Woodbridge/Carteret Top Stories
By TONY GALLOTTO
June 25, 2024
CARTERET, NJ — This borough’s “Latin Fest” has become well-known as one of New Jersey’s biggest, most-jubilant Latin celebrations in the New Jersey-New York area, attracting thousands of people and families. No surprise that Carteret is already geared up to host 2024’s Latin Fest on Saturday, ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ — Sydney McLaughlin begins her quest to make her third U.S. Olympic Team on Thursday, June 27, in the 400 hurdles at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Sydney is the world record holder (50.68) and defending Olympic champion (51.46) in the event. McLaughlin, who grew up in Dunellen and ...
HOBOKEN, NJ — The Hoboken Police Department recently a local gun buyback to remove firearms from neighborhoods and reduce the potential for gun violence around the city. Funded by the City of Hoboken, the buyback took place at Hoboken Police Headquarters on Saturday with people asked to ...
NEW JERSEY — In light of new reports of Amtrak service disruptions, U.S. Rep Frank Pallone Jr. (D, NJ-06) expressed his outrage with the current state of Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT rail service, calling the recent disruptions "utterly unacceptable." “Commuters have faced an appalling week, with ...
CARTERET, NJ — Plenty of people probably pay no attention to a large vacant Roosevelt Avenue lot as they drive past it each day. But, this borough-owned property is on municipal officials’ radar. Boro Hall apparently wants this 1,500-acre lot back on its tax rolls. To help that happen, it’s ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — After two weeks of outrage generated by an East Brunswick yearbook photo that switched Muslim students for students from the high school’s Jewish Student Union, the Board of Education met for the final time this school year, making an effort to begin the healing ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – School Superintendent Dr. Victor Valeski released the findings of an independent investigation into why the high school's yearbook showed no names and the wrong picture for the Jewish Student Union. Instead, the photo attached to the group featured non-Jewish students, some of ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Three enterprising fifth graders from Wilson Elementary School successfully petitioned to create McDonald’s Day at their school during the recent school year. Students Reid Poller, Oliver Boorjian and Nick Sisto collected 221 signatures from fellow students before presenting a ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Middlesex County’s annual Music-in-the-Park summer concert series is back for the 2024 season with shows by some of the finest musicians in the County! Spend your summer evenings enjoying free live music at one of Middlesex County’s many picturesque parks. All you need to ...
This is Mayor John McCormac. Today is Friday, June 21, 2024. Saturday is our first Farmer’s Market of the year from 9 am to 1 pm at Parker Press Park, and at 10 am the first of 10 children’s shows over the summer with the play “Alice in Wonderland” at the Acacia Youth Center. Tomorrow, there ...
NEWARK, NJ — The Board of Education is demanding the school district get to the bottom of how a video of thong-wearing women promoting a now-canceled “Nuttin’ But Azz” basketball game was filmed in the gymnasium of West Side High School. At a meeting on Tuesday, school board members voiced their ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ -- Five members of the Woodbridge baseball team were named to the Greater Middlesex Conference All-White Division Team. Two of those players, Drew Lukachyk and Eddy Nunez, were selected to the overall All-GMC Team. Lukachyk, a senior shortstop and pitcher, batted .452 withh 16 ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ — One of the focal points of Mayor Kennedy O’Brien’s administration is the renovation and upgrade of the borough's recreational facilities. Those efforts received a boost with the award of a $325,000 grant from the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) under the Green Acres ...
COLONIA, NJ — The 14U–Navy Colonia Cyclones recently edged out the Toms River Surf 1-0 in a tough battle at Colonia Middle School to take home the 2024 Central New Jersey Girls Softball League Championship in the Gold Division. This Cyclones team ended their spring season June 6th on top, adding ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The township will soon add seven new recruits to its Police Department’s ranks as it continues to maintain a maximum staff level of 225 sworn officers. The seven rookies recently graduated from the Cape May Police Academy’s 56th basic training course, a six-month N.J. Police ...
