NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is facing a new round of lawsuits over its Depuy unit’s metal-on-metal version of the pinnacle hip, a type of implant that has been blamed for poisoning patients.
The world’s largest healthcare company is beginning its first trial on allegations that the hip implants were defectively designed and caused metal debris to leech into patients’ bloodstreams.
HIGHLAND PARK, NJ—On August 6, 1945, the American military dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, causing the first of two devastating atomic explosions in Japan that week.
In total, the two bombings killed well over 100,000 Japanese civilians, perhaps as many as 250,000. Nuclear weapons had never been used in warfare previously, and never have been since.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—City Council voted 3-0 on Wednesday to immediately raise the salary of the city's crossing guards, in response to a crash where Fire Director Robert Rawls seriously injured three children on their way home from school.
Rawls was driving a city-owned SUV at the time, one of multiple city vehicles he has crashed and at one of at least nineteen crashes he has been involved in during his driving career.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Yesterday, a crowd gathered in front of one of the city's most historic churches to celebrate the beginning of a new chapter in the building's life.
After years of work on the part of domestic violence survivors and advocates, the historic First Reformed Church will soon be transformed into 10 units of supportive housing for female survivors of domestic violence.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The city school district is hoping a “green” energy savings project will save the district some “green” over the long term.
New Brunswick's Board of Education recently launched the $16 million project aimed at making many of the district's older schools more energy efficient.
The project, which began in June, will continue throughout the coming school year, with an anticipated completion date of September 2015.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Amid a long line of political controversies between State Senate President Steve Sweeney and Rutgers University, the New Jersey Senate confirmed the Governor Chris Christie's appointment of William M. Tambussi to sit on the school's Board of Governors.
Both Sweeney and Tambussi are close allies of George Norcross III, one of the state's most powerful unelected political players.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The city government is working to make the city safer for cyclists, says Planning Director Glenn Patterson.
One component of Patterson's efforts is a new initative to install seven "bike corrals" throughout the city.
The first one was installed near the Hidden Grounds coffee shop on Friday, at the intersection of Easton Avenue and Mine Street.
One of the owners of Hidden Grounds said the installation was a welcome improvement, and one the small business requested previously.
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