Avenel News

Mayor John E. McCormac announced that the 2014 Woodbridge Township "Have-A-Heart" food drive collected more than 20,000 pounds of non-perishable food and netted over $33,200.00 in cash donations to support the efforts of local food pantries in their work to aid needy families throughout Woodbridge Township.

Richard Spillane, bald and gaunt after almost 30 years in state prison, says the mental illness that led him to murder his parents in the family's Ho-Ho-Kus home has been under control for years.

The 45th annual District Music Festival will take place Thursday at South Plainfield High School, 200 Lake St., in three short segments.

Among the dishes that impressed Peter Genovese was the half chicken with hot sauce from Rodgers Real BBQ food truck in Avenel.

A winning lottery ticket was purchased at the Avenel Pathmark in Woodbridge: Carole Hedinger, New Jersey Lottery Executive Director, announced that there were no jackpot or second prize New Jersey winners of the Mega Millions game, but there were four third prize winners for the Friday, February 28 drawing.

Woodbridge police say three people were hurt in the accident Monday night at Danny Place and Coke Avenue in Avenel.

Two corrections officers have been arrested and charged with assaulting two residents in separate incidents at the state Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center for sex offenders in the Avenel section of Woodbridge, according to Acting Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey.

A raccoon caught last week in the area of 186 Leesville Ave., in the Avenel section of the township, has tested positive for rabies, according to the Woodbridge Health Department.