Featured Stories
Kurv Industrial groundbreaking in Perth Amboy will create modern warehouse space plus new public park and new development site
 

Kurv Industrial groundbreaking in Perth Amboy will create modern warehouse space plus new public park and new development site

EDITORIAL: Skin in the Game

14 August 2013

This editorial is reference to the letter printed on this page entitled Community Parental Forum Meeting. The letter says it is a group forum made by students with supports of parents and other members of the community. They are also known as the “United Messengers of Peace.” The reason I am interested in this meeting […]

Read the full story

Posted in News0 Comments

COMMUNITY VOICE: Community Parental Forum Meeting, Aug 15, 6 p.m.

14 August 2013

PERTH AMBOY – United Messengers Of Peace is a community group formed mainly by Students with the support of their parents and other members of the Community.  The Group has its goal of identifying concerns and/or issues in the community and try to resolve them, if possible, but in a non hostile negative setting. No […]

Read the full story

Posted in News0 Comments

PASOS Women’s Basketball Challenge, on Aug. 15

13 August 2013

UPDATE: The location of this event has been changed to the PASOS Athletic Facility, located 41-47 Wisteria Place and Sadowsky Parkway. It was originally announce that it would take place at the Perth Amboy High School gymnasiu. PASOS (Pan American School of Sports), which has been created to provide transformative opportunities in athletics and the […]

Read the full story

Posted in Community Events0 Comments

Employment Opportunities from the Perth Amboy Board of Education

10 August 2013

The purpose of this notice is to make you aware of the current employment opportunities with the Perth Amboy Board of Education. Should you be interested, please use the Perth Amboy Board of education website to apply for the position (please see below). The Board is accepting applications for the following positions: DATE APPLITRACK JOB […]

Read the full story

Posted in News, Schools0 Comments

Housing Authority Awarded Funding For 70 Affordable Family Units

09 August 2013

News Release 8/2/13 PERTH AMBOY — The Housing Authority of the City of Perth Amboy (HACPA) has been awarded a $5 million allocation of Community Development Block Grant Funds considered “Sandy Funds,”

Read the full story

Posted in Carousel, News0 Comments

Muniz Found Guilty

09 August 2013

Perth Amboy School Secretary Fined $664 for selling Alcoholic Beverage on School Property OLD BRIDGE – Old Bridge Municipal Court Judge James Weber found Hector Muniz, a Perth Amboy school secretary, guilty of the following charges: possessing and selling alcoholic beverages on school property. Muniz was fined over $600.

Read the full story

Posted in News0 Comments

Animal Shelter Yard Sale

09 August 2013

On Saturday August 10, 2013 the Perth Amboy Animal Shelter will host its first Yard Sale with proceeds helping to fund our new spay and neuter program. The Yard Sale will be held from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at our shelter, located at 597 Fayette Street, across from Shoprite. The shelter will have many interesting […]

Read the full story

Posted in News0 Comments

Independence Fire Company Car Show & Flea Market

09 August 2013

*Photos by Aaron Beers

Read the full story

Posted in Carousel, Photo Gallery0 Comments

EDITORIAL: The Empty Chair

09 August 2013

What can I say about Frankie Barber? Whenever I had a chance to speak to him, I always walked away with a bit more knowledge about Perth Amboy. Frankie and my late father, Rocky Maxwell Sr., lived in the same apartment building on the corner of High Street. He would often tell me about the […]

Read the full story

Posted in Editorial, Local Perspectives0 Comments

COMMUNITY VOICE: The Gun Control Hoax

09 August 2013

From time to time paid lobbyists ask for “gun control” as if this phrase could somehow cure the ills of society. Yet they never provide any facts or honest statistics for their claims. The reason is the facts refute their claims. In 1968, the movie “Targets” created a mass shooting then asked for passage of […]

Read the full story

Posted in Letters to the Editor, Local Perspectives0 Comments

COMMUNITY VOICE: Remember When

09 August 2013

The Ferry ran to Staten Island. You could go to the pavilion or take rat trap to St. George to go to Staten Island. You could go swimming at the beach at Sadowski Parkway with a lifeguard on duty. The Boardwalk was wood, then concrete, then pavers. Boardwalk Joe’s was the place to go in […]

Read the full story

Posted in Letters to the Editor, Local Perspectives0 Comments

Club Perth Amboy

09 August 2013

By Helmin Caba – PERTH AMBOY – It’s been 330 years since the City of Perth Amboy was established and to the best of my knowledge there has never been a co-ed sports league in this town. That’s amazing! So I decided to start CLUB PERTH AMBOY, a co-ed club that is all about promoting […]

Read the full story

Posted in Carousel, Community Events, Local Perspectives1 Comment

South Amboy Author Goes International

09 August 2013

SOUTH AMBOY – Beverly Samuelson, an Amboy Guardian contributor and author of the book “The Eyes of Greed,” was in St. Maarten for a book signing recently. During her stay, the book was promoted at The Shipwreck Shop which has stores in Phillipsburg, Marigot, Simpson Bay and Princess Juliana International Airport. There was even a […]

Read the full story

Posted in Arts0 Comments

New Play Dramatizes Early History of Alcoholics Anonymous

09 August 2013

New Two Man Show Delivers a Message of Hope, Help and the Miracle of Recovery News Release 8/6/2013 EAST BRUNSWICK – NCADD of Middlesex County, Inc. is pleased to present the North American tour of the new hit stage play, “PASS IT ON…AN EVENING WITH BILL W. & DR. BOB.” Performances will be held Saturday […]

Read the full story

Posted in Arts, Entertainment1 Comment

Medieval Times Comes to Perth Amboy – 8/3/13

09 August 2013

*Photos by Paul W. Wang and Carolyn Maxwell

Read the full story

Posted in Carousel, Photo Gallery0 Comments

Hy Tavern, Perth Amboy Holds Pig Roast & Car Show to Benefit Cancer Research

09 August 2013

Read the full story

Posted in Carousel, Photo Gallery0 Comments

Safety Announcement

We are taking safety precautions in the City of Perth Amboy, and emphasize that it is important: IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING!!
Report Suspicious Activity – Be Vigilant – STAY ALERT! Do not think that any call or report is too small. Don’t allow the actions of a few dictate your quality of life.
FOR ALL EMERGENCIES, DIAL: 9-1-1
FOR ALL NON-EMERGENCIES, DIAL: 732-442-4400