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• Sergio Bichao wrote a new blog post: New bank, day care center first new Main Street development in years   11 months, 1 week ago · View

  WOODBRIDGE, NJ — One down, several more to go. Construction crews this month demolished the long-abandoned High Hill Garage on the upper portion of Main Street , marking the first new development in a commercial strip marked by vacant and derelict buildings. The property, located next to the Woodbridge Community Center, will make way for a 10,000-square-foot child daycare [...]

• Sergio Bichao wrote a new blog post: Did Mayor McCormac’s ties to Chris Christie hurt McCabe’s bid for Dem chair?   11 months, 2 weeks ago · View

  It’s supposed to be the dawn of a new era for Middlesex County Democrats and the man at the helm will be a retired legislator who’s 82 years old. Peter J. Barnes Jr. , elected Tuesday night as the chairman of the county organization, isn’t slowing down in his self-avowed quest to root out corruption from the party [...]

• Sergio Bichao wrote a new blog post: Iselin fundraiser for cancer patient facing eviction   11 months, 2 weeks ago · View

  WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Donna Lane remembers her brother, Tommy Shevlin , getting lots of headaches, daydreaming when people spoke to him, and forgetting where he placed things. Then, in January, after a car accident, the family learned what was wrong. The daydreaming episodes were seizures, which, along with the memory loss and pain, were symptoms of a rare terminal [...]

• Sergio Bichao wrote a new blog post: No India Day Parade? Rival Indian business groups battle over permits   11 months, 2 weeks ago · View

  There may not be an India Day Parade this summer because of a rivalry between two local ethnic business groups and Edison’s refusal to grant either of them permits until they agree to work together, according to the Home News Tribune reports. The annual Indian Day Parade has been organized for the last six years [...]

• Sergio Bichao wrote a new blog post: Woodbridge’s McCabe falls short in bid for county Democratic chairman   11 months, 2 weeks ago · View

  Former Assemblyman Peter J. Barnes Jr. bested Kevin McCabe to become the county Democratic chairman during the organization’s convention Tuesday in Edison. Committee members from each of the county’s municipalities chose the retired FBI agent over former state labor secretary by a vote of 517 to 412. Barnes’ running mate, Perth Amboy Democratic chairwoman Leslie Dominguez-Rodriguez , was elected vice [...]

• Sergio Bichao wrote a new blog post: Hit-and-run death of Angel Hernandez on Route 1 under investigation   11 months, 2 weeks ago · View

  WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Police are looking for witnesses to a hit-and-run accident Sunday evening that killed a 28-year-old Elizabeth man on Route 1. Emergency responders found Angel Hernandez in the right lane of the highway on the northbound side, near Mitchell Place in Avenel section. Police received a 9-1-1 call at 10:10 p.m. reporting a motorcycle [...]

• Sergio Bichao wrote a new blog post: Sen. Menendez attends Woodbridge business seminar   11 months, 2 weeks ago · View

  WOODBRIDGE, NJ — U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-NJ, hasn’t given up trying to close tax loopholes used by oil companies to keep more than $20 billion in profits each year. While the legislation to end the oil-company subsidies failed to pass the Senate by eight votes last month, Menendez and other Democrats continue to push for [...]

• Sergio Bichao wrote a new blog post: Illegal immigrant faces deportation after arrest by Woodbridge police   11 months, 2 weeks ago · View

  WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Federal officials will deport an illegal immigrant arrested last month by Woodbridge police and charged with breaking into a car in Iselin and resisting arrest, police said. Christopher R. Morales , 21, was found hiding in a 2010 Ford Focus by police before 3:30 a.m., May 25, after a Madison Street resident phoned 911 to [...]

• Sergio Bichao wrote a new blog post: Woodbridge Checker adds hybrid vehicles to taxi fleet   11 months, 2 weeks ago · View

  WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A gallon of gas cost about $1.20 when Woodbridge Checker Taxi Servive went into business 26 years ago. Today a gallon is reaching $4, with some experts predicting $5 prices by next year. Such costs and uncertainty led this local transportation company last month to buy 11 hybrid vehicles, nearly a third of [...]

• Sergio Bichao wrote a new blog post: Fords Fire Co. celebrates 100th anniversary with parade Saturday   11 months, 2 weeks ago · View

  WOODBRIDGE, NJ — In 1911 the Fords section of Woodbridge was a farming village. Today it’s a densely populated blue-collar community of more than 15,000 people. Chicken coops made way for industrial warehouses. And a fire company that first went into service with a hand-powered chemical wagon is now equipped with a three fire engines and [...]