NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Until last spring, Dena Seidel was director of the Rutgers Center for Digital Filmmaking in the Mason Gross School of the Arts.
Seidel founded the program, building it up from nothing, her supporters say. And this year, the school for the first time is offering a new major in filmmaking.
But Seidel is no longer at Rutgers, unable to see the fruits of her labor blossom, and a growing number of students are crying foul about her abrupt departure.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–Middlesex County's government plans to spend $18 million in the next five years on three arts projects, including one that could drastically transform the New Brunswick's theatre district.
The plan calls for the demolition and replacement of two of city's three major theatres, the Crossroads Theatre and the George Street Playhouse.
Both are located on Livingston Avenue, and owned by the non-profit New Brunswick Cultural Center, Inc.
PISCATAWAY, NJ—The Rutgers women’s soccer porgram is just two wins away from becoming the first sports team in school history to win a Big Ten championship.
The Scarlet Knights will play the Ohio State Buckeyes on Friday, November 6, with the winner moving on to play in the Big 10's conference championship game on Sunday, November 8.
On November 1, third-seeded Rutgers defeated the sixth-seeded Minnesota Golden Gophers by the score of 4-1 to advance to the semifinals.
UPDATE (11/18): New Brunswick Today has learned that Michael Bacorn no longer works for the City of New Brunswick, having resigned for a third time.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—One of two ex-cops who the city re-hired just a few weeks into their retirement is back on the job, after sitting on the sidelines for nine months after questions were raised about the arrangement.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—On November 3, Rutgers students had a chance to meet the mysterious human behind the powerful book "Humans of New York."
The event was hosted at the Douglass Student Center by Rutgers University Programming Association (RUPA) and the Department of Leadership and Experiential Learning.
Several hundreds of students showed up to learn how Brandon Stanton's started one of the most popular photography projects in recent years.
EDISON, NJ—Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey and Edison Police Chief Thomas Bryan announced on November 5 that a retired police captain has been charged with theft for "illegally" using sick days while he was working a private security job.
According to press release form the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office (MCPO), 55-year-old Natale Fresco used paid sick days from Edison Township in July, August, and September, while simultaneously working as security director at the Menlo Park Mall.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The city's most notorious redevelopment firm has announced seven of the nine tenants that will occupy retail storefronts in a transformative and controversial privatized dormitory project at Rutgers University.
The tenants include six different food establishments, including one with roots in New Brunswick, and a Starbuck's Coffee, the third to open within a three-block radius.
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