbridge Middle School Theater, the Woodbridge Community Players are also putting on the play “The Prom.” There’s a show at 7:30 pm on Saturday, and ...
HOBOKEN, NJ — Local leaders in Hoboken are condemning an incident that left the United Synagogue vandalized on Wednesday, and called for the responsible individuals to be held accountable. Hoboken police were dispatched to the United Synagogue of Hoboken,115 Park Ave., at 9 a.m. Friday, July ...
PERTH AMBOY, NJ — The 'City by the Bay' was the backdrop on July 26th for an announcement that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is earmarking $72 million to support statewide climate change preparedness. This project, Building a Climate Ready NJ, is designed to reduce ...
RAHWAY, NJ — The fleeing suspect who allegedly shot a Perth Amboy police detective on Wednesday night is identified as a 20-year-old Rahway man, now in custody, said Union County Prosecutor Union County Prosecutor William Daniel and Police Director Nicholas Breiner. The suspect, Angel Santiago, ...
OLD BRIDGE, NJ — A 67-year-old man who pretended to be a doctor will spend a decade in state prison, and his wife will serve a year in county jail for her role in their medical malpractice scheme. Authorities say Orger Sibaja-Bolanos posed as a doctor using his Old Bridge home for a phony ...
RAHWAY, NJ — A Perth Amboy police detective’s medical condition has improved from critical to stable after being wounded in a shooting while trying to serve warrants in Rahway on Wednesday night. The unidentified police detective was shot at least once in his leg around 8:30 pm on Wednesday, ...
TRENTON, NJ/WASHINGTON, DC — New Jersey residents will soon be able to utilize IRS Direct File, which will let them submit their federal tax returns for free. Gov. Phil Murphy and U.S. Department of the Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo announced Wednesday that more than 1.3 million New ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — The New Jersey Hall of Fame recently announced it will induct 18 more notable New Jerseryans in 2024, including Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, Jersey Mike's founder Peter Cancro, former Giants quarterback Phil Simms, and singer-songwriter Lesley Gore. Among its 2024 ...
WASHINGTON, DC — Days after U.S. Senator Bob Menendez was convicted on 16 federal corruption charges in an international bribery scheme, he announced he would resign from office on Tuesday, Aug. 20th. NJ Gov. Phil Murphy received Menendez’s resignation letter on Tuesday, July 23, giving Murphy ...
NEWARK, NJ – A Scotch Plains woman has been charged in connection with her role in embezzling more than $350,000 from a Union County synagogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Tuesday, July 23. Stacy Margaritondo, 51, is charged by complaint with one count of wire fraud. She ...
NEW BRUNSWCIK, NJ —An Edison man has been sentenced to five years in prison for causing a fiery car crash on Stelton Road in Piscataway that killed a Carteret man and injured a passenger last year. Ahmadsabir Ashaq, 20, was sentenced on July 19 to five years in state prison after pleading guilty ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Two teenagers face attempted murder charges in connection with the July 18th stabbings of two other teens outside a Green Street apartment building, police confirmed today. Each of the suspects – ages 16 and 17 from Avenel and Iselin – are charged with attempted murder and the ...
NEW JERSEY — The Garden State has the 4th best school system in the United States for 2024, according to a study done by WalletHub. The personal finance website ranked 50 states and the District of Columbia, giving each a total score based on each state's ranking in quality and safety. New ...
EDISON, NJ —The township Board of Education is investigating a complaint that Muslim students at Edison High School felt an assistant principal “intimidated” and “discriminated against” them during a meeting in February. On behalf of those students, the New Jersey chapter of the Council on ...