NEWARK, NJ — Survivors of domestic violence incarcerated because they attacked their abusers and people serving lengthy jail sentences because they exercised their right to trial, are among the categories of people who may be offered clemency under an executive order signed by Gov. Phil Murphy on ...
RAHWAY, NJ — TAPinto advertiser Plantabis Dispensary, the new, minority, woman-owned company, located at 2077 US-1 in Rahway, has some special offers for you. In addition to its regular daily and weekly deals, Plantabis is celebrating Juneteenth on Wednesday, June 19, with a storewide sale and ...
RAHWAY, NJ — TAPinto advertiser Plantabis Dispensary, the new, minority, woman-owned company, located at 2077 US-1 in Rahway, has some special offers for you. In addition to its regular daily and weekly deals, Plantabis is celebrating Juneteenth on Wednesday, June 19, with a storewide sale and ...
TRENTON, NJ — The N.J. Attorney General’s Office released initial details about a man’s apparent suicide after observant Woodbridge Township police officers stopped his van outside a Route 9 gas station on Friday, June 14th. Woodbridge police officers conducted a motor vehicle stop at 6:30 p.m.
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ — The New Jersey Hall of Fame unveiled its Entertainment and Learning Center at American Dream on Tuesday, June 18, before a crowd of supporters, elected officials, including Gov. Phil Murphy and State Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, and inductees Tommy James, comedian Joe ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — The Ramos family was considering a Sunday afternoon at the beach, where Luis could listen to the Mets game on the radio, have a cold drink and enjoy the day with his wife and four kids. As idyllic as those plans sounded, he had already received the best Father’s Day gift he ...
NEW JERSEY — It’s getting hot, hot, and even hotter. Carteret and Woodbridge officials, their local fire departments, and emergency-responders tell TAPinto Woodbridge-Carteret they are braced to help people during what may be a historic five-day heatwave. The National Weather Service (NWS) ...
COLONIA, NJ -- Cory Pascarella and Colin Kroner of Colonia were recently named to the Greater Middlesex Conference's All-White Division Team. Pascarella, a junior right-hander, was also voted to the overall All-GMC Team after a season in which he allowed three earned runs in 56 1/3 innings for ...
NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — The EARTH Center’s “hoop house” is filled with plants that feed and shelter butterflies and larvae native to New Jersey. The enclosed conditions allow visitors to take a close look at these beautiful insects. Enjoy them while learning how you can help these creatures in ...
CARTERET, NJ — A 29-year-old woman, slain on June 12, was married, two months pregnant, and came to the U.S. six years ago from Punjab in India to seek a better life with her husband, her family has told several English-speaking news outlets in India Instead, Jasvir Kaur died in a brutal ...
CAMDEN, NJ — Democratic Party kingpin George E. Norcross III was on a conference call negotiating with the developer of the Victor Lofts condos, which held an easement on the view of the Camden waterfront that was impeding a Norcross development. In this remarkable business conversation, ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — The 2025 Middlesex County grant cycle is back this summer to offer funding opportunities to municipalities and local nonprofit organizations in support of arts, history, and folklife programming and facilities in Middlesex County. These grants are offered by the Arts ...
ISELIN, NJ -- Two members of the John F. Kennedy High School of Iselin baseball team were named to the Greater Middlesex Conference's All-Blue Division Team. R.J. Coleman and Grant Lorentzen both represent the Mustangs on the team that was selected by a vote of the GMC coaches. Coleman, a ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ — Employees of Ashland Inc., an American chemical company that purchased Hercules in 2008, unveiled a new street sign on June 14, in honor of the Hercules company employees who sacrificed their lives in World War II. To celebrate the new sign, commemorate Flag Day, and remember ...
UPDATE: Newark Superintendent: No Alcohol at ‘Fun Day’ For Central Office Staff NEWARK — The invoice shows a menu with “bar service” of two domestic beers and one imported beer on tap as included in the price. The Newark Public Schools spent $50,238.50 on a “Superintendent’s Staff Fun Day” ...