Tag: Avenel Arts Center at Station Village
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Luxury apartment complexes, retail and restaurants expected to start opening in downtown Woodbridge; PILOTS continue to provide steady source of revenue for township
WOODBRIDGE – Six years ago, township officials made a commitment to invest in a transit village development for the business district in downtown Woodbridge in efforts to not let the district “wither away and die.” Fast-forward as township officials embark on a new year, the business district is far from dying with the hard-to-miss construction…
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Meet Anthony Wilkerson, executive and artistic director of Avenel Arts Center, on Jan. 28
Meet Anthony Wilkerson, executive and artistic director of the Avenel Arts Center, at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 28 at the Jewish Community Center Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison. A New York native, Wilkerson is a graduate of New York Unviersity’s College of Arts and Sciences for English Creative Writing. He started his career…
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NJ Transit expands service at Avenel Train Station, a first in 34 years
NEWARK – With all the significant bustle in the Avenel section of Woodbridge, NJ Transit is expanding weekday service by more than 40% and adding a full schedule of weekend service for the first time in 34 years, according to NJ Transit officials. The service enhancements were announced on Sept. 5 and began on Sept.…
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Believe Park named in honor of LeGrand
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — As early as the third grade when Eric LeGrand’s mom, Karen, let him cross Homestead Avenue, he remembers hitting homeruns and playing basketball at the neighborhood park across the street in the Avenel section of the township. Today, the park is named after Eric LeGrand, the Colonia High…
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Avenel Arts Center to include studios, galleries, performance space
WOODBRIDGE — Woodbridge Township officials will receive grant funding to create the Avenel Arts Center at Station Village. The $50 million project will transform the 27-acre former industrial site into mixed-use, community-centered, arts-related retail, according to information provided by the Middlesex County Office of Communication. The village will include more than 50,000 square feet of…