Perth Amboy High News

Perth Amboy: Former teacher loses new appeal of having sex with student  MyCentralJersey.com

PERTH AMBOY - For the second time this year, a former middle school teacher has lost an appeal of his convictions in connection with a sexual relationship with ...

Plans for new Perth Amboy High School moving forward  MyCentralJersey.com

PERTH AMBOY - Plans are advancing for the new public high school in the city. The New Jersey Schools Development Authority (NJSDA) is currently preparing ...

GMC Scholar-Athlete banquet honors best and brightest  MyCentralJersey.com

Most of those honored during Monday's annual Jay H. Dakelman Greater Middlesex Conference Scholar-Athlete Banquet at the Pines Manor in Edison are ...

Lawsuit filed on behalf of Perth Amboy student burned in science experiment  MyCentralJersey.com

A civil lawsuit has been filed against Perth Amboy Public Schools, the Board of Education, Perth Amboy High School and a chemistry teacher in connection with ...

Former Perth Amboy BOE members cited for ethics violations in former superintendent's settlement  MyCentralJersey.com

The state Commissioner of Education has found that three former Perth Amboy Board of Education members violated the School Ethics Act by voting to approve ...

Perth Amboy High School football 2018 preview  MyCentralJersey.com

After qualifying for the playoffs for the first time in school history a year ago, the Perth Amboy High School football team faces an uphill battle this season as they ...

Paper Mill Announces 2019 Rising Star Award Winners, Madison High School Takes Top Prize  Broadway World

As one of the nation's leading professional theaters and recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award, Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Producing Artistic ...

Perth Amboy seeks football coach following Bishop's resignation  MyCentralJersey.com

After rebuilding the Perth Amboy High School football program, head coach Brad Bishop has resigned to spend more time with the home team. “Football will ...

Perth Amboy school administrator criticized for characterizing union president as "Henny Penny" in district heat debate  MyCentralJersey.com

PERTH AMBOY - Cold temperatures in some district classrooms are being addressed, but the way the subject was discussed at a recent Board of Education ...

Throwback Thursday: After wrestler cut shoulder-length hair before the match, Perth Amboy stunned South Plainfield in 2008 dual meet  MyCentralJersey.com

Editor's note: The story below was originally published Jan. 4, 2008 in the Home News Tribune. Jimmy Martinez always tucks his shoulder-length hair inside a ...

Perth Amboy classrooms plagued by cold temperatures  MyCentralJersey.com

PERTH AMBOY - City public school students have sat bundled in winter coats and hats at their desks in cold classrooms in recent weeks, according to a ...

Some NJ Districts Pile Up Debt Building Schools, Others Are Debt-Free  NJ Spotlight

Although New Jersey is in better shape than the country as a whole for school debt, paying off construction bonds costs about a quarter of state's annual debt ...

Dominican-driven Perth Amboy baseball team succeeding on field, in classroom during historic run  MyCentralJersey.com

As one of nearly two dozen players on the Perth Amboy High School baseball team's roster who were born in the Dominican Republic or are of Dominican ...

Perth Amboy cold case: Who beat 92-year-old philanthropist Ruth Jacobson to death with her cane?  MyCentralJersey.com

PERTH AMBOY - Barry Rosengarten chooses to remember his aunt Ruth Jacobson for the way she lived — as a loving, generous woman — rather than the ...

NJ baseball: GMC roundup for Tuesday April 23  MyCentralJersey.com

Virgilio Cabrera and Keldrin Genao combined on a no-hitter – the Perth Amboy High School baseball team's second of the season – as the Panthers overcame ...

Comedy superstars, Perth Amboy locals helping Kyle Grooms with brain tumor battle  Asbury Park Press

Comedian Kyle Grooms of Perth Amboy has brought the joy of laughter to countless thousands. Now, fans, friends and celebs are repaying the favor. Comedian ...

Walking guide to Perth Amboy's Colonial, Revolutionary War history  MyCentralJersey.com

One of New Jersey's oldest cities, Perth Amboy boasts rich Colonial & Revolutionary War history. Here is a walking guide that will help you enjoy it!

State approves sale of land for Perth Amboy's new high school  MyCentralJersey.com

PERTH AMBOY - The city's students may be attending a new high school in the next several years now that the sale of land was approved by the state ...

Perth Amboy High School Class of 2016  MyCentralJersey.com

Perth Amboy High School held graduation for its Class of 2016 on Friday.

