NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The Douglass Women's Center will be hosting their first “Open Mic Against Oppression” event on Wednesday, October 22 at 9:15 PM, in the Douglass Campus Center, located at 100 George Street.
October 2014
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Two New Brunswick Cops Punished After Investigation Into NBPD Ticket Books Found in Garbage Can
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—An investigation sparked by this newspaper's discovery of official New Brunswick police ticket books in a public garbage can has led to punishment for two city police officers, officials confirmed.
"The tickets that Mr. Kratovil brought in were disposed in a garbage can and that was wrong, and those officers were disciplined for their actions," said New Brunswick Police Captain J.T. Miller, at the October 15 City Council meeting.
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Two People Jump From Route 1 Bridge in Four-Day Period, One Survives
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Just days after a man committed suicide by jumping off the Morris Goodkind Bridge, another man attempted to do the same from the parallel Donald Goodkind Bridge at approximately 10am this morning.
But this man had a different fate. He ended up surviving the jump and swimming to the shores of Edison Township.
"We got a guy that just jumped off the bridge on Route 1," reported a dispatcher this morning on the police radio.
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Rutgers to Spend $16 Million Centralizing Administrative Services Two Miles Outside Campus
PISCATAWAY, NJ—The Rutgers University Board of Governors approved a plan to centralize administrative services in a newly-purchased office building at a total cost of more than $16.1 million.
Rutgers has recently expanded to include most of what was once the University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ, and the result was a worsening of a problem with administrative services being scattered. Service offices are spread throughout Piscataway, New Brunswick, and Newark.
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California Teen Alive in New Brunswick Hospital, Despite Being Declared Braindead 10 Months Ago
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—After Jahi McMath’s surgery to correct her sleep apnea resulted in the teenager having a heart attack on December 9, three doctors her declared brain dead under California law.
A death certificate was issued to her in Alameda County, California, but an attorney for the family says the 13-year-old is alive, supported by a ventilator and feeding tubes, at St. Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick.
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Historic St. Ladislaus Church in New Brunswick Celebrates 110th Anniversary
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—On Saturday October 18, the St. Ladislaus Church held Mass and hosted a community gathering at the Hungarian American Athletic Club hall to celebrate the church's 110th anniversary.
St. Ladislaus Church, located at 40 Plum Street, was founded in 1904 and falls under the leadership of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen. It has been a beacon of faith to the Hungarian community and other residents of New Brunswick since its founding.
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Ex vicepresidente de Johnson & Johnson y corresponsal de noticias NBC puesta en cuarentena obligatoria por ébola
PRINCETON, NJ— El ex vicepresidente de educación del consumidor de Johnson and Johnson y la principal corresponsal médica de NBC, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, ha sido puesta en cuarentena obligatoria después de ser supuestamente vista haciendo recados en el condado de Mercer, en violación de su cuarentena voluntaria.
