Tag: Fords
-
Two Woodbridge sites part of the state’s “new day” for environmental enforcement
TRENTON — Two sites in Woodbridge are part of six separate lawsuits that the state recently filed. This action was aimed at recovering damages for the harm caused by pollution to properties, groundwater and waterways across the state, while also in an attempt to recover the costs the state has paid in conducting environmental clean-ups. Attorney…
-
Electricians, plumbers graduate from apprentice program
After years of classes and on-the-job training, 49 electricians and plumbers have graduated from the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS) Apprentice Program. The ceremony, held May 16 in the auditorium on the MCVTS East Brunswick Campus, was the culmination of an intensive educational program involving between 600 and 900 hours of classroom instruction…
-
Our Lady of Peace to hold blood drive on March 11
The Social Concerns Ministry of Our Lady of Peace Church in Fords will hold its annual blood drive from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on March 11. The parish center is located at 10 Franklin Ave., off Amboy Avenue, in Edison. Donors must weigh at least 110 pounds, bring an ID card, and eat and…
-
Alumni of Boy Scout Troop 53, Fords invited to 75th anniversary celebration
Boy Scout Troop 53, of Fords, will be celebrating its 75th Anniversary on April 14, 2018. All alumni are invited to attend the 75th Anniversary celebration at Our Lady of Peace Church, 620 Amboy Ave. The Troop was chartered to Our Lady of Peace Church in Fords on April 14, 1943 and has been part…
-
Edison man dies after struck by car while crossing Amboy Avenue
EDISON — A 68-year-old township man died hours after he was struck by a car on Amboy Avenue in the Clara Barton section of Edison as he crossed the street near 4th Street, according to police. The victim, a Liddle Avenue resident, was struck at 7:50 p.m. on Jan. 28, police said. He was…
-
Fords volunteer makes blankets in honor of Dr. King
PHOTO COURTESY OF TOM PETERSON In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 150 volunteers gathered at the Somerset Academy in Bridgewater to participate in various service projects including painting a mural in the school and assembling kits to be distributed to homeless individuals on their first night in a shelter. The project, coordinated…
-
Drag racers share fond memories of Raceway Park
OLD BRIDGE — Ever since he can remember, Mark Nagy tagged along with his older brother Rob and his father Bob on trips to Raceway Park for the annual Snap-on Tools Nights of Thrills and the National Hot Rod Association’s (NHRA) Summernationals. “My dad would race his [Snap-on] truck and we would sneak and hang…
-
Kim Joseph Latkovich
Kim Joseph Latkovich, 62, of Fords, entered into eternal rest surrounded by loving family and friends at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune on Sept. 2. Born in Perth Amboy, he lived most of his life in Fords, where he was known for his hard work and helping hands. Kim began his public…
-
Old Bridge resident recalls when women were first allowed to vote
OLD BRIDGE – Mary Baumann was born in Cleveland in the summer of 1919, a little more than a year before women were constitutionally granted the right to vote. Almost a lifetime later, the 97-year-old a resident at Roosevelt Care Center at Old Bridge casted her ballot for the Hillary Clinton, the first female presidential candidate. “I’ve…