Colonia Teen Killed In Car Crash

COLONIA – A Colonia High School sophomore was killed in a single-car crash on Route 9 in Woodbridge last Thursday night.
Jennifer Metzger, 16, was pronounced dead at 9:17 p.m. at the accident scene, authorities said. She was a passenger in a 1997 Ford Explorer driven by Allen McGovern, 18, of Rahway, police said.
Another 16-year-old girl [...]

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Despite Recession, Voters Pass Majority Of School Budgets

STATE – Despite the recession and a growing movement against increased taxes, voters passed a majority of the school budgets in Middlesex and Union counties on Tuesday.
Voters approved school budgets in 16 of 21 Union County school districts, though Garwood, Hillside, Kenilworth, Linden and Plainfield voters rejected their districts’ spending plans. Eighteen of 24 school [...]

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Middlesex Softball Team Sweeps Doubleheader

Middlesex Softball Team Sweeps Doubleheader—Chelsea Finn of Colonia in action against Lehigh Carbon Community College on April 5. The Middlesex County College Colts swept the doubleheader 13-0 and 8-0. (Photo courtesy of Middlesex County College)

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Junior Stateswoman

 
 
Junior Stateswoman—Colonia resident Emilie Burke (right), a sophomore at Benedictine Academy in Elizabeth, visited Congressman Michael Ferguson’s office in June while she was enrolled at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. in the “Junior Statesmen of America Summer School Program”. She was one of 1,300 high school students to gather on four campuses to immerse themselves [...]

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Colonia Middle School Embarks On Holocaust Remembrance Project

COLONIA—Ever since Cheryl Coen, a geography teacher at Colonia Middle School, saw the “Paper Clips Project” honoring Holocaust victims, she wanted to try her own project that would be just as effective in illustrating to her students what six to 11 million objects actually looks like.
“To say that six million Jewish citizens and five million [...]

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Colonia Man Pleads “Not Guilty” In Cop’s Death

NEW BRUNSWICK—A 23-year-old Colonia man wept and pleaded not guilty to vehicular manslaughter during his arraignment before a Superior Court judge last week. Sean McGuirk is charged in the death of Perth Amboy police officer Thomas Raji, who was fatally injured in a car crash last month.
McGuirk was arrested on Aug. 27 after voluntarily turning [...]

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Colonia Girl Takes Part in Korean Taekwondo Expo

Colonia Girl Takes Part in Korean Taekwondo Expo—Audrey Cheng of Colonia, a rising third grader at The Wardlaw-Hartridge School in Edison, traveled with her Taekwondo school, United Black Belt, to Jeollabuk-Do, South Korea and participated in the Second World Taekwondo Culture Expo in July. Cheng, who began taekwondo at five years of age, captured second [...]

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Colonia High School Fire Under Investigation

COLONIA – Investigators were still trying to determine the cause of a weekend fire at Colonia High School on Monday.
The fire was reported around 8 p.m. on Sunday and was confined to a room where the school’s generator, electrical panel and exterior air vents are located, according to Lt. Tom Gennarelli.
Fire departments from Colonia, Iselin [...]

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Colonia’s Carlson Picked In NHL Draft

OTTAWA, Canada – Colonia’s Jeff Carlson was selected in the first round of the NHL Draft last Friday by the Washington Capitals. The 6-2, 212-pound defenseman was chosen with the 27th overall pick.
Carlson, who was born in Natick, Mass., moved to Colonia when he was 5. He played one season at St. Joseph’s [...]

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St. John Vianney School Helps Young Student

COLONIA—On Wednesday, June 4, St. John Vianney School hosted a spaghetti dinner as a fundraiser for Bethany Ciccarelli, a kindergarten student at the school. Bethany has been diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia.
Bethany is five years old, the second youngest of Mario and Lisa Ciccarelli’s five children. The Ciccarelli family has been a part [...]

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