UPDATE (5/7): NJ.com has reported that Jerome K. Williams of New Brunswick was the individual arrested. Police are still seeking another individual who was in the car with him and the as-yet-unidentified occupants of the green Hyundai Santa Fe that was also involved.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Police received reports of shots being fired from automobiles in the vicinity of Joyce Kilmer Avenue and Suydam Street at about 12:11 pm this afternoon.
UPDATE (2:43PM): Rutgers issued a brief announcement afternoon declaring that Eric LeGrand will speak at the commencement ceremony, calling it a "miscommunication" and saying "it was never our intention that Eric would be the only speaker."
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Local hero Eric LeGrand, a Middlesex County native who was paralyzed playing football for Rutgers, says the school invited him to give the 2014 commencement speech before callously retracting the offer.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–Rutgers University announced today that former NJ Governor Thomas Kean, Sr. will be delivering the commencement address at this year's graduation ceremony.
The announcement comes on the heels of former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice declining to attend the ceremony amid growing protests from students and faculty.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—When a local Bennigan's restaurant and bar went out of business, local bar owner Larry Blatterfein pursued plans to open up a sports bar in its place.
At the time, Blatterfein owned Knight Club, one of the more popular bars on the Easton Avenue corridor.
He said his second proposed establishment, a bar geared toward fans of the New York Yankees, would create 75 jobs and improve the city's tax base.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—On May 4, many of New Brunswick's main streets including George Street, College Avenue, and Joyce Kilmer Avenue will be closed to automobiles beginning at 10am to encourage cycling and active living.
City leaders have also two future dates this season when 3.4 miles of city streets will be closed for the same reason: July 12 and October 12.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—After a week of fierce protests against her, former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has decided not to give the commencement address at Rutgers on May 18.
Rice said she was did not want the "distraction" to take away from the commencement ceremony in Piscataway.
"Commencement should be a time of joyous celebration for the graduates and their families. Rutgers' invitation to me to speak has become a distraction for the university community at this very special time."
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Roughly 100 high school students left class early this morning, and many more wore red clothing to school, to protest the proposed non-renewal of contracts with some of their favorite teachers.
Superintendent Richard Kaplan confirmed that the school was put under "lockdown" for about twenty minutes.
"We did go into a lockdown. About a hundred youngsters… decided to leave their classes and walk through the hall in a disruptive manner."
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