The Amboy Guardian

By Mariyah Wojcik – SOUTH AMBOY- Shop Local, a property tax refund program designed to boost the economies of small towns, has resurfaced as a priority for the city council at the May 7 Business Meeting. Carmine DeFalco, a representative from Fincredit, Inc. delivered a presentation regarding the details of the “Shop South Amboy” program. […]

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News Release – PERTH AMBOY – Raritan Bay Medical Center (RBMC) is proud to announce that it is now an affiliate of Joslin Diabetes Center. As an affiliate of the world’s preeminent diabetes research and clinical care organization, Raritan Bay Medical Center now offers some of the latest advances for treating diabetes and its complications […]

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*Photos by Katherine Massopust

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Apply by May 21 at the City Clerk’s office News Release – 5/8/14 – PERTH AMBOY – The Citizens Campaign invites Perth Amboy residents to apply for appointment to the new Perth Amboy Green Team to make a positive impact on the City’s environment and to help ensure an improved quality of life for all […]

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PERTH AMBOY – 4/23/14 Council Meeting – Although the BID finally hired an attorney,  which Board Member, Virginia Lugo has been  requesting for some time, there are issues that still have still not been settled.

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PERTH AMBOY – A resident of Harbortown Sails gave an update to the Council at the 4/23/14 meeting as to what was going on, “The builder refuses to give us (the Board) control of the Homeowners Association. We’re being drained of funds, making our own repairs and there are no Carbon-Monoxide detectors. People are abandoning […]

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SOUTH AMBOY- The proposed South Amboy city budget was announced as $15,697,436 in general expenses. This is a decrease of $87,929.63 from the 2013 budget that took effect for the previous fiscal year.

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JRF is recognized by the City of Perth Amboy for its 50th Anniversary for notable Community Action. Rising poverty, hunger, and unemployment rates affect every state, city, suburb, and rural community in our nation. Telling the success stories and sharing their results will be especially vital for the city, county, and state.

* Photos by Joe Bayona

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PERTH AMBOY – Maria J. Rivera, Confidential Administrative Secretary to the City Administrator of the City of Perth Amboy has been named one of the National Association of Professional Women for 2014. Rivera’s expertise is: Public Service, Human Resources, Recruiting, Payroll, Workers’ Compensation, Liability Insurance, Occupational Health and Safety and Business Development. Rivera serves as […]

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The weekend after Easter is special for the Portuguese community in Perth Amboy. For the last 26 years, It is the weekend of the festival honoring “Our Lady of the Martyrs.” It takes place at Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima Blessed John Paul II Parish on Wayne St.

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By Joe Bayona UNION BEACH – On Sunday April 13, Starbucks, The Gateway Church of Christ, a little over two hundred volunteers, (comprised mostly of Starbucks employees from Middlesex and Monmouth counties), and Congressman Frank Pallone, got together for the Union Beach “Day of Caring” to help victims of Super Storm Sandy. The Day of […]

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*Photos by Joe Bayona

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PERTH AMBOY – Dr. Randall Pinkett, author and winner of the reality show, “The Apprentice” was the host of a panel consisting of Bishop Donald Hilliard Jr., Tyrone Muhammad, Frederica Bey, Dr. Obery Hendricks, Kevin E. Taylor, Chris Broussard, and Pastor Estaban Santana.

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By Katherine Massopust PERTH AMBOY – The Perth Amboy Volunteer Fire Department Parade Committee, Inc. has been actively restoring an Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine.  This antique fire engine was originally built in 1926 and delivered to the town of Ocean Grove, New Jersey.

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News Release PERTH AMBOY – Mayor Wilda Diaz and Benjamin Ruiz, Chief of Police announce the release of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s investigation on the Dixon Rodriguez fatal incident on December 4, 2013. “This has been a major concern for the entire community since the incident took place. I stand by my Police Department and […]

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PERTH AMBOY – December 4, 2013 was the day that Dixon Rodriguez was fatally shot by Police Officers Rafael A. Puntiel and Gina Fontan. This was four and a half months ago and the memory of what happened that day is still on the minds of some residents who spoke at the meeting. One of them was resident David Caba.

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