Tag: Woodbridge Township Council
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Candidates file to run in primary election
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A full slate of candidates has filed petitions to run in the primary election on June 6. In Edison, there will be a mayoral race between Edison Mayor Thomas Lankey, a Democrat, and Republican Gaetano “Guy” Gaspari. The mayoral term is four years. There will be a Township Council race…
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Woodbridge provides resources for drug addiction recovery
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — With the implementation of the new Peer Recovery Coach Program in the township, those suffering with drug addiction will get the support they need straight from the emergency room. The statistics are sobering — 19 people died in Woodbridge last year from overdoses, which Mayor John E. McCormac…
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Woodbridge council welcomes new and familiar faces
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Verbhadra N. Patel has become the first elected councilman of South Asian descent to sit on the Township Council. Patel, with family by his side, was sworn in at a reorganization meeting by Township Clerk John Mitch on Jan. 3. He was first appointed by the Township Council…
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Patel will remain on Woodbridge Council
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Verbhadra N. Patel will remain serving out the unexpired one-year Ward 4 term on the Township Council, which was held for over a decade by James Major, who stepped down in August. Patel, who is a Democrat and was appointed in August to fill Major’s seat, garnered the…
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Candidates seek council seat in Woodbridge
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Come January, someone new will fill the Ward 4 Council seat, which was held for over a decade by James Major, who stepped down in August. Three candidates — Democrat Verbhadra “Viru” N. Patel, who was appointed by the Township Council to fill the remainder of Major’s term until…
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Patel succeeds Major on council in Woodbridge
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — The Township Council has appointed Verbhadra N. Patel to fill long-time Ward 4 Councilman James Major’s seat until Nov. 8. An emotional Major announced that he was stepping down from the council effective immediately at the council’s meeting on Aug. 9. He said he has accepted a position at the Middlesex County…