Tag: Woodbridge
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Students from Parlin, North Brunswick receive national scholarship award
Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc., a non-profit educational organization honoring the achievements of outstanding individuals and encouraging youth to pursue their dreams through higher education, announced the 106 recipients of its prestigious 2020 Horatio Alger National Scholarship. Philip Krotenok of Parlin, a student at the Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health and…
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Middlesex County College student paints mural in honor of Dr. King
Middlesex County College student Yazmin Wilkins, of Woodbridge, was one of about a dozen students from the college’s Democracy House service learning program to participate in a Jersey Cares’ mural painting activity at Quibbletown Middle School in Piscataway on Jan. 20. The event brought together more than 100 volunteers on the Dr. Martin Luther King…
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Eight officers join the Woodbridge Police Department
WOODBRIDGE – Eight new police officers have joined the ranks of the Woodbridge Township Police Department (WPD). The new officers successfully completed the state-mandated six-month Police Training Commission program and will take up patrol assignments on the streets of Woodbridge Township. The appointments were approved after the recruits successfully completed an extensive testing and eligibility…
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Woodbridge government reorganizes with first Hispanic American woman leading the dais, new business administrator
WOODBRIDGE – The Woodbridge Township Council reorganized with its first Hispanic American woman leading the dais. “I will continue to work for all of Woodbridge Township,” said Councilwoman-at-Large Lizbeth DeJesus after she was nominated for the position at the reorganization meeting on Jan. 1. “Along with my fellow council members, we will continue to work…
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Students at Woodbridge Middle School are back home since renovation project began
WOODBRIDGE – Since construction of a new elementary school and an addition and renovations to a middle school began two years ago, milestones of the multi-million dollar project have been celebrated along the way in the Woodbridge School District. On Jan. 7, Schools Superintendent Robert Zega said while work is still being done, a huge…
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New Jersey State Police continue to investigate crash that critically injured former Woodbridge mayor and killed his wife
HOLMDEL – Police are continuing to investigate the cause of a single vehicle crash that critically injured a former Woodbridge mayor and killed his wife as they were driving on the Garden State Parkway near PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel last week. Philip Cerria, 85, and his wife Margaret Cerria, 84, of Lakewood,…
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Multiple animal advocacy groups protest SeaQuest Woodbridge outside mall
WOODBRIDGE – Multiple animal advocacy groups led by Shut Down SeaQuest Woodbridge descended upon the Woodbridge Center Mall on Jan. 3, calling for the shutdown of SeaQuest. Members peacefully protested the alleged abuse and exploitation taking place at the SeaQuest in Woodbridge with signs including “Animals are not ours to use for entertainment,” “Don’t lie…
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Victim of New Year’s Day fire in Fords identified
WOODBRIDGE – A 35-year-old man has been identified as the victim who perished in a Woodbridge fire on Jan. 1. Jedidiah Timm, 35, of the Fords section of Woodbridge, has been identified by the Middlesex County Regional Medical Examiner’s Office as the victim who was discovered shortly after the fire, which occurred in the area…
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Sewa Diwali effort collects 25,000 pounds of food
PHOTO COURTESY OF PRAKASH PARAB In November and December, a collaborative community effort among Hindu and Indian organizations through the statewide Sewa Diwali effort – Woodbridge, Robbinsville, Monroe, Atlantic City, Chesterfield and Edison – collected and delivered more than 25,000 pounds of food items to food pantries across the state. Pictured are members donating to…
