Perth Amboy News

Nursing home workers represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East picketed yesterday for a new contract at three facilities in New Jersey, including at the Manhattanview Health Care Center on Hudson Avenue.

Brendaliz Cruz, 19, of Keasby was arrested for possession of marijuana under 50 grams on May 26 on Route 206 in Raritan, police said.

Perth Amboy, N.J.-based VIRA Mfg. has been sold to an ownership group led by one of its original founders.

PERTH AMBOY - A Perth Amboy man who admitted to killing his wife with a mini-sledgehammer and then dumping her body in Virginia was sentenced to 30 years in jail Tuesday, according to a report on MyCentralJersey.com . Franklin Camacho Jr., 43, must serve the full 30 years of his sentence in the ruling handed down by Superior Court Judge Joseph ... (more)

PERTH AMBOY - Perth Amboy school board members tonight took a half step toward removing Superintendent Janine Caffrey for the third time.

Union City Mayor and state Senator Brian Stack will be joining caregivers on the picket line at Manhattanview Health Care Center to protest the loss of health benefits crucial for keeping caregivers and those they care for healthy and safe on Wednesday afternoon.

Victoria Tang of Perth Amboy was honored at the 2012 Conservation Education Awards Ceremony in Trenton on May 17 for taking second place in the Grades 7-9 category in this year's Conservation Poster Contest.

PERTH AMBOY - For the second time in a month, acting State Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf has rejected efforts by the Perth Amboy Board of Education to oust its schools superintendent.

PERTH AMBOY - The 84-year-old Perth Amboy train station is a step closer to getting a $50 million makeover.

Students from high schools, junior high schools and elementary schools in Sayreville and Perth Amboy will participate in the Multicultural Grand Cotillion on Sunday, May 20, at the Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel in Iselin.

PERTH AMBOY - Five staff members of a Perth Amboy school, including the principal and vice principal, returned to work today, 17 days after being removed over allegations of having alcohol in the building.

The city's fire department has two new members, Mayor Wilda Diaz and Chief David Volk announced.

On Tuesday, May 15, Perth Amboy police arrested a suspect in four robberies that have taken place in recent weeks.

Jessica Gotthold and Eric Fuchs-Stengel of Mahwah after receiving their plaques of recognition at the Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference ceremonies at Ramapo College.

Four vehicles are totaled after a 17-year-old girl appeared to have run a red light at Kozloski Road and Center Street at 2:44 p.m. on Wednesday, according to a press release issued by the Freehold Township Police Department.

Red Bank fireworks are shown in this file photo. The pyrotechnics show on July 3 will be launched from a barge in the Raritan Bay one-half mile off the waterfronts from the two municipalities.

Student representatives from the Apostles of Mercy prayer group of Perth Amboy Catholic Upper School, together with their principal, Felician Sister M. Rebecca Piatek, recently attended the seventh annual Divine Mercy Conference at Cardinal Spellman High School, Bronx, N.Y. One of the highlights of the event for the Perth Amboy group was meeting ... (more)

Sciortino's Harbor Lights and the South Amboy Branch YMCA have announced announce "Proceeds Day" benefiting the Y's "Send a Kid to Camp" Program.

Anyone driving down Main Street or looping off Route 9 has to notice this big, abandoned building on what should be a prime piece of Woodbridge real estate, located across from Woodbridge Bowling and right near the Route 9 overpass.

Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament First Round Middlesex 4, Perth Amboy 3 Spotswood 15, New Brunswick 0 Joe Martino Joe Martino has covered sports for New Jersey Press Media Newspapers since 2009, and during that time he's covered the whole gamut of scholastic, collegiate and - in part - some professional sports.