The City of Perth Amboy is offering a Civilian Emergency Response Team (CERT) course starting April 8th designed to provide basic skills to respond to the community’s immediate needs in the aftermath of a large-scale emergency when vital services may not be immediately available.

The Perth Amboy Police Department is applying to earn the designation of the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), and the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP).

The High Street connector to Route 440 opened on Thursday, Feb. 19, Perth Amboy Mayor Wilda Diaz announced.

The City of Perth Amboy wants to alert drivers and pedestrians that new Stop signs have been installed at the intersection of Jacques and Jeffries streets.

The Robert N. Wilentz School recently launched a recycling initiative, which falls under the umbrella of the City of Perth Amboy's “Green and Clean Community” program initiated by Mayor Wilda Diaz and her administration.

The City of Perth Amboy wants to alert drivers that effective Feb. 3, 2009, Penn Street between Washington and Barclay streets became a two-way roadway.