Tag: Woodbridge
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YMCA of MEWSA launches campaign to fund community programs
The YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge and South Amboy (MEWSA) recently launched its annual “100 Days of Giving” campaign with an event held at the JFK Social Center in Edison. At the Jan. 10 event, there were speakers who shared how the YMCA had impacted their lives. The campaign’s goal is to raise $215,000 to ensure that everyone in…
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Barrons suffering from injuries, lack of wrestlers this season
By Jeff Appelblatt Woodbridge wrestling coach Mike Carbone knew his team had a number of voids in this year’s lineup. As a result, he didn’t expect this season to be anywhere as good as the last one. The biggest problem the Barrons are facing showed clearly in the team’s five-team meet at Kingsway Regional High…
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‘Love Letters’ at Woodbridge Middle School Feb. 10, 11
Dragonfly Multicultural Arts Center will present “Love Letters,” at 8 p.m. on Feb. 10 and Feb. 11 at Woodbridge Middle School, 525 Barron Ave., Woodbridge. A. R. Gurney’s touching two-character comedy-drama is told through letters sent between friends over 50 years. The play follows two New Englanders from childhood to prep school to adulthood, to…
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Returning boys’ hoops lineup piling up wins at Woodbridge
By Jeff Appelblatt With a lineup identical to last year, Woodbridge High School boys’ basketball coach Matt Gigliello expected his team to start the 2016-17 campaign strong. And the way the Barrons have looked so far, the team’s coach couldn’t have anticipated much better. The team won each of its first eight games. “It’s been…
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Theater group offers acting classes in Woodbridge
Catherine LaMoreaux, artistic director of Dragonfly Multicultural Arts Center, announced that the theater group will be offering six-week acting classes at Woodbridge Middle School for children, teens and adults beginning on Jan. 13. All classes are held on Friday evenings. Kids’ Acting is for children age 7-13 and is held from 6-7 p.m. The class…
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Pedestrian from East Brunswick struck, killed on Route 9 in Woodbridge
A 33-year-old woman from East Brunswick was killed on Dec. 27 when she was struck by a car on Route 9 south in Woodbridge. Margarita Bukhmil was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, where she was pronounced dead at 3:52 a.m., according to a statement prepared by Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew…
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Barrons put up fight, but fall short in Beast of the East
By Jeff Appelblatt It couldn’t have been what Bryan McLaughlin had hoped for when the 170-pound senior was dropped in the semifinals at the University of Delaware at the annual Beast of the East wrestling tournament. McLaughlin, who will attend Drexel University in the fall, has never been satisfied if he doesn’t take home the…
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Barrons look to pick up early wins on court
By Jeff Appelblatt Last year, Woodbridge High School’s boys’ basketball team struggled out of the gate. It lost low-scoring games to Colonia High school and J.P. Stevens High School to start the season 0-2. But using the losses as motivation, the Barrons snapped into action and went on to win 20 of its next 23…
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Barrons receiving contributions throughout boys’ bowling lineup
By Jeff Appelblatt The boys’ bowling season only officially began Dec. 2, but Woodbridge High School has already demonstrated it will be sending out top-notch bowlers of various age ranges. The senior that each opponent knew they’d be looking out for this year is Kyle Bilawsky. So when he threw a perfect 300 game in…
