NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—For the third time in fifteen years, the Rutgers administration has unveiled plans to dramatically change the College Avenue campus.
This time the plans come as part of the school's latest "Physical Master Plan," an effort to follow up on the goals of the Strategic Plan.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The brand-new Redshaw Elementary School on Livingston Avenue will host the first of four public meetings on an engineering study commissioned with the goal of making that roadway safer for all users on Wednesday, February 11.
The 7pm meeting at the school located, at 216 Livingston Avenue, will likely feature a brief presentation from city and county officials, or perhaps Dewberry Engineering, the firm they both hired to conduct the study.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Now through Sunday, February 15, the Rutgers Theatre Company will be performing “The School For Scandal,” at the Philip J. Levin Theatre, located on Douglas Campus in Rutgers University.
The show, which takes place in 18th century London focuses on the art of gossip, both in real life and celebrity gossip.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—NJ Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Commissioner Jamie Fox has enacted a freeze on Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) aid to municipal transportation projects.
The freeze, which had gone into effect on January 20, came in response to a stalemate in the New Jersey Legislature about how the Transportation Trust Fund should be funded.
TRENTON, NJ—Legislation to study different ways to make college more affordable in New Jersey was signed into law by Governor Chris Christie on Thursday, February 5.
The new law creates a "College Affordability Study Commission" that would be charged with "examining issues and developing recommendations to increase the affordability of higher education in New Jersey."
The bill, S-979, passed the State Senate on January 29, gaining the final approval from both chambers of the state legislature.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Rutgers Police are investigating a report of criminal sexual contact that took place on Hamilton Street and on a Rutgers University bus traveling from the College Avenue Campus towards the Cook/Douglass Campus.
The incident was reported to have occurred on Saturday, February 7, at approximately 2:00 AM, according to the alert.
PHILADELPHIA, PA–The antipsychotic drug Risperdal, once Johnson & Johnson’s biggest seller, has been linked to abnormal breast development or “gynecomastia” in men, caused by an imbalance of the hormones estrogen and testosterone.
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