ATLANTIC CITY, NJ—A South Dakota victim of pelvic mesh implants made by city-based Johnson & Johnson (J&J) was awarded $11.1 million by a New Jersey jury this week.
The woman says she has undergone 18 revision surgeries – all without success – to correct injuries caused by a J&J Gynecare Prolift mesh device implanted in 2006.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—On July 3, the New Brunswick Theological Seminary (NBTS) moved to its brand-new 30,000 square foot building on College Avenue.
The seminary closed down its previous main building, Zwemer Hall, located on a quaint block in the middle of the Rutgers University campus known as Holy Hill.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Ronald Bellafronte, a city employee who served a three-month suspension without pay for using a racial slur to describe a city attorney, will not return to his job as a housing inspector.
Instead, Bellafronte was transferred to a position the city's embattled Water Utility just eleven days after the department's Director resigned.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Students at Rutgers can now expect to pay an average of $300 more for the 2014-2015 academic year.
At the Board of Governors meeting yesterday, July 16, the Board unanimously passed the 2.2% tuition increase, along with a 1% increase in the cost of housing and meal plans.
UPDATE (7/17): The City Council voted 5-0 to approve the privatization agreement with American Water, after hearing from only a fraction of those present who wished to speak on the issue.
UPDATE (7/18): Timothy Ross turned himself in to Detectives with the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–The New Brunswick Police Department is asking for help from the public with any tips or information they may have on a shooting that occurred on Remsen Avenue last month.
Police also warned the public about a fugitive suspect, Timothy Ross, a 41-year-old man from New Brunswick. Residents are told to call police if he is spotted.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The Board of Governors, Rutgers' highest administrative body, is proposing an average tuition increase of 2.2% at its upcoming July 16 meeting.
If approved, full-time undergraduates enrolled in the School of Arts and Sciences would see their tuition increase by $236, from $10,718 up to $10,954.
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