Immaculata coach jailed in locker peeping: This week in Central Jersey history, Nov. 13-19

The long-awaited South Amboy Passenger Ferry Terminal Project, allowing travel to and from South Amboy to Wall Street and Midtown Manhattan, was one step closer to becoming a reality, it was reported on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018.

But, that reality took some time. The ferry began operating on Monday, Oct. 30 of this year.

Here's a look at events that happened in Central Jersey from five, 10, 25, 50 and 100 years ago this week.

Five years ago

Nov. 13, 2018: The state Supreme Court ruled more than 20,000 alcohol breath tests administered by police in Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset and Union counties could not be used as evidence in court because the machines used during the tests were not properly calibrated.

Nov. 14: Kathryn Schurtz, 35, the oldest daughter of former Fanwood Councilwoman Karen Schurtz, and her fiance, Joseph Kearney, 42, both of Jersey City, were killed in a fiery crash as they were driving to their wedding in Pittsburgh.

Nov. 16: It was reported more than 100 workers would be losing their jobs around Christmas when international firm Agfa Graphics, headquartered in Belgium, shuttered its printing plate factory in Branchburg.

Nov. 17: The Beatles cover band, The Fab Faux, performed at the State Theatre in New Brunswick.

Nov. 18: State Theatre New Jersey in New Brunswick would present "An Evening With Bob Woodward ― The State of the American Presidency," on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, it was reported.

Nov. 18: The Governor Livingston High School girls soccer team won its first NJSIAA Group II title in 33 years, beating Ramsey at Kean University, 3-2.

10 years ago

Nov. 13, 2013: Keith R. Buckley, 45, a North Brunswick police lieutenant, pleaded guilty to a charge of official misconduct, admitting he drove a car at high speed while on duty and crashed, killing his passenger, fellow officer Lt. Christopher Zerby.

Nov. 14: George Chrysanthopoulos, 50, of Little Silver, who was the former owner of Tarheel Enterprises, Inc., a heavy construction and paving company based in Sayreville, pleaded guilty to participating in a bid-rigging scheme.

Nov. 15: Patrick Lott, a former volunteer basketball coach at Immaculata High School and assistant principal at Bernardsville Middle School, was sentenced to six years in state prison for illicitly taping Immaculata High School basketball players in the shower.

Nov. 16: It was reported NJ Transit would spend $23 million to retrofit suspensions and add seats and other upgrades to 244 older multi-level cars, which would mean taking the cars out of service and shipping them to New York.

Nov. 16: The North Hunterdon High School girls volleyball team beat Ridge, 2-1, to capture the NJSIAA Group IV title at William Paterson University in Wayne.

Nov. 18: ZZ Top, whose latest CD was "La Futura," performed at the State Theatre in New Brunswick.

Nov. 19: Acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park said Jordan Camacho and Laquan Chandler, both of Plainfield, who killed Nelson Santos Betance, 46, also of Plainfield, on Monday, March 21, 2011, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter.

1998

Nov. 13, 1998: The Rutgers University board of governors authorized the administration to take steps to provide health benefits for same-sex domestic partners.

Nov. 13: Patti Smith, icon of the New York punk scene, took the stage at the Fast Lane in Asbury Park.

Nov. 13: In the Central Jersey Group IV boys soccer final, Bridgewater-Raritan beat Middletown North, 3-1, in an overtime victory, giving them their first sectional title of the decade.

Nov. 15: Millions of dollars in forfeited bail were not being collected in New Jersey, largely due to a slow-moving bureaucracy's inability to deal with uncooperative bail bondsmen and their insurance companies, it was reported.

Nov. 15: The emergency room at JFK Medical Center in Edison was closed for four hours because a basement chemical leak sent tainted air through the ventilation system.

Nov. 17: A robbery at First Savings Bank in Fanwood was the first time in the borough's history that a bank was targeted by criminals, police said.

Nov. 19: The New Jersey Devils beat the Carolina Hurricanes, 3-2, with Jay Pandolfo scoring on a backhander in close with 1:23 left in overtime.

1973

Nov. 13, 1973: Gov. William T. Cahill announced an immediate lowering of the maximum speed limits on all NJ roads and highways to 50 miles per hour as part of the effort to conserve fuel.

Nov. 14: Just as Henry and Josephine Bowden of Somerville were about to leave the 31st Instant Millionaire Drawing at the Convention Hall in Atlantic City in despair, their surname was called by Suzanne Plummer, Miss New Jersey.

Nov. 14: It was reported St. Pius X High of Piscataway's football team beat St. John Vianney, 16-0, a win that boosted St. Pius X into first place in the Raritan Valley Conference.

Nov. 16: "Butterflies Are Free," a play about a blind boy, his girl and his mother, opened in the first of a four-weekend run at Edison Valley Playhouse.

Nov. 16: Lockheed Electronics Co., Inc. in Watchung announced it had received a $7.5-million order from Western Electric Co. for new microfilm retrieval systems.

Nov. 19: The Republican-controlled Senate confirmed former Democratic Gov. Richard J. Hughes as chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.

Nov. 19: Dr. James R. Cowan, state health commissioner, presented a check for $12.9 million to Anthony Yelencsics, board chairman of John F. Kennedy Community Hospital in Edison, to help finance hospital expansion, including 113 new beds and a new rehabilitation facility, it was reported.

1923

Nov. 14, 1923: It was reported the varied life story of Mrs. Sherwood Thornton of Bound Brook would appear in that month's issue of Atlantic Monthly.

Nov. 15: The home of Harry R. Moyer in Plainfield was burglarized, and jewelry, diamonds and other precious stones, said to be valued at between $5,000 and $6,000, were taken from a jewelry box.

Nov. 16-17: "Trilby," a Richard Walton Tully production of George Du Maurier's romance, starring Andree Lafayette and Creighton Hale, was shown at Reade's Strand Theatre in Perth Amboy.

Nov. 17: On his way home from his store in New Brunswick, merchant Joseph Belsky was held up by two masked men who fled when he cried out for help.

Nov. 18: In high school football, Bernardsville High School beat Somerville High School, 6-0, clinching the championship title of Somerset County.

Brad Wadlow is a staff writer for MyCentralJersey.com

This article originally appeared on MyCentralJersey.com: NJ history for Nov. 13-19