NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The City Council introduced an $84 million budget prepared by the administration on March 18, one that will increase the average homeowner's tax bill by $147 for the 2015 year.
March 2015
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One Man Injured in Shooting Near Pine Street Park
UPDATE (3/23): Police identified the shooting victim as 27-year-old New Brunswick resident Shabazz Muhammed, and indicated he is in critical but stable condition at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.
Police are looking into the possibility that a shooting that injured two people sixteen hours later might be related.
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Towns Claim to Lack Authority to Take Down Red Light Cameras
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Even though the program that allowed them expired in December, dozens of red light cameras still quietly watch over intersections across New Jersey.
New Jersey's local governments are not allowed to take them down, according to public officials in two Middlesex County towns.
The cameras no longer give tickets, but the only other difference is that affected intersections now lack signs reading, "red light photo enforced."
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Freeholders Approve Land Deal That Benefits Retired Judge
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders unanimously approved a questionable land deal involving the potentially contaminated and undevelopable forest land of a retired judge and political insider.
The deal is for the county to spend $360,000 in open space trust fund taxes to buy land partly owned by Barnett E. Hoffman, Esq., a Democratic Party insider and retired Middlesex County judge.
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Local Manufacturer of Baby Products Appealed Latest Recall For Two Years After First Incident
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ–An importer of baby products delayed its most recent recall for over two years, according to an operations employee at the company.
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Ocean County Police Seeking Rutgers Student Wanted For Credit Card Fraud
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The Stafford Township Police Department has issued a $50,000 arrest warrant for Rutgers student Terence Flaherty, a 28-year-old resident of New Brunswick.
According to the Stafford Police, Flaherty is wanted for credit card fraud and theft. Flaherty, a white male, has not been located at his New Brunswick address.
Flaherty has been known to frequent Morris Plains, Barnegat Township, and the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers University, according to authorities.
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Wegmans Recalls Frozen Organic Spinach Over Listeria Concerns
WOODBRIDGE, NJ–Wegmans has recalled more than 12,000 packages of its own 12-ounce "Organic Food You Feel Good About Just Picked Frozen Spinach" (UPC 77890-32932), due to possible listeria contamination, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced.
The product was sold in the frozen food department of the company’s 85 stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, and Massachusetts between January 27 and March 21.
