Tag: Woodbridge
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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…
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Investigators charge three teens with arson at boundless playground
Editor’s note: This is an updated story regarding charges filed in a fire set at a playground at a Woodbridge school. WOODBRIDGE – Police and fire officials have charged three juveniles with setting a fire that destroyed a significant portion of the boundless playground equipment at the Matthew Jago Elementary School No. 28…
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Woodbridge investigators suspect arson at boundless playground
WOODBRIDGE — Police and fire officials are continuing to investigate what municipal officials are calling “suspected arson” that destroyed a significant portion of the boundless playground equipment at the Matthew Jago Elementary School No. 28 in the Sewaren section of the township, according to Mayor John E. McCormac and Police Director Robert Hubner. A neighborhood…
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Woodbridge attorney admits to theft of clients’ funds
An attorney whose practice is in Woodbridge admitted to the theft of clients’ funds stemming from two pending indictments. Richard Zuvich, 64, of Metuchen, pleaded guilty on July 16 to theft by unlawful taking and misapplication of entrusted property admitting he took the proceeds from a house sale, put the funds into a trust account,…
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Five Branches Senior Center opens in Iselin
WOODBRIDGE — Come next year, Woodbridge Township will have four senior centers, which has become a community effort. Mayor John E. McCormac, members of the Township Council, members of the Woodbridge Township Department of Health and Human Services, and Assemblyman Craig Coughlin celebrated the grand opening of the Five Branches Senior Center at 1 Brown…
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Iselin Branch Library celebrates 50 years
WOODBRIDGE — Mayor John E. McCormac said that when he attended the former St. Cecelia’s School, the Iselin Branch Library was the place to go. “It was right down the street … we were doing homework, studying, looking up things in a big book they used to call the encyclopedia for all you young kids…
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Edison, Woodbridge receive Clean Communities grants
Edison and Woodbridge have been awarded Clean Communities grants from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The townships are two of the largest municipal recipients of funds this year for environmental cleanups and education projects. Edison received $166,404 and Woodbridge received $163,272. Edison Health Director Jay Elliot, who oversees the local Clean Communities program, explained…
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School addition, improvements in Woodbridge are community effort
WOODBRIDGE — The groundbreaking for a new elementary school and an addition and renovations to a middle school signifies yet another multi-million dollar project in collaboration among Woodbridge municipal and school officials. “We couldn’t have done it separately, only together,” Woodbridge School District Superintendent of Schools Robert Zega said. “This is an historic, cooperative effort.…
