Perth Amboy News

Seated : High school seniors Brianna Simmons of New Brunswick; Peter Byrne of South Amboy; Shantel Mason of Perth Amboy; Shannon Sprauer of Edison; Zachary Wilson of South Plainfield; Remilder Hatcher of Avenel.

I've always been fascinated by rituals. Maybe it's because I've been through so few - no bat mitzvah, no prom , no graduation , no wedding.

Their hands may no longer be intertwined in a lifesaving grip, but Ron Snipes continues to extend a hand to a city man who attempted to jump from the Victory Bridge last month.

Ricardo Powell, 24, of Perth Amboy, was arrested after he was reported to be trespassing in Red Bull Arena.

"Chinese food" and "Delicious Pizza" and "Free Alterations" and "Motel" and "Joe's Bar." All of those neon signs and others -- big and small, stark and splendid -- have burned silently and magnificently, and almost eternally, in the great American night.

Theresa Daza of Highland Park walks the aisles at the 2008 Garden State Home Show at the Garden State Convention Center in the Somerset section of Franklin.

Felines wait to be fed at the Sayreville Pet Adoption Center on Jan. 26. The shelter was set to close, but donations will allow it to remain open, for now.

A man accused of being involved in an auto theft in Westwood in early December was arrested Friday, Feb.

Raritan Bay Medical Center Senior Business Partner, Nurse Recruiter Kathryn McLay, RN, left, takes the blood pressure of an unidentified woman at the Old Bridge Town Hall during the medical center's Go Red for Women events.

The next edition of The Laugh Tour, a quarterly stand-up comedy show in Jersey City, will feature JC's own Kyle Grooms.

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Theft On January 3, a Shady Lane resident reported a theft. The victim stated that a package valued at $20 was stolen from the front porch by an unknown person.

DISPUTE, 12:43 a.m. Jan. 15. Police responded to 292 Keene St. on a report of a dispute.

Plans for Perth Amboy's Landings at Harborside development. Perth Amboy Council president Ken Balut said that the Waterfront development project has halted, though developers deny that claim.

The Flynn & Son Funeral Home in Fords, N.J., said it was informed of Hegyes' death Thursday by the actor's family.

Jan. 12 at 4 p.m. - Members of the Perth Amboy Police Department's Investigative Division executed a search warrant at Catalpa Food Market on Catalpa Avenue.

While some are praising it with boisterous "cheers," others are concerned their mom and pop shops may be heading toward a swift decline in revenues.

Perth Amboy volunteer fireman Danny Dix, 24, helps set up the American flag that will hang from the Perth Amboy and Woodbridge ladders for the funeral of volunteer fireman Bruce Turcotte, of Hopelawn Volunteer Fire Department in Woodbridge is held at Our Lady of Peace Church in Edison on Wednesday, January 25 , 2012.

Elijah's Promise is collecting hats, gloves, scarves and winter coats in anticipation of the annual Point-in-Time survey that will gather information on the number of homeless people living in New Brunswick and Middlesex County.