Perth Amboy High School 2017 football preview  MyCentralJersey.com

Junior Tahjmere O'Neal returns for a third season as the Perth Amboy High School football team's starting quarterback, only this year he will have the added ...

Perth Amboy High School 2016 graduation (PHOTOS)  NJ.com

PERTH AMBOY -- Don't forget who you are -- that was the message Perth Amboy High School senior heard from their own at their graduation ceremony ...

Perth Amboy's Chris Brito is the Home News Tribune's 2018 Baseball Player of the Year  MyCentralJersey.com

Opposing hurlers often attempted to pitch around Chris Brito, one of the state's most feared sluggers. The philosophy resulted in Brito drawing 23 walks or in him ...

Parlin woman's body found floating in Perth Amboy  MyCentralJersey.com

The body of a 65-year-old woman was recovered from the water off Second Street on Monday.

Perth Amboy High School students attend film invitational  MyCentralJersey.com

Lessons in teamwork, stress management learned by students invited to attend film competition.

Perth Amboy, N.J.: Historic Buildings and Affordable Housing  The New York Times

More budget-conscious buyers are looking to Perth Amboy, drawn by the relatively low-priced homes, the waterfront and the easy transit connections.

Student burned after chemistry lab experiment explodes in Perth Amboy, NJ  WABC-TV

PERTH AMBOY, New Jersey (WABC) -- A high school student was rushed to the hospital after he was injured in an explosion during a chemistry experiment in ...

Perth Amboy High School Class of 2015  MyCentralJersey.com

Graduation exercises for the Class of 2015 at Perth Amboy High School were conducted on Wednesday, June 24. The class valedictorian is Jaden Morales, and ...

Perth Amboy High Class of 1965 holds reunion  MyCentralJersey.com

Classmates from throughout the United States as well as Canada attended.

Perth Amboy High School prom 2015 (PHOTOS)  NJ.com

Perth Amboy High School students celebrated their 2015 prom on Saturday, arriving first at the high school to pose for photos.

Middlesex County Relay 2019: Results for Tuesday, April 30 (Day 1)  NJ.com

Below are the results for the first day of competition at the Middlesex County Relays. Day 2 resumes tomorrow at 4 p.m. right back here at South Brunswick High.

Perth Amboy schools didn't report crimes to cops, put kids in danger, prosecutor said  NJ.com

This is Perth Amboy High School. Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey sent a letter to Perth Amboy school officials admonishing them for failing to report ...

Former GMC baseball stars shining at Rutgers  MyCentralJersey.com

An inexperienced Rutgers University baseball team, one that features 15 freshmen, four of who are regular starters including former Perth Amboy High School ...

Perth Amboy legend Giordano retires after 35 seasons  MyCentralJersey.com

In the late 1990s, some Perth Amboy High School wrestlers were fans of the professional variety, particularly the NWO group that included Hulk Hogan.

I-Team: High School Vice Principals Defend Teacher Who Allegedly Had Sex with Student  NBC New York

An outraged mother is blasting Perth Amboy High School in New Jersey after two vice principals authored letters in support of a substitute teacher who allegedly ...

NJ Teachers of the Year named in Middlesex, Union counties  MyCentralJersey.com

TRENTON - A girls soccer coach in Perth Amboy and a dance teacher in Linden have been named Teachers of the Year in Middlesex and Union counties.

US News Best High Schools 2019: Heres How 350 NJ Schools Ranked  Point Pleasant, NJ Patch

NJ Schools Make Elite US News List - Point Pleasant, NJ - UPDATE: US News & World Report released its annual list of best high schools in the country.

Reunions: Perth Amboy High's Class of 66 celebrating 50th reunion Oct. 1  NJ.com

jjxkreun0123.jpg. The Perth Amboy High School Class of 66 will be celebrating their 50th reunion on Oct. 1. (EJA/Star-Ledger Photo). The Perth Amboy High ...

NJ student news: Linden Public Schools named among Best Communities for Music Education in America  MyCentralJersey.com

Linden Public Schools has been named among the Best Communities for Music Education in America for the fifth year in a row. Linden is one of just 623 districts ...

Baseball: Perth Amboy advances to GMC semifinal as Cabrera goes the distance, Brito smacks home run  MyCentralJersey.com

WOODBRIDGE - So maybe Virgilio Cabrera gave up a run in the top of the first inning against Woodbridge. The Perth Amboy junior knows not to panic, ...

