NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—On May 20, the New Brunswick City Council reauthorized the city's participation in the U.S Department of Defense's 1033 program, which provides surplus military equipment to state, county and local police agencies.
The measure, R-051567, was unlike most resolutions in that all five members of the Council did not agree on it.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Durante varias horas el fin de semana de mayo, 16-17, la mitad de la Planta de Tratamiento de Agua de la ciudad fue desconectado debido a un problema con la alimentación de sulfato de aluminio, una importante sustancia química en el proceso de tratamiento.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–A renowned New Brunswick based film festival will be celebrating its 20th anniversary on Saturday, May 30th, by opening the festivities until the 14th of June in the Hub City. The New Jersey International Film Festival, which began in 1996, is an annual festival where feature length independent films are screened in a competition.
HIGHLAND PARK, NJ—A silent art auction and live classical performance to benefit Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Middlesex County, will take place at Pino's on Saturday May 30 at 8pm.
CASA of Middlesex County is a nonprofit currently looking for volunteers to start free training in Fall 2015 and is just one branch of a national organization that advocates for the needs of foster children in court.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Student athletes and fans of the New Brunswick High School Zebras can expect to have a new athletics field at Memorial Stadium around the beginning of the school year.
In March, the New Brunswick Board of Education and the city government approved a shared services agreement, splitting the $1.03 million costs of renovating the facility on Joyce Kilmer Avenue.
FRANKLIN, NJ—After sitting through Fearless Production’s rendering of Martin McDonagh’s Tony award winning The Pillowman, a play festooned with child maiming, child torture, child murder, patricide, matricide and of course fratricide, this reviewer, who hasn’t smoked in twenty years, needed a cigarette.
That need is not a complaint, it’s a compliment.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ— Richard Kaplan, el superintendente confirmó que el distrito de escuelas ha crecido y que esto a promovido un cambio de planes, y que se abrirá una nueva escuela elementaría en septiembre.
Como el distrito tuvo 686 mas estudiantes en septiembre del 2014 de lo que esperaba, Kaplan dijo que los administradores cambiaron sus planes para el edificio de la ex-escuela Católica en el quinto distrito electoral de la ciudad.
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