Tag: Woodbridge

  • Woodbridge hopes to work as team to move past loss in opener

    Woodbridge hopes to work as team to move past loss in opener

    Woodbridge High School head boys’ soccer coach Anthony Clarke’s only expectation heading into the Barrons’ first game of the season against Edison High School was to come together as a team. “It’s our first game of the season,” Clarke said prior to the contest on Sept. 7. “I want us to go through it as…

  • 5K to honor late director of the Metuchen YMCA

    5K to honor late director of the Metuchen YMCA

    The YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge and South Amboy (MEWSA) will hold its annual Janice Garbolino 5K event on Sept. 23. Each year, walkers and runners participate in the 5K event in memory of Janice Garbolino, the former Health & Wellness director of the Metuchen Branch YMCA. Garbolino lost her battle with breast cancer in…

  • Metuchen residents seek repaving

    Metuchen residents seek repaving

    METUCHEN — Amboy Avenue may have been paved recently, but residents who live on intersecting streets of the county road petitioned Borough officials to do something about their streets, which have been plagued with cracks and potholes for what they said has been a very long time. The Amboy Avenue resurfacing project along Amboy Avenue…

  • Sayreville Police join SOBA to offer recovery to opioid addicts

    Sayreville Police join SOBA to offer recovery to opioid addicts

    SAYREVILLE – Due to the increasing opioid epidemic that has plagued the State of New Jersey, the Sayreville Police Department has partnered with SOBA College Recovery from New Brunswick and Woodbridge to assist victims and their families struggling with addiction and its effects. “The unfortunate reality is drug overdoses are on the rise in our…

  • Kim Joseph Latkovich

    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…

  • Sayreville band to perform hometown show at Starland Ballroom

    Sayreville band to perform hometown show at Starland Ballroom

    SAYREVILLE – With nearly a decade’s worth of shows and on-stage appearances, members of a Sayreville-based band are getting ready for their next performance in their hometown. Mikell’s Plot, an eight-piece mix of punk rock, blues, hard rock and heavy metal, will perform at Starland Ballroom in Sayreville on Sept. 30. They will open for The…

  • Forsgate Country Club announces new staff hires

    Forsgate Country Club announces new staff hires

    Forsgate Country Club in Monroe has announced the recent hiring of two staff members. Leslie Conover, membership director, joined Forsgate in October. A native of Lawrenceville, she has significant years of experience in membership marketing, having worked for various private golf clubs including the Trenton Country Club and the Greenacres Country Club in Lawrence. She…

  • Interactive map, app provide features of Middlesex Greenway

    Interactive map, app provide features of Middlesex Greenway

    Middlesex County’s new interactive map enables residents to explore sites and businesses along the Middlesex Greenway. Stores, restaurants, bus stops and other features are accessible from a mobile device, as well as current weather, news and other updates about the Greenway. “Many people use the Greenway for fun and exercise, without realizing the many opportunities…

  • Two more suspects charged in Loop Inn shootings

    Two more suspects charged in Loop Inn shootings

    WOODBRIDGE — Two more suspects have been charged with fatally shooting one man and critically injuring another man at the Loop Inn Motel. Chelsey Mendoza, 20, of the Bronx, has been charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree, one count of hindering her own apprehension in the second degree…