Immigration Stories: Trial, Error, & Success For Perth Amboy's Dominicans  New Jersey Monthly

Seventy-eight percent of Perth Amboy's population of about 53000 is Latino. Dominicans are the largest subgroup, and work hard to give back to their ...

Perth Amboy student-misbehavior policy under review  MyCentralJersey.com

PERTH AMBOY – Members of the community have complained high-school graduation rates here are dropping and dropout rates are rising in part because ...

South Plainfield posts narrow football victory over Perth Amboy  MyCentralJersey.com

The Perth Amboy High School football team fell short in its bid to upset South Plainfield for a second consecutive season as the Panthers dropped an 8-6 ...

High school student burned by 'rocket experiment'  News 12 New Jersey

A Perth Amboy High School student was hospitalized after he suffered facial burns from chemicals used during science class.

Photos: Perth Amboy High School senior prom, 2014  The Star-Ledger

PERTH AMBOY – It was smooth sailing Saturday evening as Perth Amboy High School students and their dates boarded the Cornucopia cruise ship for the ...

Livestream of GMC wrestling tournament semifinals with Mike Giordano  MyCentralJersey.com

Former Perth Amboy High School head coach Mike Giordano, a member of the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Association Hall of Fame, will call live ...

NJ students: Pallone recognizes outstanding high school students  MyCentralJersey.com

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J. 6th District, earlier this week announced the recipients of the Congressional Award, this year's U.S. *Service* Academy nominees ...

Failed school science experiment leaves student's face chemically burned  NJ.com

PERTH AMBOY -- An explosion from a failed classroom science experiment at Perth Amboy High School on Wednesday was the reason a student was left with ...

Fla. transfer gives Perth Amboy baseball a dynamic duo  MyCentralJersey.com

With the Outerbridge Crossing as backdrop, the Perth Amboy High School baseball field has a unique environment augmented by an enthusiastic home crowd.

NJ boys hoops: Wall wins first sectional title since 1973  Asbury Park Press

Find out all the important details of the 2019 Central Group III Final featuring Wall and Burlington.

Some N.J. districts pile up debt building schools, others are debt-free  WHYY

Although New Jersey is in better shape than the country as a whole for school debt, paying off construction bonds costs about a quarter of state's annual debt ...

Throwback Thursday: Cuban refugee baseball star's amazing journey to Perth Amboy  MyCentralJersey.com

Following is the sixth in a series of newspaper articles that will appear online as part of our weekly GMC Baseball Throwback Thursday segment. This story was ...

Perth Amboy baseball star accepts full scholarship offer  MyCentralJersey.com

Perth Amboy High School baseball star Darius Diaz, who established himself as one of the state's best catchers, has accepted a full scholarship offer from a ...

Greater Middlesex Conference Baseball Tournament Changing Up Format  TAPinto.net

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - The popular spring Greater Middlesex County Baseball Tournament will be changing its format for the 2019 season. Typically all 31 ...

Allegations of corporal punishment at Perth Amboy school  MyCentralJersey.com

PERTH AMBOY – The principal and a vice principal at William C. McGinnis School have been placed on administrative leave following allegations of corporal ...

Perth Amboy wrestling team rallies for dramatic 37-36 win over Edison  MyCentralJersey.com

With his team down two points entering the final bout, Perth Amboy High School head coach Rob Morales didn't exactly have any words of wisdom for Nelson ...

Perth Amboy High School student killed in car crash  The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

A Perth Amboy High School junior was killed in a car accident Friday night on Perth Amboy's High Street, authorities said today. Rodney Martinez, 17, was in the ...

Fighting tremendous odds, No. 11 Haddonfield completes a comeback for the ages (PHOTOS)  NJ.com

It was a comeback for the ages, one that will go down in the history books. Haddonfield trailed by 11 with less than two minutes to play. Camden had given all it ...

Every NJ School Graded In Newly Released State Report: Your Rank?  Toms River, NJ Patch

Every NJ School Graded In Newly Released Report - Toms River, NJ - UPDATE: NJ released its controversial system that grades every school on a 0-100 scale.

Glimpse of History: A sweet lover's paradise in Perth Amboy  NJ.com

Perth Amboy had more than enough places to satisfy a sweet tooth.

