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Rabies Alert: Rabid Bat Found in Basement Near Buccleuch Park

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The Middlesex County Office of Health Services has issued a rabies alert after discovering a rabid bat in the city's Sixth Ward.

The bat was found in a basement near the intersection of College Avenue and Lafayette Street, near the west side of Buccleuch Park and the Raritan River, according to a report on NJ.com.

MyCentralJersey.com first reported the alert at 5:25pm yesterday.

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Small Loans Fuel Small Businesses Thanks to The Intersect Fund

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—As the saying goes, "Teach a man how to catch a fish, he’ll be fed for a lifetime."

And that's the underlying philosophy of the Intersect Fund, a non-profit organization focused on helping low-income entrepreneurs create their own small businesses. The organization's founders, Joe Shure and Rohan Mathew, former student editors at The Daily Targum, said were inspired by the staggering poverty rate in New Brunswick.