Editing Colonia, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Woodbridge Township, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Colonia include:
* [[Chad Baker-Mazara]] (born 2000), [[college basketball]] player for the [[Auburn Tigers men's basketball|Auburn Tigers]]<ref>Mitch, Tommy. [https://cornerpapernj.com/news/sports/colonia-high-schools-chad-baker-mazara-earns-sixth-man-year-san-diego "Colonia High School’S Chad Baker Mazara… Earns Sixth Man Of The Year In San Diego"], The Corner. Accessed March 8, 2025. "Chad Baker Mazara, born in Santo Domingo, has had his love for the game of basketball take him all over the world. Chad moved to Colonia, New Jersey in 2017 for a better opportunity to showcase his talents, and boy did he turn heads in a hurry."</ref>
* [[John Carlson (ice hockey)|John Carlson]] (born 1990), defenseman and [[Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup]] champion (2018) with the [[Washington Capitals]]<ref>Hageny, John Christian. [http://www.nj.com/hssports/blog/boysicehockey/index.ssf/2013/02/hockey_where_are_they_now_st_josephs_john_carlson_a_capital_investment.html "Hockey: Where are they now? St. Joseph's John Carlson a Capital Investment"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', February 10, 2013. Accessed May 4, 2015. "Playing alongside defensive partner, Karl Alzner, Carlson, whose family made their home in Colonia while living in New Jersey, appeared in his 198th-career NHL game last night when Washington hosted the Florida Panthers."</ref>
* [[John Gorka]] (born 1958), contemporary folk singer/songwriter<ref>Gluck, Robert. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/lifestyle/people/home-again.html "Home AgainFolksinger John Gorka has never stopped being a Jersey boy."], ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', March 15, 2010. Accessed November 20, 2012. "Jennie Esposito remembers her first encounter with John Gorka. He was a shy eighth-grader in Colonia who had been invited to join her church folk group."</ref>
* [[Kelsey Grammer]] (born 1955), actor who appeared in ''[[Frasier]]'' and ''[[Cheers]]''<ref>Martel, Jay. [https://www.maryellenmark.com/bibliography/magazines/article/us-weekly/tears-of-a-clown-637529030385361793/ "Tears of a Clown; After years of grappling with his demons Kelsey Grammer says he's finally putting his past behind him. Can Frasier's gifted alter ego TV's most popular funnyman live happily ever after?"], ''[[US Weekly]]'', May 1997. Accessed March 8, 2025. "When Grammer was 18 months old, his parents separated and his mother, Sally, was flat broke and had nowhere to go but back home. Grammer and his younger sister, Karen, were brought up by Sally and her parents in a middle-class household in Colonia, N.J."</ref>
* [[Tom Higgins (Canadian football)|Tom Higgins]] (born 1954), former [[American football|American]] and [[Canadian football]] player<ref>Ralph, Dan. [https://archive.today/20130131164245/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/551167291.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+26,+2004&author=Dan+Ralph&pub=The+Spectator&desc=Accolades+await+Esks'+Higgins&pqatl=google "Accolades await Esks' Higgins"], ''[[The Hamilton Spectator]]'', February 26, 2004. Accessed November 30, 2012. "The native of Colonia, N.J., has made Alberta his home, retiring as a player in 1981 to become a high school coach in Calgary."</ref>
* [[Stewart Krentzman]] (born 1951), CEO of [[Oki Electric Industry|Oki Data Americas, Inc.]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110516170130/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-108447024.html "Oki Data Americas Promotes Stewart Krentzman to President and Chief Executive Officer."], [[Business Wire]], October 2, 2003. Accessed June 24, 2007.</ref>
* [[Eric LeGrand]] (born 1990), defensive tackle with the [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights football]] team who was paralyzed during a game<ref>Stanmyre, Matthew. [http://www.nj.com/hssports/blog/football/index.ssf/2010/10/colonia_honors_paralyzed_rutgers_player_eric_legrand_as_town_hero.html "Colonia honors paralyzed Rutgers player Eric LeGrand as 'town hero'"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', October 23, 2010. Accessed November 30, 2010.</ref>
* [[Glen Mason]] (born 1950), [[NCAA]] [[American football|football]] coach<ref>[http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=38607&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400&ATCLID=263402&Q_SEASON=2006 Glen Mason] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514052125/http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=38607&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400&ATCLID=263402&Q_SEASON=2006 |date=2011-05-14 }}, [[University of Minnesota]]. Accessed April 22, 2007. "Mason is a 33-year coaching veteran who coached more games (102) than anyone in Kansas' school history. Succeeding with programs that had previously suffered through hard times is nothing new for the Colonia, N.J. native."</ref>
* [[Laura McCullough]] (born 1960), poet<ref>Cannella, Wendy. [http://pbqmag.org/wendy-cannella-this-fierce-life-an-interview-with-laura-mccullough/ "Wendy Cannella: ''This Fierce Life'': An Interview with Laura McCullough"], ''[[Painted Bride Quarterly]]'', Issue 94. Accessed November 4, 2016. "LM: I was born in Jersey City, in the Margaret Hague, the women’s hospital that the infamous Irish Mayor Hague built, grew up in suburbia, a little town called Colonia, not too far from Perth Amboy, and my family would drive to the wooded parts north many weekends when I was a child."</ref>
* [[Zack Rosen]] (born 1989), All-American [[basketball]] player at [[Penn Quakers men's basketball|Penn]]; plays for [[Maccabi Ashdod]] in [[Israel]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pennathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&ATCLID=1578569&DB_OEM_ID=1700|title=Zack Rosen athletic biography|access-date=April 6, 2012|publisher=University of Pennsylvania athletics|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114090941/http://www.pennathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&ATCLID=1578569&DB_OEM_ID=1700|archive-date=November 14, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Bret Schundler]] (born 1959), New Jersey Republican politician<ref>Sullivan, Joseph F. [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/10/nyregion/jersey-city-mayor-warns-of-possible-bankruptcy.html "Jersey City Mayor Warns of Possible Bankruptcy"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 10, 1992. Accessed November 30, 2012. "Mr. Schundler, who was born in Colonia, graduated from Harvard University with honors in 1981 and then worked as a Congressional aide and a campaign coordinator for Gary Hart's 1984 presidential run."</ref>
* [[Tico Torres]] (born 1953), drummer for [[Bon Jovi]]<ref>Jordan, Chris. [https://archive.today/20130131162005/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/1719572781.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+09,+2007&author=CHRIS+JORDAN&pub=Asbury+Park+Press&desc=TEN+WILD+NIGHTS&pqatl=google "Ten Wild Nights"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', November 9, 2007. Accessed November 30, 2012. "But there they are, Sayreville's Jon Bon Jovi, now of Middletown, and his bandmates - including Richie Sambora, guitar, from Woodbridge; David Bryan, keyboards, from Edison and Tico Torres, drums, from the Colonia section of Woodbridge - giving the sound of Newark a new, and decidedly loud, wrinkle."</ref>