Tag: Middlesex Water Company
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OBMUA continues to do more with less, providing water and sewer services
OLD BRIDGE – With 40 square miles and some 20,000 residential and commercial water and sewer service accounts, the Old Bridge Municipal Utilities Authority (OBMUA) has its hands full all the while keeping rate costs low for customers. The OBMUA is fresh off replacing 10,000 feet of water main in the Knollcroft section of Cliffwood…
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Holiday Model Train Exhibit at Barron Arts Center runs through Dec. 30
The trains are back on track through Dec. 30 during the 28th annual Holiday Model Train Exhibit at the Barron Arts Center, 582 Rahway Ave., Woodbridge. Exhibit hours are weekdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and weekends, 2-4 p.m. The Barrons Arts Center is closed on Christmas Day. The display of more than 300 feet…
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Marlboro will challenge firm’s request for higher water rates
MARLBORO – A move is underway in Marlboro to fight a proposed 19.7 percent rate increase from the Middlesex Water Company. A petition of opposition to the proposed increase was approved by the Township Council on Dec. 14. The resolution put before the council was on behalf of the Marlboro Township Water Utility Division to…
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Annual Bowl for Hunger raises $31,000 for food banks
WOODBRIDGE — Funds from the eighth annual “Bowl for Hunger” will be distributed evenly among 32 food banks in Middlesex County. This year’s “Bowl for Hunger” on July 27 at Majestic Lanes of Hopelawn raised approximately $31,000, with additional pledges to come. Assemblyman Craig J. Coughlin (D-Middlesex) in partnership with the Middlesex Water Company, Raritan…
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Bowl for Hunger July 27
The eighth annual “Bowl for Hunger” will be held from 5:30-10 pm. on July 27 at the Majestic Lanes, 525 State Route 9 North, Hopelawn section of Woodbridge Township. Assemblyman Craig J. Coughlin (D-Middlesex) in partnership with the Raritan Bay Medical Center Foundation, Woodbridge Metro Chamber of Commerce and Middlesex Water Company hosts the event. Last…
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South Amboy Arts receives donation from Middlesex Water Company
South Amboy Arts District representative Diana St. John recently received a $5,000 check from Dennis Doll, president and CEO of Middlesex Water Company. The funding will be used toward the arts district’s marketing and branding campaign that promotes the arts events in the City of South Amboy. For more information on South Amboy Arts, visit…
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Metuchen horse trough takes prize
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — The Woodwild Park Horse Trough restoration project has caught the eye of the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office. The project received a 2017 New Jersey Historic Preservation Award on May 11 at a ceremony held at the Burlington County Olde Courthouse in Mount Holly. The project was one…
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Water companies flushing hydrants in Edison
EDISON — Two private water companies that provide Edison’s 35,800 households with drinking water are conducting routine hydrant flushing over the next few weeks. Crews from Middlesex Water Company and New Jersey American Water Company are already working in the Edison neighborhoods they each serve. Hydrant flushing is done between 7:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. and…
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Metuchen horse trough is back in place
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — And just like it left last December for much needed restoration, a lift of a crane picked up the now fully restored antique horse trough last week and lowered it back in its place along Middlesex Avenue, Route 27. The horse trough, a one-time water fountain for passing…