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 | | Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Woodbridge touts success of effort to reduce crime at apartment complexes
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By SERGIO BICHAO • STAFF WRITER
WOODBRIDGE — Not only do many township apartment developments look safer, they in fact are safer, said township officials who on Tuesday released preliminary crime statistics for these neighborhoods.
Mayor John E. McCormac on Tuesday touted a 35 percent drop in major crime at 15 multi-unit apartment complexes so far this year. He said the major reason was a crime-prevention initiative that essentially added more lighting and surve... Read Full Article Send to a Friend | |  |
| | Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Woodbridge touts new program in drop in apartment complex crimeStar-Ledger
By Beverly S. McCarron
WOODBRIDGE-Major crimes were down 35 percent for the first six months of the year at 15 of the township's largest apartment complexes and multi-family buildings, and officials said it was due not to an increased police presence but a new environmental design program that promotes more lighting, better security devices and simple measures like trimming back shrubbery
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Overall, crime across the sprawling township was down 30 percent.
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| | Wednesday, July 15, 2009 Woodbridge police round up illegal fireworksWoodbridge Sentinel
Authorities seize 1,000 lbs. of fireworks worth over $3,000
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer
Over the July Fourth holiday weekend, police confiscated more than 1,000 pounds of illegal fireworks with a street value exceeding $3,000 from various locations throughout Woodbridge Township.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP Some of the 1,000 pounds of illegal fireworks that were confiscated over the July Fourth holiday weekend in the township
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| | Wednesday, July 08, 2009 Woodbridge students get a big leg up on collegeHome News Tribune
An arrangement announced this month that will enable high school students in Woodbridge to earn advance college credits and prepare for the SAT at vastly reduced prices isn't exactly a new idea, but, boy, is it sure is welcome and so timely.
As for the details, the Woodbridge Board of Education, Middlesex County College and Princeton Review, which offers the SAT prep courses, have formed a three-way partnership.
The deal has two parts.
First, high school student... Read Full Article Send to a Friend | | |
| | Monday, June 15, 2009 Using arts to create vibrant downtown a terrific strategy for WoodbridgeHome News Tribune
Editorial
"Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art,'' said Andy Warhol.
Now, we're not quite as crass as Andy when it comes to the intersection of the arts and commerce, but we're heartened by recent developments in Woodbridge.
There's a movement in the township to use the arts to develop a more lively downtown. A local group of artists has created the Woodbridge Artisan Guild gallery on 353 Fulton, and the towns... Read Full Article Send to a Friend | | |
| | Monday, June 15, 2009 Woodbridge police use $390G from drug bust to fund squad car camerasHome News Tribune
WOODBRIDGE — Taking money from bad guys to catch more bad guys. That's how Mayor John McCormac described the $390,000 the township Police Department has received to install cameras in 35 police vehicles.
The money was part of a record $2 million in drug money seized by Woodbridge police and FBI agents during a 2003 drug bust in which a Glendale, N.Y., man was caught in Avenel with $1.5 million in cocaine.
The cash and assets seized during the 2003 sting were held ... Read Full Article Send to a Friend | | |
| | Monday, June 15, 2009 Mayor announces Web site’s launchHome News Tribune
WOODBRIDGE — Mayor John E. McCormac recently announced the launch of a newly designed and easier to navigate Woodbridge Township Web site, www.twp.woodbridge.nj.us.
“I’m excited to announce that Woodbridge Township has a new and exciting look – a totally redesigned, updated and easy-to-navigate Web page that provides information on Township events, programs and services,” Mayor McCormac said. “The new page and new look has the same address, www.twp.woodbridge.nj.us, but t... Read Full Article Send to a Friend | | |
| | Monday, June 15, 2009 Woodbridge-based unit that spent year in Iraq ends tour of dutyHome News Tribune
WOODBRIDGE — Capt. Nicholas Calenicoff stood in front of the 130 men and women of the New Jersey Army National Guard, C Company, 2nd Battalion-113th Infantry inside the Woodbridge Armory on Main Street Sunday afternoon and spoke the one word everyone had waited so long to hear.
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"Dismissed!''
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These troops were finally home after spending a yearlong deployment with the 2,800-member 50th ... Read Full Article Send to a Friend | | |
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