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Middlesex County News
By TONY GALLOTTO
April 18, 2024
METUCHEN, NJ — Most folks around here already know downtown Metuchen is a terrific place to visit, dine, shop, and enjoy the arts. Now, the rest of America will realize that too. Money Magazine has named Middlesex County’s “Brainy Boro” as New Jersey’s 2024 Best Place to Live. In fact, Metuchen ...
OLD BRIDGE, NJ — Police have arrested a township Board of Education member and his wife for allegedly embezzling $53,400 from the Grissom Elementary School PTA and from a popular youth football–cheerleading organization. School board member Leonardo Marchetta, 42, and his wife, Dana Marchetta, ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Assembyman Sterley Stanley (D-18) has announced that the New Jersey Motor Vehicles Commission (NJMVC) Mobile Unit will be in East Brunswick at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center located at 721 Cranbury Rd, East Brunswick, NJ 08816 on Thursday, April 18th from 9AM Until ...
METUCHEN, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy, Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin, and other officials visited the historic Forum Theatre to promote a state Economic Development Authority funding program that supports arts initiatives. Mayor Jonathan Busch proudly gave officials a 20-minute tour on Tuesday, ...
CARTERET, NJ — Kiara Salva hopes to make her living someday with her art. This talented Carteret High School student appears to be well on her way. Kiara recently won a national online art competition in February for her amazing pencil-and-graphite vision of an underwater city. Last week, ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – Middlesex County officially launches the Special Needs Registry (SNR) to enhance the safety of its residents with special needs. This no-cost, voluntary service led by the Office of the County Prosecutor, is open to individuals with special needs residing, working, or ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - Due to inclement weather, Middlesex College's Edison campus and the Perth Amboy and New Brunswick Centers will have a delayed opening at 11 am on January 17. All locations will be restricted to only designated emergency personnel. Faculty may hold their regularly scheduled ...
EDISON, NJ — The Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners held its 2024 reorganization on Thursday, Jan. 4th, at the Middlesex College Performing Arts Center, to administer oaths to re-elected board members Leslie Koppel and Charles E. Tomaro. Commission Director Ronald G. Rios, from ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – The Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners held their annual Reorganization Meeting on Thursday, January 4, 2024, at the Middlesex College Performing Arts Center, with notable guests, including Governor Phil Murphy, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, Congresswoman ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The office of Assemblyman Sterley Stanley has secured additional dates for the MVC Mobile Unit in East Brunswick and Metuchen for the week of December 18-22nd. The Assemblyman has brought the mobile unit to the district dozens of times this year to provide off-site services ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – When Christopher Gioffre is hiring a new employee, he is more interested in the candidate’s character than in his technical ability. Gioffre, service director of the Ray Catena Auto Group, who has found what he is looking for among Middlesex County Magnet Schools ...
MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ - The widespread manhunt in Helmetta and its surrounding communities ended on Friday morning when January 6 riot suspect Gregory Yetman surrendered without incident. According to the FBI, Yetman turned himself into police on November 10, two days after disappearing into the ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - With all districts reporting, the three incumbent members of the board of education have won reelection for another three-year term. Board Members Mike Mitchell, Raja Krishna, and Board Vice President Smitha Raj have won reelection. According to the county, Mike Mitchell ...
EDISON, NJ - This winter visit the Roosevelt Park Family Outdoor Skating Rink located in Roosevelt Park to experience outdoor ice skating right in your own backyard. In addition to its picturesque location overlooking the lake, the Roosevelt Park Family Skating Rink offers open skating, rink ...
HIGHLAND PARK - Michael Kaplan of Highland Park, a Holocaust survivor who rose to become an icon in the residential real estate industry, whose landmark lawsuit led to the 1975 Mount Laurel decision requiring all New Jersey municipalities to provide their “fair share” of affordable housing, died ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – This fall, Middlesex County’s photography contest, Picture Middlesex County, is back by popular demand. The contest runs from September 21-November 30, 2023, and is open to all New Jersey residents. Three winners will be selected by a judging committee from the County to ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - Four deaths are currently under investigation in a residential neighborhood of Plainsboro, near Princeton University. At approximately 4:37 PM on Wednesday, October 4, authorities received a 911 call requesting a welfare check at a residence on Titus Lane in ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - The Teen Council of the Middlesex County 4-H Youth Development Program is hosting its annual Haunted House and Hayride fundraiser from 7-10:30 pm every Friday and Saturday in October at the 4-H Youth Center at 645 Cranbury Road in East Brunswick. Join the fun at the 4-H ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - This fall, Middlesex County's 4-H program is offering opportunities for residents to get involved and strengthen their sense of community. From their Open House recruitment event to their annual Haunted House and Hayride Fundraiser, residents are invited to participate in ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – The rain stopped, the skies cleared, and, for a brief moment, a rainbow appeared over Putnam Park this week as borough and county officials along with members of the recreation commission joined together for a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of a major ...
MONROE, NJ - Heather Cupano, 36 of Monroe, NJ, was originally arrested and charged with second-degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child after her 11-month-old daughter ingested heroin after struggling for life for two weeks. Following the child's death, Cupano was charged with first-degree ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - Replenish, Middlesex County's food bank and food insufficiency support program, needs your help this month. Please visit our Sign Up Page to view the open shifts throughout the month and sign up if you’d like to help. Volunteers must be 16 or older to independently sign ...
PERTH AMBOY, NJ -- Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Lawrence Cattano of the Perth Amboy police department announced Friday that a 64-year-old man has been charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault and Sexual Assault. Authorities say that Martin Klose of Fords, NJ, sexually ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - There's pig racing and there's politics. Jalapeños and Jersey tomatoes. Temporary tattoos and temporary indigestion. Cover bands and wrestling. Bunnies and anacondas. Treacherous rides and dicey parking. That's an American county fair, and the Middlesex County Fair that ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - As Middlesex County's biggest week of the summer winds down, there's still plenty to do at the County Fair that continues Saturday night and through Sunday night on Cranbury Road in East Brunswick. Especially if you're a music fan. A County Fair favorite, country band ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Fast-acting Middlesex County Sheriff’s Department officers are being hail as heroes after they braved rising floodwaters on Drift Street to come to the aid of several families – and tend to a baby that had fallen into the water. Sheriff Mildred Scott confirmed to TAPinto New ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - Hey, environmentalists and promoters of sustainability, here's your chance to see for yourself the process of treating the water you use and drink here at home in Middlesex County. The Middlesex County Utilities Authority is proud to invite community members to an Open ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The overwhelming majority of the 1,800 nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital who are working on an expired contract have voted to authorize a strike. The ballots that were tallied Monday night showed that 96% of the nurses at the 965-bed hospital voted to reject ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A state corrections officer from the Avenel Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center will be prosecuted for official misconduct for his alleged role in a 2019 beating that resulted in an inmate's death. A state grand jury indicted corrections officer Giuseppe Mandara, 54, from ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - Egrevel Vasquez-Garcia, 28, of Hightstown, was sentenced this week to 6 years in prison for driving at a high speed and being under the influence of alcohol, causing the death of Levelt Alexis, Jr. Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone announced that a ...
