Carteret News

Pictured are Ronald Montes, Linden Fire Department ; RWJ Rahway Paramedic Jen Green; Amy Eisenhauer, Linden EMS; RWJ Rahway Paramedic Kelly Wanca; Laura Higgins, Colonia First Aid; Brian Chen, Carteret First Aid; Jim Ulrich, Clark EMS; Robert Minkler, Rahway First Aid; TJ Kane, Avenel/Colonia First Aid and Erich Wahl, Carteret Fire Department.

Skyline Mini Golf, Woodbridge's most recent addition for entertainment opportunities, is back for a second season with a grand opening on Wednesday at 4 p.m. Mayor John McCormac will join Middlesex County businesses and Mayors from South Plainfield, Perth Amboy, South Amboy and Carteret to celebrate the Summer 2013 opening of the course.

Membership in the East Carteret High School Band has increased 400 percent in the last ten years.

The Rosary Altar Society of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church will hold a flea market on Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., rain or shine at 99 Broadway in Jersey City.

Police have charged Bryan G. Grider, 34, with aggravated assault arising from an incident Tuesday in which Grider allegedly attacked someone with a hammer.

Members of the Carteret Community are invited to join forces with Pathways, Carteret's School-Based Youth Services Program to support the inaugural Walkathon to Prevent Bullying on Saturday, May 18.

The following information was provided by the 19th Legislative District. Senator Joseph F. Vitale, Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski and Assemblyman Craig J. Coughlin are pleased to announce that the 19th Legislative District municipalities of Carteret, Perth Amboy, Sayreville, South Amboy and Woodbridge will receive a combined $330,595.34 in grants ... (more)

Commuters on the Garden State Parkway might get to work late this morning - there is a 13-mile backup northbound from exit 135, Central Avenue in Clark to exit 148, John F. Kennedy Drive north in Bloomfield, nj511.org is reporting.

OLD BRIDGE - First, contamination closed a portion of the beachfront at the Old Bridge Waterfront Park in Laurence Harbor.

More than six months after superstorm Sandy hit, authorities have accused Asbury Park's landmark Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel of price gouging in the days following the storm.

CARTERET - The former vice principal of Carteret High School admitted in federal court today to one count of possession of child pornography, less than a year after he was arrested when investigators found video recordings of child pornography in his Union County home.

Pathways, Carteret's school-based youth services program, is inviting community members to support the inaugural Walkathon to Prevent Bullying.

Senator Joseph F. Vitale, Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski and Assemblyman Craig J. Coughlin announced that Woodbridge Township would receive $315,610 through the New Jersey Department of Transportation's Local Aid program to mill and resurface Old Road in Sewaren.

The borough has approved the redevelopment plan for construction of a 460,000 square foot light industrial complex at the former Ball Glass manufacturing facility formerly owned by Saint Gobain Corp.

The borough has been awarded $368,850 in assistance from the New Jersey Department of Transportation's Municipal Aid Grant program to be used towards the Federal Boulevard repaving in West Carteret, Mayor Daniel J. Reiman and Councilman Jorge Diaz announced.

Budget-conscious blues fans, take note: The Berkeley Bar is presenting a "Double-Barreled Blues Weekend" this Friday and Saturday to kick off this first weekend in May.

The Smithereens are playing an almost-hometown show at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2 at the Woodbridge Middle School, 525 Barron Ave.. ` The band, whose hits include "Blood and Roses," "Drown in My Own Tears" and "Only a Memory," have several members from nearby Carteret.

Here are some businesses that were once around Union County. I'm looking for readers to share their own memories or past material from around the county in my column.