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While vote counts have not been certified, all current Woodbridge Council representatives have a strong lead over Republican challengers:
Chris Aveta, Erin Torres and James Cody are in the lead to win three seats on the Middletown school board.
Greg Cannon beat Republican rival Mark Bishop by a mere 290 votes on election night, according to unofficial results.
All Matawan voting precincts are now in, but these are not official results certified by the county.
Here are the vote counts with 49/49 Middletown voting precincts in Tuesday night:
Here are the unofficial vote counts Tuesday night with all 75/75 Woodbridge voting precincts in:
The Parents Who Lead slate of Sheetal Werneke and Michael Mondella was challenged by William Talty. All precincts are now in:
NJ Democratic powerhouse Craig Coughlin and Yvonne Lopez are the projected winners of the 19th district Assembly race:
A series of non-credible bomb threats were called in to polling places across the state Tuesday morning:
Vote at your regular polling place Tuesday:
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Several board members are continuing their efforts to make the Middletown school board more transparent:
A woman was fatally stabbed last Thursday morning in the Iselin section of Woodbridge:
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A restaurant employee threatened the manager with food tongs and a butter knife, said police.
Released by Secaucus Police, all of last week's arrests:
A Woodbridge fire dept. deputy chief and local police sergeant were honored for saving the life of a choking toddler in August.
The young woman, who attends Rutgers, said an unknown man approached her from behind and made unwanted contact.
One of the highest-ranking Democrats in the state, Craig Coughlin, is very connected to the running of Woodbridge Township.
A woman and her young daughter had to be rescued from their car Thursday after it became trapped in floodwater in Bayonne.
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