Lights out at Perth Amboy Board of Education meeting  MyCentralJersey.com

Parents and the mayor gathered with Perth Amboy educators in calling on the Board of Education to bargain a fair contract with the union representing the ...

Bomb threat forces early closure of Perth Amboy High School  The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

PERTH AMBOY – A bomb threat forced the early dismissal and cancelation of after-school activities at Perth Amboy High School on Friday, an official said.

Tears flow for father, son who died in Perth Amboy fire  MyCentralJersey.com

PERTH AMBOY - Sitting in the front row of the church for the funeral *service*, a woman kept her left arm around the back of Yoanny Vasquez, the wife of Ruddy ...

Richard D. Johnson, 69, retired music teacher | Obituaries  The Philadelphia Tribune

Richard D. Johnson, a retired music teacher, died on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at Sunrise Senior Living of Layfette Hill. He was 69.

Perth Amboy promotes, hires 21 police officers  MyCentralJersey.com

PERTH AMBOY - The Perth Amboy Police Department has started the new year with several new faces as the result of the hiring of 13 new officers, as well as ...

Perth Amboy-Carteret alumni to play gridiron charity game  MyCentralJersey.com

Back in the 1980s when Roger Dalton played tight end and safety on the Perth Amboy High School football team, there was no bigger rivalry than the ...

Fundraising campaign for Perth Amboy fire victims  MyCentralJersey.com

PERTH AMBOY - More than $1,000 of a $20,000 goal sought has been raised in the first hours of a GoFundMe.com page set up to assist the family of a father ...

Perth Amboy is a historically rich city at the head of Raritan Bay  NJ.com

Perth Amboy recently completed the redevelopment of Bayview Park on the Raritan Bay waterfront. The city used Green Acres funding to restore an access ...

5 underrated foodie towns in NJ  MyCentralJersey.com

Now that several of NJ's towns have emerged as real dining destinations — such as Jersey City, Morristown and Asbury Park — as a food writer, my real hunt ...

Perth Amboy substitute teacher gets 3 years in prison for having sex with female student  Hunterdon County Democrat - NJ.com

NEW BRUNSWICK — A former substitute teacher at Perth Amboy High School was sentenced today to three years in prison for having a sexual relationship with ...

Race to Replace Five-Term Freeholder Sets Up Convention Showdown  New Brunswick Today

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Two political candidates, one from New Brunswick and the other from Perth Amboy, are competing to secure the best possible path to ...

2015 Perth Amboy High School football preview  MyCentralJersey.com

After snapping an 11-game losing streak with an upset of South Plainfield, the Perth Amboy High School football team won two of its next three games to close ...

Football: Andy Carlstrom resigns at Keyport  shoresportsnetwork.com

Andy Carlstrom has resigned as the head football coach at Keyport High School after only one season.

Roy, McCabe dominate as Manasquan cruises to CJ 2 championship  NJ.com

Ben Roy kept making all the right decisions. Brad McCabe kept making 3-pointers. It was that kind of night for top-seeded Manasquan as it won 78-42 against ...

Weapons Found In These 578 NJ Schools During 2016-17 Year  Middletown, NJ Patch

NJ Schools With Weapons - Middletown, NJ - NJ compiled a list of schools where weapons were found during 2016-17. They include knives, pepper spray and, ...

El Salvador man charged in Perth Amboy murder  MyCentralJersey.com

PERTH AMBOY - An El Salvador man living in Massachusetts has been charged in the murder last month of a Perth Amboy man. Francisco Carlos Ramires ...

New Jersey high school sports have 'inherent risk' that tackles lawsuits  MyCentralJersey.com

Though high school athletes suffer injuries, their lawsuits are not easy to win.

Derek Jess honored for school business acumen  MyCentralJersey.com

Perth Amboy Public Schools Business Administrator /Board Secretary and Somerville resident Derek Jess recently was named School Business Administrator ...

Perth Amboy baseball star Chris Brito accepts full scholarship from Rutgers  MyCentralJersey.com

Junior infielder Chris Brito, who over the past two seasons was the most consistent hitter in the Greater Middlesex Conference, has made a nonbinding ...

Perth Amboy's Danya Reynoso voted Home News Tribune Athlete of the Week  MyCentralJersey.com

Perth Amboy girls soccer goalie Danya Reynoso was voted the Home News Tribune Athlete of the Week.

