MILLTOWN, NJ–An 18-year-old Rutgers student was charged with assault after local police sought the public's help in identifying the suspect in a strange case.
Cole Cadigan, who apparently played football for Wall Township High School, was caught on video allegedly throwing a large soda at an employee of the Taco Bell immediately after purchasing it at the store's drive-thru window.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–Stores, service businesses, and offices in the area of French Street and the surrounding area may qualify to receive grants of up to $20,000 to invest in "facade" improvements to the exterior of their buildings.
The program allows the city government to match the investment of individual businesses that want to improve their storefronts.
METUCHEN, NJ—On June 21, 2015, Middlesex County investigators determined that a teacher who lived on the St. Joseph's High School campus maintained child pornography on a computer.
Ten days later, a New Brunswick City Councilman who had been the school's Principal for nine years, announced he would be "assuming a new role" at St. Joseph's.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Since December 2015, Rutgers University students living at the Newell Apartments have been experiencing frequent disruptions to heating, electricity, and hot water.
According to a report on NJ.com, an electrical line under the Newells ruptured, which the University says it would take full responsibility for in the form of an "inconvenience credit" reimbursed to impacted students.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Five New Brunswick police officers were the guests of honor at the energetic Sunday morning service held at Promise Church of God on March 5.
Captain Michael Bobadilla accepted a plaque from the church, and addressed the congregation, saying the city has come a long way during his time on the police force.
"Thank you for putting your life on the line daily to protect and serve the residents of New Brunswick," reads the plaque. "May God Bless and Keep You Safe."
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Former employees of New Brunswick restaurants who say they were owed money by their old bosses have found a city ordinance passed in 2014 useful in getting the money they were owed.
On November 18, a caravan of protesters stopped at La Cabanita Dominican Restaurant on Elizabeth Street, an establishment which owed workers a total of $11,599 in wages.
WOODBRIDGE, NJ—Though they have filed criminal charges against two officers for lying to cover up a single-car wreck involving another police officer, authorities have failing to make public the details of the incident or identify the officer involved.
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