Colonia News

In wake of a demand by a coalition of mayors demanding greater financial oversight of the Raritan Valley Sewerage Authority , board commissioner Frank Mazzarella has requested that adoption of the agency's 2010 budget be put on hold until detailed information on operating expenses can be obtained and a Municipal Budget Task Force can be put in ...

The Middlesex County Hazardous Materials team and local emergency responders were summoned to a warehouse on Middlesex Avenue earlier this morning after a pallet of ammonia-laced products fell off a rack as it was being moved, officials said.

At polling stations visited in Union and Elizabeth, the turnout mid-morning on Election Day was barely a trickle.

Angel PAWS, a non-profit, all volunteer animal welfare organization, based in Colonia, is having a Fundraiser on December 3, 2009 at Cheeseburger in Paradise, 625 US-1 South, Iselin.

COLONIA HIGH SCHOOL'S Interact Club is hosting a coat and clothes drive through Wednesday, Nov.

The whole point to running - or any aerobic exercise - is to lower your resting heart rate so that, presumably, it can go on beating for many more years.

Mayor John E. McCormac, Woodbridge Municipal Councilman Charles Kenny, T. Nulty Post 471 of the American Legion, the Blue Star Family Readiness Council, Colonia American Legion Post #248, Colonia VFW Post 6061, The Colonia Corner newspaper, and Township Veteran and Civic Organizations will kick-off "Operation Cookie Drop" on Tues., Oct.

Woodbridge Township Mayor John E. McCormac and Superintendent of Schools Dr. John A. Crowe, along with senior class students from Colonia, Woodbridge, and John F. Kennedy High Schools, today announced that the "Cast-a-Can When You Cast Your Vote" food drive is in place for the General Election on Tues., Nov.

Voters in each of the township's five wards will have the chance on Tuesday, Nov.

Twenty-three students at Union Catholic High School in Scotch Plains have earned AP Scholars Awards in recognition of their on AP Exams during the 2008-2009 school year.

A Colonia man reported his vehicle stolen Wednesday after parking it outside a business on St.

With state aid to parochial schools drying up, students at St. John Vianney School in Colonia knew they had to pound the pavement this year, asking their grown-up relatives and friends to contribute to their school's technology fund.

A few days after the city's first 5K Pink Ribbon Run and Moonlight Walk was held, City Clerk Elaine Jasko received a special hand-written note.

A motorcycle driver was airlifted to a local hospital Tuesday morning after his motorcycle collided with a minivan on St.

Mayor John E. McCormac announced that the Woodbridge Township Department of Health & Human Services will administer seasonal flu and pneumonia vaccine to Township residents on TUES., OCT 13, 2009 from 9:00 A.M. to Noon at the Evergreen Center located at 400 Inman Avenue in Colonia.

A raccoon found in the area of Schoder Avenue earlier this week has tested positive for rabies, officials said today.

The Colonia High School second annual harvest festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

Investigators smashed a home-invasion robbery and burglary ring, and uncovered a murder-for-hire scheme connected to the crimes, authorities announced Tuesday.

Fast food and eating healthy do not usually go hand-in-hand, but Muscle Maker Grill has been striving to change that notion with its new chain serving what company officials say is healthy, yet delicious, food.

It's been four months since 16-year-old Jennifer Metzger of Colonia died in a car crash on Route 9 in Woodbridge.