Author: KATHY CHANG, Managing Editor

  • Wolfe Ossa Law moves to Downtown Metuchen

    Wolfe Ossa Law moves to Downtown Metuchen

    METUCHEN – Wolfe Ossa Law – serving Metuchennites for 15 years – has moved to a new handicap accessible location on Main Street in Downtown Metuchen. Tom Wolfe opened the Law Offices of Thomas Wolfe Esq. back in 2006 before bringing on current Managing Partner Cristián A. Ossa, Esq. and renaming the firm, Wolfe Ossa…

  • Edison Water Utility moving into 21st century with signficant projects

    Edison Water Utility moving into 21st century with signficant projects

    EDISON – The Edison Water Utility is essentially moving into the 21st century with the movement of three significant projects. The Township Council approved three resolutions for three separate contracts to authorize Mott MacDonald, South Iselin, to provide additional engineering services at a meeting on March 11. “The three projects are essential to the operation,…

  • Old Bridge positive COVID-19 cases rise to 120

    Old Bridge positive COVID-19 cases rise to 120

    OLD BRIDGE – Old Bridge officials reported 15 new positive COVID-19 cases on April 1, which brings the total number of positive cases to 120 in the township, according to Old Bridge Mayor Owen Henry in his daily report. In addition to the state’s official website, covid19.nj.gov, residents can text NJCOVID to 898-211 to receive…

  • Monroe total positive COVID-19 cases reach triple digits

    Monroe total positive COVID-19 cases reach triple digits

    MONROE – Monroe officials reported 15 new positive COVID-19 cases on April 1, bringing the total number of cases to 105, according to the Monroe Township Office of Emergency Management. The new cases include eight females – a 36-year-old, a 40-year-old, a 44-year-old, a 53-year-old, 59-year-old, and a 69-year-old female, 79-year-old and a 90-year-old –…

  • Some 156 COVID-19 tests administered on first day at Middlesex County drive-thru testing facility

    Some 156 COVID-19 tests administered on first day at Middlesex County drive-thru testing facility

    EDISON – Some 156 COVID-19 tests were administered to Middlesex County residents on the opening day of the drive-thru testing facility at the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission Kilmer Vehicle Inspection Center in Edison. Those wishing to be tested are required to make an appointment and meet a set of criteria. Kimberly Burnett, public information…

  • Edison officials report 18 new positive cases of COVID-19

    Edison officials report 18 new positive cases of COVID-19

    EDISON – Edison officials reported 18 new positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number in the township to 91, according to information provided by the Edison Office of Emergency Management on April 1. The cases are a 21-year-old female, a 24-year-old male, a 27-year-old female, a 28-year-old male, a 40-year-old male, a 45-year-old female,…

  • Metuchen officials report two new positive COVID-19 cases

    Metuchen officials report two new positive COVID-19 cases

    METUCHEN – Metuchen officials reported two new positive COVID-19 cases on April 1, which brings the total positive cases in the borough to 12, according to Mayor Jonathan Busch. The mayor, in a social media post, said he was informed the cases are a 35-year-old female and a 60-year-old male. For more information regarding COVID-19,…

  • Woodbridge officials report record number of positive COVID-19 cases as total reaches triple digits

    Woodbridge officials report record number of positive COVID-19 cases as total reaches triple digits

    WOODBRIDGE – Woodbridge Township officials reported 22 new positive COVID-19 cases, its largest number of cases in 24 hours, according to Mayor John E. McCormac in his daily report on April 1. “As experts have been warning it will get worse before they get better, the Woodbridge numbers prove that,” McCormac said, adding the total…

  • Edison mayor makes public plea to stop discarding PPE gear in supermarket parking lots

    Edison mayor makes public plea to stop discarding PPE gear in supermarket parking lots

    EDISON – Edison Township officials urge the public to discard personal protective products – latex gloves, protective face masks and tissues – in a proper manner instead of strewn in supermarket parking lots in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Mayor Thomas Lankey issued a statement about illegally dumping trash on April 1, calling…