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By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Township officials are seeking to dredge the Woodbridge River to rid it of pollutants and curtail flooding issues plaguing property owners. Mayor John McCormac said the township is moving forward with the dredging project after the council passed a resolution authorizing a permit application to the U.S. Army…

By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — Fear was just one of the strong feelings residents voiced about Officer David Pedana’s slated return to the township’s Police Department. “We are afraid,” resident Mahesh Swali told the Township Council at its July 20 meeting. “Why are you putting him back?” The concern stems from racist text messages…

WOODBRIDGE — A Colonia man has been charged in connection with the July 22 murder of the woman with whom he shared a Devon Road home, according to authorities. Vito Nigro, 42, was charged with murder and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose in the death of 32-year-old Giorgina Nigro. A judge set…

By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Thousands of music lovers packed the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel for the 2015 Vans Warped Tour on June 19. ADAM C. UZIALKO/STAFF Thousands braved the grueling heat and heavy traffic to see their favorite bands play an all day festival at the PNC Bank Arts Center. The…

By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Rohit Iyer and Stephanie Zhang, both of J.P. Stevens High School, are the first two students from the same school to be elected to national office with the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America in the same year. EDISON — This year, two members of the National Executive Council for…

EDISON — A new technology may have older individuals loving video games even more than the younger generation. Local researchers are drawing on these games to study and advance a type of virtual rehabilitation therapy to improve the lives of individuals with post-cerebral vascular disease, a condition often associated with strokes, according to county officials.…

By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer In the wake of two years of attacks on South Asians in the area, the universal message among community members is “zero tolerance.” North Brunswick and Middlesex County officials met with concerned residents at North Brunswick’s municipal building on July 13 to discuss the aftermath of assaults men of Indian…

Brad Demitus The New Jersey Golf Foundation (NJGF), the charitable arm of the New Jersey Section, PGA of America (NJPGA), announced the recipients of the prestigious Peter A. Famiano Memorial Scholarship. Junior golfer Brad Demitus of Colonia was one of four awarded scholarships and honored at the Seventh Annual New Jersey Golf Foundation Peter A.…

PHOTO COURTESY OF EDGAR CHILD CARE CENTER Students from Metuchen’s Edgar Child Care Center enjoy a special pizza and ice cream sundae lunch at What’s the Scoop on Main Street in Metuchen.