The Amboy Guardian

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PERTH AMBOY – Police Chief Benjamin Ruiz, who was recently arrested and charged with trespassing at a Smith Street convenience  store  property has officially been terminated from his position. The termination was based on the New Jersey Civil Service Commission rules and regulations. This is effective as of June 7, 2016. This August Ruiz is […]

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PERTH AMBOY – Ordinance No. 1 – An Ordinance adopting an amendment of Article II of Chapter 98 of the Code of the City of Perth Amboy: Public Contracting. Resident Stanley Sierakowski requested that the Council please vote against this. “Kushner and the Mayor will benefit if this is passed. The Mayor is the chair […]

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PERTH AMBOY – 6/8/16 Council Meeting – Board of Education Candidate Junior Iglesia thanked the Council for keeping the election in November and saving the City over $100,000 by doing so. Iglesia also mentioned that the current Board of Education Vice President Israel Varela said in a NJ.com article that they are still trying to […]

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By: Joseph L. Kuchie SOUTH AMBOY – South Amboy’s city council mourned the loss of two young residents during last Wednesday’s business meeting. Hugh Riley Rone, 19, and Jesse Flynn, 22, both tragically passed away in consecutive days. Flynn passed away of a heroin overdose on May 30th, and Rone was involved in a motorcycle […]

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PERTH AMBOY – Benjamin Ruiz was arrested on May 21, 2016 at a convenience store on Smith Street, Perth Amboy. The suspended Police Chief allegedly had been hiding outside the convenience store for around three and a half months before the arrest was made. Employees of the convenience store questioned Ruiz’ presence there several times […]

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3/23/16 – PERTH AMBOY – Mayor Diaz, in photo below, presents a Citation to Helene Cohen Bergen PAC Arts Access Program Coordinator while Dianne Roman, Office of Aging and Councilman Joel Pabon look on. The Citation was to thank the PACC for awarding a grant to the Office of Aging. The grants will allow the […]

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Clean Communities Act; Litter Education 5/23/16 Caucus By: Katherine Massopust PERTH AMBOY – Councilman Fernando Irizarry questioned the proposed installation of showers on Waterfront beaches. “All this is going to do is to encourage people to swim. There are people who don’t follow signs. I don’t see why we are putting this in the design. […]

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5/23/16 Caucus Meeting By: Katherine Massopust PERTH AMBOY – There was a presentation at the 5/23/16 Caucus on the Willow Pond Synthetic Turf Field Construction. The presentation was  made by Joseph D. Perello, LLA, ASLA, PP Principal Vice President of Suburban Consulting Engineers, Inc. “The City of Perth Amboy wanted us to design a synthetic […]

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5/23/16 Caucus Meeting By: Katherine Massopust PERTH AMBOY – Ordinance #2 on the 5/23/16 Agenda: An ordinance to adopting an amendment of Article II of Chapter 98 of the Code of the City of Perth Amboy. Re: Public Contracting. Council President Lisa Nanton’s main concerns were how the ordinance was explained to the Council. “Any […]

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PERTH AMBOY – At the public portion of the 5/11/16 Council Meeting, Resident Dot Daniel came up to speak. She informed the Council that there was another jumper off of the bridge. “I’m very disturbed about this. I’m disappointed that this Council and administration hasn’t gotten the State to do more for that bridge (Victory […]

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By: Joseph L. Kuchie SOUTH AMBOY – The city of South Amboy passed its 2016 budget at last Monday’s city business meeting. The $17.2 million budget was unanimously approved 3-0 by Councilman Tom Reilly, Councilwoman Christine Noble, and Council President Mickey Gross. Councilman Don Applegate and Councilwoman Zusette Dato were not in attendance. City Auditor […]

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