Fords News

Woodbridge Mayor John E. McCormac today announced that the Woodbridge Township Police Department responded to 43 complaints of illegal fireworks on July 4th, issued three summonses to residents identified as possessing illegal fireworks, and confiscated more than 1,000 pounds of illegal fireworks from various locations throughout the Township.

Township residents looking to mark Independence Day with a bang ended up with a bust after police confiscated more than a thousand pounds of illegal fireworks before they could be detonated, officials said Tuesday.

Anuva Goel likes to read a variety of books, but she is particularly fond of the Magic Treehouse series.

The Woodbridge Township Libraries have a variety of programs going on this summer.

Two high school seniors will receive scholarships from the David B. Crabiel Scholarship Foundation at a dinner June 10 at the Pines Manor in Edison.

Eleanor Ihasz knew she'd be excited and little nervous. On Thursday, June 25, after taking classes on and off for 19 years, Ihasz received her high school diploma from the Perth Amboy Adult School.

Two residents of Wisteria Drive found their vehicles burglarized Monday morning, police said.

Frances Brown, an 84-year-old resident of Fords, remembers calling the St. John's First Aid Squad four years ago.

Police are investigating two incidents in which car windows were smashed and items were stolen from cars.

A mathematics teacher at Edison High School was arrested Monday and charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old female student, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan and Edison Police Director Brian Collier.

A new Mayday Parade song has been revealed to the world! Watch singer Derek Sanders perform the untitled song acoustically from Fords, NJ here.

A Fords resident had her workbag stolen from the inside of her vehicle after a burglar smashed her front passenger window, police said.

Township health officials are investigating a case of the flu at Fords Middle School.

Woodbridge Mayor John E. McCormac will host the 3rd Annual "Mayor Mac's Charity Gala" on Sun., May 31 at Royal Albert's Palace in Fords.

A father and son were arrested early this morning following the robbery of an Edison service station attendant, who were apprehended after the attendant got the license plate number of the suspects' car and called the police, authorities said.

Ten angel fish swimming in an aquarium in the front lobby sur vived, said Rainy Kushner, office manager at Hopelawn Animal Hospital on New Brunswick Avenue.

VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan 's side band, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED , will take part in a signing session and acoustic performance at Vintage Vinyl in Fords, New Jersey on Monday, May 18 at 5:00 p.m. Purchase DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED 's "Wasted Heart" EP or his new CD, "Sick" , to obtain a wristband that will allow you access to the signing.

A postal worker from Fords was arrested on drug charges Tuesday after police found more than $3,000 worth of cocaine and $19,000 in suspected drug money in his apartment, police said Wednesday.

Before her father died, Abby Anderson promised that she would devote time and energy to defeat the disease that crippled and then killed him.

Our Redeemer Lutheran School in Fords will hold its annual auction on Sat., May 2, in the school gym.