UPDATE: City spokesperson Jennifer Bradshaw confirmed that Joe Catanese was hired almost six months ago, on May 11, at a salary of $25,000.
"He works approximately seven hours a week strictly on OPRA documents. He was appointed by TK Shamy."
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Joseph J. Catanese, an attorney who led the New Brunswick Police Department (NBPD) from 2000 to 2008, has joined the city's Law Department as an Assistant City Attorney.
WASHINGTON, DC–The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on October 27 that it has taken action against a nationwide student financial aid scam that allegedly ripped off tens of thousands of students.
According to a CFPB press release, the culprits illegally charged millions of dollars in fees for bogus financial services.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Rutgers University Libraries launched a new project, dubbed "the New Brunswick Music Scene Archive," on October 22.
The library hopes the archive will help document local music history, which has been scattered and driven underground over the past few decades, but not forgotten.
"New Brunswick has been host to a vibrant musical community for such a long time," said Christie Lutz, the Head of Public Services at Rutgers Libraries.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office (MCPO) has announced today that three men have been indicted by a grand jury on charges of fatally shooting a New Brunswick man and wounding two others in May 2014.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—After a little over a month without a Recreation Director, the City of New Brunswick has hired a familiar face to fill the role.
HUB Teen Center Director and elected Board of Education member Edward Spencer was chosen as the new Superintendent of Recreation and started on October 5, according to the city.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–Saint Peter’s University Hospital on Easton Avenue released a new feature on its website on September 4.
The hospital’s new feature offers a wide variety of health-related lifestyle information for residents in the local area and beyond.
Known as the "Better Health Library," the resource can be found online at the hospital's website.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ— Una mujer que no ha sido identificada murió el domingo 18 de octubre aproximadamente a las 1:30 p.m., después de saltar desde el garaje de la calle Paterson en un "aparente suicidio", según las autoridades.
El vocero del Departamento de Policía de Nueva Brunswick (NBPD) capitán JT Miller dijo que la agencia investigó "un aparente suicidio cuando un individuo saltó del aparcamiento de la calle Paterson calle ayer por la tarde."
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