NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The Board of Education rejected one of the five candidates that submitted petitions to run for seats on the board in the upcoming April 19 election.
"Joel Martinez handed in a defective petition because half of the persons who signed were not registered voters. So he only had six valid signatures," said Richard Jannarone, Business Administrator for the district.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–Consumer healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J), and its Ethicon subsidariy, are expected to acquire the medical device maker NeuWave Medical Inc., pending regulatory approval.
NeuWave, based in Madison, Wisconsin, has developed a proprietary system which uses microwave energy to remove abnormal soft tissue growth from the body.
Ethicon expects to complete the deal with NeuWave between April and June this year.
OLD BRIDGE, NJ–Ronald Franz led the Carteret Police Department for just over three weeks before was suspended without pay following a February 23 drunken driving arrest in Old Bridge.
Officials confirmed Franz was fired in March, after local police filed an additional charge related to the one-car crash.
Franz did not last long in the job, having come out of retirement to take the position on February 1.
NEW BRUNSWICK NJ— Perturbadores videos que circularon en redes sociales y fueron difundidos en la televisión de habla hispana han despertado la atención sobre un violento incidente que tuvo lugar al interior de la Escuela Secundaria de New Brunswick (NBHS).
Oscar Aparicio Jr., un estudiante de primer año de la Escuela Secundaria de New Brunswick, le contó a New Brunswick Today que fue agredido poco antes del mediodía el jueves 10 de marzo, en los pasillos de la escuela por alguien que apenas conocía.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Disturbing videos circulated on social media and broadcast on Spanish language television have raised awareness of a violent incident that took place inside New Brunswick High School (NBHS).
Oscar Aparicio, Jr., a freshman at NBHS, told New Brunswick Today he was assaulted shortly before noon on Thursday, March 10, in the hallways of the school by someone he barely knew.
The 15-year-old city resident sufferred a fractured nose, a sprained shoulder, and also lost a tooth.
NEWARK, NJ—Governor Chris Christie announced a new tentative agreement with the eleven unions representing NJTransit workers on March 11, but decided not to disclose the financial specifics of the deal.
If approved by the unions involved, the new agreements will run through 2019, and serve to avert a strike that would have impacted commutes across the tri-state area.
PISCATAWAY, NJ–Less than 24 hours after a season-ending 89-72 loss to Nebraska in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament, Rutgers has relieved Eddie Jordan of his head coaching duties.
The decision did not come as a surprise, but it will come at a significant cost to the university, who will likely be paying Jordan a large sum not to work, on top of whatever they pay his replacement.
Jordan's firing closes the book on a disappointing tenure when the Scarlet Knights went 29-67 in his three seasons at the helm.
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