Giving Back
By TONY GALLOTTO
March 13, 2023
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 ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — To keep shelves stocked, REPLENISH in partnership with the Board of County Commissioners and the Middlesex County Superintendent of Schools, is hosting the 2023 Middlesex County Spring School Food Drive. People are invited to drop off donations at schools from March 13 ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The Independent Club of Colonia will honor a veteran police detective and a three-term councilwoman on Sunday, Feb. 26th for their years of dedicated community service, club President Phillip Hall announced. Accolades will go to 22-year police Det. Mark Zeno, for his dedicated ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Parents here are rallying to help the family of a popular, longtime youth soccer coach recently diagnosed with cancer. “If you played soccer in Woodbridge Township at some point in the past 20 years, your path likely crossed with Chuck Kist,” reads a GoFundMe page created by ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A Colonia Middle School teacher has won “free groceries for a year” from Lidl supermarket, New Jersey’s only 2023 recipients of Lidl’s annual giveaway. Teacher Amy Mentzel pledges to share her family’s good fortune with less fortunate Woodbridge neighbors, and do something nice ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Rows of Campbell’s soup cans gleam on shelves that have been decorated with silver tinsel and hanging snowflakes. There’s also enough pasta, beans and other non-perishable food to feed a lecture hall full of hungry computer science majors. Everything here is organized ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ -- A GoFundMe page has been set up by the father of slain Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour's daughter, Nicole, to help the family with final preparations and to help establish a trust for the 12-year-old who has just lost her mother. To know her is to know she was always ...
PERTH AMBOY - The city is launching its first tribute banner program to honor residents who have served in any military branch as active service members, reserves, and veterans at the time of enlistment. The Hometown Heroes banners, measuring 24" x48" and double-sided, will feature the ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The township will host its annual public tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at 6 p.m. on Monday at the Acacia Youth Center, 95 Port Reading Avenue. Mayor John E. McCormac invites the township residents and their families, and school, church and community groups to ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Mayor John McCormac will today kick-start the township’s annual "Have-A-Heart" food drive challenge. This “Have-A-Heart” drive challenges businesses, area-wide food retailers, hospitality industry, corporate, community associations, schools and residents to donate 214 pounds of ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Students and staff at Piscataway High School, and residents across the town are mourning the loss of classmate, Cassandra “Cassie” Feliciano, 17 who was tragically killed in a one-car crash Monday night. Piscataway School Superintendent, Dr. Frank Ranelli pledged the district’s ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Volunteers from the township Police Department spent a recent morning helping 20 local families with 48 children go on a whirlwind holiday shopping spree at Walmart on Route 9. Joining forces for the annual “Shop With a Cop” event were officers from Woodbridge PBA Local 38, the ...
PERTH AMBOY - Following the successful capture of the Grinch in Perth Amboy, city police will be celebrating with the community at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, December 21. The city's first responders will lead a tour throughout the neighborhoods, sending their holiday cheer to all. They will stop at ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Mayor John E. McCormac launched his town’s annual “Season of Giving” food drive this week at the newly renovated food distribution facility at the Knights of Columbus on Main Street. Mayor McCormac welcomed youngsters from the National Honors Society at Indiana Avenue School 18, ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – To celebrate Thanksgiving, Middlesex County’s food distribution organization, REPLENISH, hosted a series of events and food drives throughout November designed to raise awareness of food insecurity and collect non-perishable foods and supplies. The month-long campaign ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — This town’s distinctive ‘Cast-A-Can When You Cast-A-Vote’ food drive – now in its 16th year – has become “synonymous with Election Day,” says Mayor John McCormac. The premise is simple: Woodbridge asks voters to bring canned goods or other nonperishable foods to any of the ...
The Two Organizations have Collection Sites Throughout the State This year, with the financial hardship that many families are facing, Ryan’s Toy Roundup needs your help. The New Jersey Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NJSHA) has been working with the Ryan Patrick Faella Foundation and ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Breakfast, lunch and learning are back on the menu at “Mac’s Café,” that just reopened after its summer hiatus at the Cypress Recreation Center in Port Reading. Yep, its “Big Boy” pork roll sandwiches and grilled chicken wraps are delicious, hearty and reasonably ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Instead of just one Route 9 sign to honor a Colonia High co-ed killed in a 2009 accident, local officials are offering to put similar “Speed Kills” signs at all three public high schools. Lisa Metzger, mother of late 16-year-old Jennifer Metzger, appreciates the effort Mayor ...
PERTH AMBOY - In response to the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, which made landfall in Puerto Rico on Sunday and caused an island-wide power outage and severe flooding, Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez (D-19th Dist.) is asking residents to help. "Puerto Rico has suffered yet another tragic natural ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Firefighters from Hopelawn and Keasbey teamed up with municipal and school officials to make sure that youngsters from those neighborhoods go back to school with supplies they need to succeed. The result: Kids from Keasbey took home 250 supply-stuffed backpacks from Saturday's ...
WOODBRIDGE – With the 2022-23 school year just 14 days away, the McDonald’s restaurant on Route 9 is hosting a backpack giveaway on Saturday, Aug. 27, offering the first 200 youngsters a chance to get new school supplies. The local event, from noon to 2 p.m. this Saturday, at the busy Woodbridge ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A recent Woodbridge High School graduate is among five North Jersey teenagers chosen for a highly-competitive paid internship program that will boost their employment skills and benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of New Jersey. Bank of America-NJ has named 2022 Woodbridge grad ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The new school years starts in 28 days, and Applebee's wants local youngsters – especially those from struggling or underprivileged local families – to be ready start classes with spiffy new school supplies. So, today through Tuesday Aug 16th, Applebee's in Woodbridge Center is ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A deal to buy and renovate a small, long-vacant grammar school may soon provide new learning and recreational opportunities for local adults with developmentally disabilities. The Township is putting finishing touches on an agreement with the Diocese of Metuchen to acquire an ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — It is “thrilling” and “emotionally moving” to teach English to new immigrants, help them land jobs, or prepare to become new United States citizens. That’s how volunteer tutors from Literacy New Jersey–Middlesex County describe their personal reward from teaching weekly ...
Police, firefighters and emergency personnel in Carteret and Woodbridge will bring “National Night Out” closer to home on Tuesday for people and families in their respective communities. Carteret’s lively National Night Out celebration runs from 6 to 8 pm at Carteret Park, at Carteret Avenue and ...
NEWARK — U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer, First Lady Tammy Murphy and Port Authority Chairman Kevin O’Toole are special guests at a fundraiser for Ukraine at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on Friday. Proceeds raised at the star-studded event will be split among ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ -- This is what it’s all about. Current NFL wide receiver for the Chicago Bears, Tajae Sharpe, held a free football field day on Wednesday morning at Green Acres Park. A Piscataway native and class of 2012 alum at Piscataway High School, Sharpe formed the field day in a short ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - On Saturday, July 16, Daniel Anderl’s legacy will be honored with the SECOND AND FINAL “LOVE IS LIGHT” 5K RUN/WALK at the North Brunswick Community Park (2051 US-130, North Brunswick Township, NJ) where Daniel played countless baseball games from grammar school to high ...