Tag: Woodbridge
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Vo-tech students create device for wheelchair-bound man to play with dog
EAST BRUNSWICK – Advanced manufacturing majors in the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS) are taught to identify a problem and then seek a solution. A recent problem involved a disabled man who wasn’t able to exercise his service dog with a simple game of fetch. Students on the MCVTS East Brunswick campus made…
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Barrons in search of new offensive leaders on ice
By Jeff Appelblatt Woodbridge High School’s ice hockey team should be secure on the defensive end of the ice with goaltenders Adam Godfrey and Lucas Hrabkovsky back this season. The junior/sophomore duo stopped 466 shots from getting into the net last season, with each playing a crucial role in getting the Barrons to tie a…
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‘Our Town’ to be staged at Woodbridge Middle School
Dragonfly Multicultural Arts Center has announced its next production, the classic American play “Our Town,” will be presented at the Woodbridge Middle School auditorium. Performances are scheduled for Dec. 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. The company, which had been performing in borrowed locations…
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Ex-Colonia coach new assistant principal at Woodbridge
By Jeff Appelblatt While the basketball coach at Colonia High School, Christopher Chiera prepared for the season by the time November rolled around. It’s what he was familiar with for the last decade — the span the special education teacher was the team’s head coach. He had a successful run with the Patriots, but now…
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Dropoff locations announced for Thanksgiving food drive
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey’s 16th annual Holiday Turkey Drive will collect food for families in need from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Nov. 19 and 20 at the following locations: Magyar Bank, 582 Milltown Rd., North Brunswick; ShopRite, 877 St. Georges Ave., Woodbridge; and St. Francis Cathedral Social Concerns, Main Street and 45 Library Pl.,…
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Barrons fall to tough Lions team in state football playoff opener
By Jeff Appelblatt Woodbridge High School’s football coach, Kevin Coleman, knew his team was facing the toughest opponent it faced all season in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section II, Group IV playoffs, when it traveled to Middletown High School North Nov. 11. And yet, he had confidence his team could compete…
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Incumbents, newcomer win BOE seats in Woodbridge
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Two incumbents and one newcomer, who were running on the McCormac Team, grabbed the three, three-year seats that were available on the Board of Education in the election Nov. 8. Incumbent Joseph Velez, who was appointed in January to fill Brian Small’s remaining term, garnered the most votes…
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Pet food drive for homeless pets Dec. 3-11
Paws First LLC, a professional pet-sitting and dog walking service in Metuchen, will hold the local Hungry Bowl™ Pet Food Drive. All dog and cat food donations will go directly to Woodbridge Animal Shelter & Adoption Center, which is in great need of pet food as it enters the new year. Donations will be accepted…
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Patel will remain on Woodbridge Council
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Verbhadra N. Patel will remain serving out the unexpired one-year Ward 4 term on the Township Council, which was held for over a decade by James Major, who stepped down in August. Patel, who is a Democrat and was appointed in August to fill Major’s seat, garnered the…
