NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—With his boss of almost thirty years looking on, Benjamin Bucca defended how he solicited and accepted donations from a major developer that often came before the Planning Board he represents in New Brunswick.
"I didn't see really myself as the board attorney… because the board didn't need an attorney," Bucca told the city's ethics board under questioning in the January 16 hearing.
EDISON, NJ–The Middlesex County College Board of Trustees officially approved the hiring of Richard Feldman as the new Coordinator of Veterans Services at their February 25 meeting.
Feldman has been on campus since he started February 18, and was hired to replace David Brimmer, who left to work at the Trenton Vet Center.
Classes Offered at Both Mason Gross School and RWJ Hospital on Wednesdays and Saturdays March through June
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–On March 4th at 12 noon, poet and Chair of the Rutgers University Women's and Gender Studies Department will visit the New Brunswick Free Public Library to speak on the life and work of Nelson Mandela.
The Public Library is located at 60 Livingston Avenue and this program is offered as part of their Brown Bag Luncheon series. Guests are encouraged to bring their own lunch. The event, free and open to the public, will be held in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ–Una profesora de primero en la escuela de Lincoln Elementary School en Edison fue arrestada el 14 de febrero después de una investigación hecha por la policía de South Brunswick sobre una fiesta en su casa la noche anterior.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–For much of the past two years, the city government has been misleading the public about how frequently its so-called "Board of Ethics" has been meeting in public.
A person visiting the city's website would assume the six-member board met once every three months, presumably working towards a more ethical city government.
EDISON, NJ—An anonymous document circulated in January makes the case that county investigators and prosecutors have gone overboard in their efforts to take down one Edison police officer.
It is just the latest episode in a series of scandals that cast a shadow over the Edison Police Department (EPD), which has become known for political infighting, retaliation, corruption, and outrageous, headline-grabbing misconduct cases.
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