Middlesex County's Top 30 greatest athletes  MyCentralJersey.com

A list of the Top 30 athletes that Middlesex County high schools have produced.

Longtime Vo-Tech Superintendent, William Hoey, Passes Away  Jersey Shore Online

TOMS RIVER – The Ocean County Vocational Technical School lost its longtime superintendent. William P. Hoey died Tuesday. Details as to the cause were not ...

President Obama to recognize Perth Amboy high school science teacher  The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

perth-amboy-hs2.JPG File photo A teacher in Perth Amboy is scheduled to be recognized nationally for her years of work in teaching students about science, ...

Perth Amboy to swear in first career female firefighter  NJ.com

The city will swear in its first career female firefighter next week.

NJ Today: Central Jersey Daily Rundown, Wednesday, June 6  MyCentralJersey.com

East Brunswick Mayor Brad Cohen and East Brunswick Board of Education member Liwu Hong will join Marlboro representatives Terry Lau and Connie Mo as ...

Summit Sailing Team Qualifies For Championship  Summit, NJ Patch

Summit Sailing Team Qualifies For Championship - Summit, NJ - Team to compete in MASSA Silver Fleet Championship in Toms River Oct. 20.

Perth Amboy man keeps kids focused, on right track  MyCentralJersey.com

Despite his past incarceration, Perth Amboy's Edison Jaquez opted to turn his life around by transforming the lives of local teens.

Leader in Perth Amboy arts community remembered  MyCentralJersey.com

PERTH AMBOY Artist Thomas Ward left his mark all over the city. Throughout Perth Amboy, there are murals he's painted on the walls and fences at private ...

Community mourns Perth Amboy man gunned down outside nightclub; suspect still at-large  NJ.com

PERTH AMBOY — Richard Pryce wanted to mentor kids. In the weeks and months before he was gunned down outside a Perth Amboy nightclub last week, the ...

Rapper Juelz Santana gets 2 years in prison for trying to bring a gun on an airplane  NJ.com

A federal judge has sentenced Passaic County rapper LaRon James to more than two years in prison for trying to bring a loaded handgun on a plane at Newark ...

Perth Amboy Parents Lose Appeal to Change Graduation Time  New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio

An administrative law judge has rejected a request by some parents to change Perth Amboy High School's graduation back to the evening. Perth Amboy High.

NJ graduation rates: What's behind urban districts' remarkable improvement?  MyCentralJersey.com

Perth Amboy, Roselle, Plainfield officials explain success.

Report: Letters supporting teacher accused of having sex with student cause uproar  Hunterdon County Democrat

A local woman is blasting the Perth Amboy school district amid reports that letters supporting the former substitute teacher accused of having a sexual ...

Police Blotter: Police promotions in Perth Amboy  MyCentralJersey.com

POLICE PROMOTIONS, Dec. 13. Mayor Wilda Diaz and the Perth Amboy Police Department held a swearing-In ceremony at the City Hall Council Chamber for ...

Perth Amboy football looks to have exciting season  MyCentralJersey.com

The Perth Amboy High School football team hopes to have explosive team led by linebacker/running back Deonte Freeman.

Perth Amboy hires first career woman firefighter  MyCentralJersey.com

PERTH AMBOY - Arielle Bonilla is joining other family members as part of the city's workforce, with a historic distinction as the city's first woman career firefighter.

Trenton Ninth Grade Academy cleans up failed charter school's mess  The Trentonian

TRENTON — Trenton Ninth Grade Academy staff entered the failed $17 million charter school building on Perry Street earlier this summer and discovered an ...

GMC Baseball 2018 Red Division Preview Package  MyCentralJersey.com

Our Greater Middlesex Conference high school baseball previews for the 2018 season continue today with an in-depth look at the Red Division.

The 10,000 NJ Teachers Who Make $98K Or More In 2018  Point Pleasant, NJ Patch

Top 10000 NJ Teachers Salaries - Point Pleasant, NJ - Here are the 10000 top-paid N.J. public school teachers, a growing club earning $100K-plus a year.

Summit HS Sailing Team To Take Part In SailFest Regatta  Summit, NJ Patch

Summit Sailing Team To Take Part In SailFest - Summit, NJ - The Summit High School sailing team begins its fall 2018 season this weekend.

Perth Amboy school officials set to work despite not actually having jobs  The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

School board members on Thursday failed to pass a resolution reappointing 43 principals and supervisors, including 12 who are nontenured.

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