NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Newly-released crime statistics show that the city has experienced a surge in armed robberies during the first part of 2014, while the city's two major police departments were engaged in a bitter jurisdictional dispute that still has not been resolved.
Since December 6, the Rutgers Police Department has been forced to adapt to a much smaller chunk of the city where its officers are allowed to enforce motor vehicle laws such as drunk driving.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Ahmed Ewida, manager of the Just Delicious truck, shakes his head. He’s trying to keep a business afloat despite having new gas and electricity expenses and a customer base that’s been sliced nearly in half.
Samir Alkilani, owner of Mr. C’s grease truck, can do nothing but watch as group after group of students bypass his truck in favor of using their meal swipes at nearby Neilson dining hall, where they can eat as much as they want and then take more food to go.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—From late November through early March, the city's struggling water utility purchased millions of gallons of water each day from neighboring East Brunswick, but now city officials are faced with a bill in excess of $1 million.
The reason for the bulk fluid purchase was that the city had to shut down a large portion of its Comstock Street treatment plant to investigate the performance of the plant's eight gravity filters, which represent half of the plant.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Ed Spencer's nearly two-year reign as President of New Brunswick's Board of Education (BOE) ended Tuesday, as BOE Vice President Patricia Sadowski was chosen by fellow board members to become the body's President.
Sadowski, a Rutgers Village resident and nurse at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, has served on the board for many years, and was elected to a three-year term in April 2013.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—You might wonder what a “castle” is doing amidst the dorms of Rutgers University, so close to the Brower Commons and Demarest Hall.
Bishop House was built in 1852, but it didn't become property of Rutgers University until 1925.
On July 12, 1976, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Today it is one of 20 such places still preserved in the city.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—As the population of those living with HIV and AIDS in New Jersey continues to grow, funding for the AIDS Drug Distribution Program is likely to see severe cuts under the Christie Administration's proposed budget.
The AIDS Drug Distribution Program (ADDP), offers a variety of FDA-approved anti-retroviral medications for low-income participants who do not exceed 500% of the federal poverty level.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Healthcare conglomerate, Johnson & Johnson (J&J), is suspending worldwide sales, distribution, and promotion of its laroscopic power morcellators but is not permanently pulling them from the market.
A morcellator is a surgical instrument used for division, or “morcellation,” and removal of large masses of tissues during laparoscopic surgery.
The company said it is suspending the sale of its morecellators until their role in fibroid treatment is better understood by the medical community.
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