Parents critical of proposed redistricting plan 5 percent of the district population could move to different schools BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer       Sixth-graders Stephanie Belbey and Danielle Burns, best friends since Belbey moved to Iselin Middle School last year, may have to split up due to the proposed school-redistricting plan. Belbey, under the proposed plan, would have to finish her seventh- and eighth-grade years at Ford... More ...       Gretchen Lutz-O'Leary, Rahway, puts Woodbridge's Kathy Sachewicz into a deep state of relaxation with a massage at the Woodbridge YMCA's Women's Wellness Expo on May 12. More photos, page 19. More ... Runner on pace for 'Feat of Change' Former gang member, running across country,stops in Woodbridge BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer       WOODBRIDGE - With only two pairs of running sneakers and a minivan nicknamed "Big Red," Gabriel Ramos set on a personal cross-country journey to inspire youths to boldly take on their dreams and make them into realities. On April 29, Ramos, 25, departed Montauk State Park in Long I... More ... Police ride to D.C. to honor fallen officers Six Woodbridge officers took part in bike ride to capital city this year BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer       WOODBRIDGE - Six township police officers took off from Morris Township last week along with 400 other police officers world-wide on a 300-mile trek as part of the 2007 Police Unity Tour Ride to Washington, D.C. The Police Unity Tour consists of law enforcement officers bicycling ... More ... Rabid animal found in Colonia, fourth this year       WOODBRIDGE - A raccoon that was caught in the vicinity of North Hill Road in Colonia tested positive for rabies by the state Department of Health last week. The Woodbridge Township Animal Control recovered the carcass of the raccoon on May 3. The carcass was provided to the state Depar... More ... Woman found dead in police holding cell BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer       EDISON - A 20-year-old Hispanic woman under arrest for attempting to steal a car was found dead in her jail cell Friday morning, according to police. Belkis Buezo-Lopez, of Plainfield, was found by an Edison detective at 7:25 in the morning. apparently having hanged herself from the ... More ... Man found shot on Rte. 1 still unidentified Police seek help identifying man, who is in critical condition BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer       WOODBRIDGE - Police are seeking the public's help in identifying a black man who was found on the shoulder of Route 1 north near the entrance to the Garden State Parkway on May 12 with a gunshot wound. Woodbridge police received a call from the New Jersey State Police that a possi... More ... Officials frustrated by new rash of false threats Since Virginia Tech, area schools have received bomb, shooting calls BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer       A rash of bomb and shooting threats at local schools has emerged in the wake of the Virginia Tech rampage, and while the alarms have so far been false, officials are growing increasingly irritated over the lost instructional time. More ... Women's Wellness Expo      PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Vito Mazza Salon and Spa's Krystin Vananglen, Ewing, applies vitamin C paste to the back of the hand of Lee Jensen, Metuchen, during the Woodbridge YMCA's Women's Wellness Expo on May 12. More ...