Tag: Colonia
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Local marching bands to participate in competition Oct. 21
The Monroe Township High School Marching Band will hold its 11th annual Home Show on Oct. 21 with 14 area high school bands scheduled to participate in the competition. The event begins at 12:10 p.m. at the Monroe Township High School football stadium, 200 Schoolhouse Road, Monroe, sponsored by the Monroe Township High School Music Parents Association. Marching bands representing…
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American Legion chooses students to ‘run’ their own government
Sixty-eight rising high school seniors from Middlesex County are attending the 72nd session of American Legion Jersey Boys State (ALJBS) at Rider University. The college credit-qualified conference, sponsored by the American Legion Department of New Jersey, has statesmen run their own mythical 51st state. From June 18-23, the boys will have formed 18 mythical cities…
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Woodbridge man found guilty of 2011 murder
A Woodbridge man has been found guilty of murder and conspiracy to commit murder for convincing a co-defendant to fatally beat an Edison man. Michael Doce, 36, of the Colonia section of Woodbridge, was convicted on June 20 following an eight-week trial in New Brunswick before Superior Court Judge Dennis Nieves. Doce is expected…
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Residents gobble up opportunity to donate to county food bank
With 2016 nearing a close, organizers from the Middlesex County Food Organization and Outreach Distribution Services (MCFOODS) are taking stock of the usual holiday season’s landslide of donations. To date, MCFOODS has been on the receiving end of 62.17 tons of food donations, more than a third of which has flooded into the organization’s East…
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Ex-Colonia coach new assistant principal at Woodbridge
By Jeff Appelblatt While the basketball coach at Colonia High School, Christopher Chiera prepared for the season by the time November rolled around. It’s what he was familiar with for the last decade — the span the special education teacher was the team’s head coach. He had a successful run with the Patriots, but now…
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Woodbridge appoints five new police officers
WOODBRIDGE – Five new police officers have joined the ranks of the Woodbridge Township Police Department (WPD). Patrick McGeehan, 23, is a lifelong resident of Colonia. He graduated from Colonia High School in 2010. Afterward, he attended Stockton University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice. He was previously employed by Weldon Concrete in Westfield. Adam…
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Edison songstress advances on ‘The Voice’
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Five years ago, Moushumi Chitre’s name rose to prominence as a senior at J.P. Stevens High School when she won the school’s annual JPS Got Talent. Chitre was one of eight students highlighted for their talent in the school’s newspaper “The Hawkeye” in April 2011. Five years later,…
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Edison woman loses teaching job after stealing school funds
NEW BRUNSWICK – An Edison woman has been placed on probationary terms after admitting she stole funds that were raised for school children. Mary Sue Fisco, a 61-year-old teacher at Colonia High School, was placed on probation for two years after she pleaded guilty on Dec. 1 to theft for taking $1,771 in various amounts from Project Graduation, a fundraising…
