The Amboy Guardian

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Press Release PERTH AMBOY – Perth Amboy resident Susan Batista has filed a lawsuit naming some of the Defendants as Perth Amboy Police Director/Mayor Wilda Diaz and suspended Police Chief Benjamin Ruiz in the Middlesex Co. Superior Court that alleges allegations of criminal evidence tampering & destruction, State and Federal Civil Right violations of Due […]

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PERTH AMBOY – Ordinance No. 2 – An ordinance to amend an ordinance entitled “Vehicles and Traffic (Ordinance No. 194-78 as amended) adopted September 19, 1978 also known as Chapter 414 ET SEQ of the code of the City of Perth Amboy. Re: Stop Sign – Intersection being relocated to First Street instead of Gordon […]

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PERTH AMBOY – Communication No. 8. Perth Amboy Board of Education requesting that with planned construction of an new elementary school, Seaman Avenue be made a one-way street with traffic flowing from Augustine Place to Ogden Place and that the front of the soon to be built school on Seaman AVenue be made a no […]

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March 27, 2015 Middlesex County Democratic Organization Attn: Kevin McCabe Please accept this letter as my resignation as the Chair of the Perth Amboy Democratic Organization.  As per our by-laws, Art IV Sec 2, the Vice Chair Martin Arroyo “shall be designated as Chairperson … until a new Chairperson is elected at the next annual […]

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Statement from Fernando Gonzalez PERTH AMBOY – Judge Heidi Currier, J.S.C. of the Middlesex County Superior Court stated very clearly in her decision concerning the improperly cast votes in the November 4, 2014 Municipal Election: “…Let me be very clear, I didn’t find that any of the candidates in this election were involved at all […]

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By: Joseph L. Kuchie SOUTH AMBOY – The South Amboy city council officially approved Ordinance #5-2015 at last week’s council meeting that will allow the city to purchase a new fire truck. The ordinance will appropriate $820,000 and authorizes the issuance of $779,000 in bonds of the city to finance part of the cost. The […]

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PERTH AMBOY – An Ordinance to amend an ordinance entitled “Pawnbrokers” (Ordinance No. 415 and amendments) adopted October 16, 1899 also known as Chapter 313 Et Seq of the Code of the City of Perth Amboy. Councilman Fernando Irizarry was concerned that if Pawnshops were allowed to operate in the City, it would bring in […]

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PERTH AMBOY – Dept. of Public Works Director Frank Dann told those at the 3/9/15 Caucus Meeting that his department  would start patching potholes on 3/10/15. “We have a supervisor going out to see which streets have an emergency situation. We had to close one road because a pothole was so big that the Dept.  […]

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PERTH AMBOY – There has been much discussion at Council Meetings about the lack of civility between the Council and some of the speakers. Finally at the 3/11/15 Council Meeting this topic was placed on the agenda because of a request by Resident Reinaldo Aviles. Aviles quoted Socrates: “If you kill a man like me, […]

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Fugitive Suspect Captured PERTH AMBOY – Suspect Jahmmel Cephas was recently captured in Lithonia, Georgia. Cephas is a suspect in the fatal shooting of Richard Pryce on February 14, 2015 at the 829 Lounge. Pryce and the suspect  supposedly had an altercation inside the bar which spilled over to the outside where the shooting occurred. Cephas has […]

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PERTH AMBOY – At the 3/9/15 Caucus it was stated that the BID would like to place street banners throughout the business district. The funding for this project would be through the Zone Assistance Funds held in the trust account not to exceed $66,100. According to BID Chair Barry Rosengarten, “The banners will also be […]

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Courtesy of Tom Ploskanka C.P.A. As a parent, you expect to file a federal income tax return every year. But do you check to see if your children need to file a return of their own? The filing requirements for children vary depending not only on the amount of income they have, but also on […]

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