Tag: Woodbridge
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Registration ceremony for the New Jersey Senior Olympics July 7
The registration kick-off ceremony for the New Jersey Senior Olympics will be held at 11 a.m., July 7, at the Woodbridge Community Center, 600 Main St., Woodbridge. The New Jersey Senior Olympics feature 21 sporting events where athletes 50 years of age and older compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. The games are held…
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Woodbridge receiver grateful for last high school game
By Brett Carroll Staff Writer Woodbridge High School wide receiver Quassim Glover loved the experience of playing in the 2017 Phil Simms North-South All-Star Football Classic. Glover was a part of the South All-Stars that won the game, beating the North All-Stars, 30-22, June 26 at Kean University in Union. The 6-foot-2, 195-pounder made just…
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Woodbridge man found guilty of 2011 murder
A Woodbridge man has been found guilty of murder and conspiracy to commit murder for convincing a co-defendant to fatally beat an Edison man. Michael Doce, 36, of the Colonia section of Woodbridge, was convicted on June 20 following an eight-week trial in New Brunswick before Superior Court Judge Dennis Nieves. Doce is expected…
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Officials: One dead, one wounded at Woodbridge motel
WOODBRIDGE – An unidentified man was fatally shot and another man was wounded at a Route 1 motel in the township on June 21. Woodbridge police were called to the Loop Inn Motel at 4:53 a.m. and found the victims, one of whom was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:36 a.m., according to a…
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ALDI to hold hiring event June 21
ALDI will hold a hiring event for its stores in East Brunswick, Edison, Hazlet, New Brunswick, Piscataway, South Plainfield, Linden, Roselle and Woodbridge from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on June 21 at the grocery store located at 1321 Centennial Ave., Piscataway. Manager trainees work up to 50 hours per week for a salary range…
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Woodbridge Mayor’s Fluke Fishing Tournament June 17
The 11th annual Woodbridge Mayor’s Fluke Fishing Tournament will be held 6 p.m. on June 17 at the Sewaren Boat Launch, Sewaren. Weigh-In is at 5 p.m. The annual fishing tournament raises funds for Woodbridge Township physically or developmentally challenged youngsters. This year, proceeds will go to Shyam Venkatesh, a five-year-old from Woodbridge diagnosed with…
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Woodbridge on the lookout for abandoned pools
WOODBRIDGE — As the summer season brings hot weather to the Garden State, township officials are combating potential mosquito (Zika) breeding areas in the township with the return of a public health abandoned property initiative — removal of abandoned or neglected swimming pools. On June 1, Mayor John E. McCormac met with Township Department of…
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Schools collect more than 60 tons of food for county food bank
School districts in Woodbridge, East Brunswick and Old Bridge collected 12,850, 12,000 and 10,700 pounds of food, respectively, for the county food bank in the past year. The East Brunswick, Monroe and Perth Amboy districts had 100 percent of their schools participating in the food drive, which netted 135,000 pounds – or 64.5 tons –…
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Woodbridge girls’ relay team sets school record at Meet of Champions
By Brett Carroll Staff Writer Although the girls’ 4×400-meter relay team at Woodbridge High School did not win a state championship or achieve the clocking it had zeroed in on, the runners were proud of setting a new school record in the event. On June 10 at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Meet of…
