Colonia News

The Colonia Chapter of Deborah Hospital is completing its fall season of successful fundraisers.

The Colonia Chapter of Hadassah will host an afternoon meeting at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan.

School officials are considering replacing the roofs and installing solar panels at most of the district's schools and facilities, noting that the aging structures are making it increasingly difficult to keep a lid on maintenance costs.

Winter Wonderland Holiday Gift Fair will be held Friday December 4th from 6:30-9:30pm at Colonia Middle School, Delaware Ave, Colonia.

In the spirit of the season of giving, Jake Rothstein, a second-grader at The Wardlaw-Hartridge School and a Woodbridge, NJ resident, is organizing a holiday collection for Angel PAWS, a 501 , non-profit, all volunteer organization dedicated to relieving the suffering of and finding permanent homes for stray, abandoned and homeless animals.

Township officials, worried that the financially-struggling 104-acre Colonia Country Club and golf course may fall into the hands of a developer, may consider the use of eminent domain to acquire the property.

Woodbridge's favorite son, Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora visited his alma mater, Woodbridge High School, for the opening of a new athletic training center.

The Barron Arts Center is hosting their annual holiday exhibition of model trains.

High school parents have the chance to ask college officials about financial aid during a forum hosted by Rep.

When Richard Gabienelli listened to war stories, they were stories from World War I veterans.

Two space heaters were stolen last weekend from inside an unfinished home in the township's Colonia section, police said.

Big things certainly do come in small packages, but can they also come from small packages? They do if you are third-grader Claire Ushay of Hillside Avenue School in Cranford.

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.