Woodbridge/Carteret Top Stories
By GUY KIPP
March 29, 2023
COLONIA, NJ -- The Colonia baseball team will open its season with a pair of divisional games against rival Woodbridge on April 4 at home and then April 6 at Woodbridge High School. (TAPinto Woodbridge/Carteret will be publishing a Woodbridge H.S. baseball preview before opening day, as ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Another New Jersey ‘rite of spring’ has quietly arrived. Springtime means our clocks spring ahead. St. Patrick’s parades enliven our downtowns. Colorful crocuses emerge from our gardens. And, this week, the first signs emerged about how Woodbridge’s 2023’s political landscape ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — A former Newark man will spend two decades behind bars in a state prison for the attempted 2016 rape of a Carteret woman in her home. Superior Court Judge Andrea G. Carter, presiding in Middlesex County, sentenced 60-year-old Kevin Bethea on March 17th to 20 years in state ...
NEW JERSEY — Taxes seems to be what the Garden State grows best. New Jersey is now ranked as having the 6th highest tax burden among all US states in 2023, according to a study conducted by WalletHub. The personal finance website used four key factors to rank all 50 states. Here is where New ...
CARTERET, NJ -- The Carteret softball team opens its 2023 season next week after posting a 9-13 record last spring. That 2022 team battled the pangs of youth, but still put together some impressive offensive performances during the course of the campaign. "This year we have many returning ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ — With drama akin to a Jersey reality show, it's political season again in this borough. And, in full Sayreville style, there will be plenty to follow. To understand this stew of local politics, you need to go back to last summer, when longtime Democratic chair Tom Pollando ...
ISELIN, NJ -- The John F. Kennedy High School softball team will open its season at home on Tuesday, April 4 against North Plainfield. It's a young team coming off a rebuilding season, but 13th-year head coach Maureen Gallagher is optimistic the team will show some improvement. "We are hoping ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The town’s Zoning Board has finally granted all necessary approvals – over persistent neighborhood objections – for two, new apartment buildings on West Avenue in Sewaren. This squabble may not be over. Homeowners have, for months, protested plans for the “Arches at Sewaren,” ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — For a third straight year Woodbridge has achieved a “Gold Level” status as a “New Jersey Healthy Town” from the Princeton-based independent N.J. Health Care Quality Institute. To put this in perspective, New Jersey has 563 municipalities with 430 of them listed as participants ...
COLONIA, NJ -- The Colonia boys volleyball team will open its regular season in the Greater Middlesex Conference against J.P. Stevens at home on Tuesday, April 4. The Patriots will have a young team this season after graduation took several of the better performers from last year's 14-13 ...
This is Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac and today is Friday, March 24. There were only 28 new cases of Coronavirus in the Township in the past seven days and no new passing’s, which is great news. We have a vaccination clinic on Wed., March 29 for children from 6 months to under 12 from 5 p.m.
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A former South Jersey principal and teacher is now charged with forcing his way into a Keasbey woman’s apartment in 2014 and sexually assaulting her, authorities said. The 39-year-old suspect Danny McEaddy – already held in the Camden County jail on similar charges there – was ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ — The family of murdered Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour held a press conference at Borough Hall on Wednesday, March 22, to express their deep concern with the perceived lack of information from law enforcement. It is the first time that family members have spoken publicly ...
COLONIA, NJ -- Taylor Derkack, a junior forward at Colonia High School, was recently named to the Greater Middlesex Conference's All-GMC Girls Basketball Team. Derkack averaged 21.5 points, 13.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 4.0 steals and 2.3 blocks in helping lead the Patriots to the GMC Tournament ...
WOODBRIDGE NJ — Seeking to bolster New Jersey’s more than 950,000 small businesses, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-19th Dist.) is promoting legislation to create more jobs, streamline state programs and reduce red tape for entrepreneurs seeking to invest or grow in the state. Coughlin said ...
COLONIA, NJ – Four players who served prominent roles on the Colonia-Woodbridge-JFK ice hockey tri-op team have been named to the All-Greater Middlesex Conference Team. Ryan Lukko, Hubert Polchlopek, Chris Walusz and Hunter Galgani all were selected in a poll of the conference’s ...
This is Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac. Today is Friday, March 17. There were 32 new cases of Coronavirus in Woodbridge in the last seven days, so the numbers keep declining which is great news. We have a vaccination clinic on Tues., March 21 from 2 to 4 p.m. at our Health Center so call ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – Ty Kobylakiewicz, a corner infielder for the Woodbridge High School baseball team, recently signed a letter of intent to attend William Paterson University, where he will continue his athletic career. As a junior at Woodbridge in 2022, Kobylakiewicz batted .364 with five ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The Board of Education’s most veteran member, Brian Molnar Sr., has decided not to seek re-election to a seventh term in the November 2023 general election. Molnar has served on the school board for 18 years, initially taking office in 2005 and winning six consecutive elections.
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. So, The Arches at Sewaren LLC is going to make a third pitch for municipal approvals with a modestly scaled back plan for a West Avenue apartment complex. The applicant is to return to the Zoning Board of Adjustment at 6 p.m.
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A majority of the Woodbridge voters – who actually cast ballots on Tuesday – gave the public school district permission to spend $32 million on major renovations to Avenel Elementary Schools 4 and 5. Hardly a surprise. Mostly since taxpayers were not asked for more money or to ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ -- Micah Eason, a junior guard on the Woodbridge High School boys basketball team, has been selected to the Greater Middlesex Conference All-White Division Team. Eason, who was chosen in a vote of the GMC coaches, led the Barrons in scoring this season with 353 points, an average ...
COLONIA, NJ -- Noah Taylor, a senior forward for the Colonia boys basketball team, has been named to the All-Greater Middlesex Conference team for 2022-23. Taylor was honored as one of the top eight players in the GMC in a vote of the conference's coaches. He and guard Anthony Gooden were the ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — New Jersey’s biggest and best St. Patrick’s Day Parade has rolled into our collective memories after rolling through town with hours of fanfare on Sunday. With help from its sponsor, the Woodbridge American-Irish Association, and from Mayor John E. McCormac, TAPinto ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ -- Three members of the Woodbridge girls basketball team have been named to the Greater Middlesex Conference All-White Division Team. Aviva Palms, a junior forward, was selected to the White Division first team in a poll of GMC coaches. Palms averaged 13.9 points and 11.2 rebounds ...
CARTERET, NJ — This borough’s Cornell Estates Park will be renamed Wednesday to honor the late John “Jack” McGreevey – a no-nonsense U.S. Marine and 19th Legislative District’s fierce advocate for fellow veterans – who died in May 2022 at age 93.. His son, former Gov. Jim McGreevey, said Mayor ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A town-wide referendum Tuesday asks voters to give the school district permission for sweeping, “significant renovations” at Avenel Elementary Schools 4 & 5 on Avenel Street. This referendum does not ask taxpayers for more money, or for any increase in long-term debt. The ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Detectives from prosecutor's offices in Essex, Middlesex and Monmouth counties have now charged a Colonia medical doctor with criminal sexual contact with as many seven women under his care. The most recent charges against Dr. Gurvindra S.Johal are from the Essex County ...
This is Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac. Today is Friday, March 10. There were 44 new cases of Coronavirus in Woodbridge in the last seven days, which is our lowest weekly total since mid-July of 2021. We very sadly have to report the passing of a 56-year-old female from Covid-19, so please keep ...
19TH DISTRICT - The Democratic committee representing the five towns in the 19th Legislative District have given unanimous support for the re-election of State Sen. Joe Vitale, State Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and State Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez. The vote was held at Middlesex College on ...