TRENTON, NJ—State regulators approved measures on May 19 that allow Verizon to go forward with plans to raise its rates for traditional landline telephone service by over 36% over the next 5 years.
The agency, known as the Board of Public Utilities (BPU), also voted to phase out government oversight on landline telephone services across New Jersey in 2020.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—For several hours over the weekend of May 16-17, half of the city's Water Treatment Plant was taken offline due to a problem with the feeding of aluminum sulfate, an important chemical in the treatment process.
City officials say they believe that issues with the water treatment process began around noon on Saturday, May 16 and were not discovered for about three hours.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Earlier this year, the City of New Brunswick came out on the losing end of a high-profile court challenge, and agreed to repeal two antiquated laws against the solicitation of or begging for food or money earlier this year.
The city admitted there were "legitimate concerns regarding the constitutionality of the Ordinances" and agreed to "amend or repeal" them swiftly following the suit brought by the New Jersey Coalition to End Homelessness and a local resident.
NEWARK, NJ—Rutgers still has not confirmed whether or not a police officer criminally charged with stealing $30,000 from her union is on the official University payroll, but a source says she was suspended without pay in March.
Grace Stewart was the treasurer of the Rutgers Fraternal Order of Police Local #62, and is charged with one count of third-degree theft for stealing $30,000 over a three-month period.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Police say a man with a gun took a woman's purse on Easton Avenue at approximately 10:53pm on May 18 and hopped into the passenger seat of a vehicle headed towards downtown.
The New Brunswick Police Department (NBPD) is investigating the armed robbery, which occurred near the intersection with Prosper Street, according to a Rutgers University crime alert.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—On Thursday, May 21 at noon, the Women’s League of Rutgers University (WLRU) will hold its annual luncheon at the Rutgers Club, located at 199 College Avenue.
The luncheon’s main speaker is Kofi Genfi, a technology consultant, spoken word artist, and freelance writer who will address “raising women’s self-awareness through community service.”
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—A team of officers from the New Brunswick Police Department (NBPD) and the Rutgers University Police Department (RUPD) responded to a gunshot reportedly fired from a porch on Bayard Street in downtown on the evening of May 15 at about 10:30pm.
The police, who are part of a "Neighborhood Patrol Team" that focuses on the Fifth and Sixth wards, were directed by local residents to the location of a man they said had recently fired his weapon off in the air.
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