June 2015

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—City police are investigating a shooting that was reported shortly after 8pm on Wednesday, June 3, near the intersection of Lee Avenue and Talmadge Street in the Second Ward.

One woman was injured in the shooting, according to a news alert.  However, police radio transmissions described a "man down."

An ambulance was dispatched to the scene, but the victim was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in a privately-owned tan Acura CSX, according to police radio transmissions.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Rutgers officials have been silent on whether the school will continue to use the student-monitoring, anti-cheating software known as "ProctorTrack" for the summer and fall 2015 semesters. 

Thousands of students paid a $32 fee to download the software during the spring semester despite the university having no contract with the provider, Verificient Technologies.

UPDATE (1:20PM): City Hall has re-opened, but non-emergency services in the Civic Square building, including the municipal court, will be closed for the day.  No injuries were reported.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–Just a few hours into the work week, the city and county government were brought to a halt by an exploding transformer near the historic US Post Office in downtown.

Witnesses reported hearing an explosion prior to the fire, which appears to have been extinguished by city firefighters as of 12:30pm.