NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—“My Name is Asher Lev,” the story of a Jewish artist who must choose between his faith and his art, is playing at the George Street Playhouse through May 1.
The play is based off of Chaim Potok's best-selling book of the same name. It follows the childhood and early adulthood of Asher Lev, set in a Hasidic Jewish community in post-war Brooklyn.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–On Sunday April 24, New Brunswick residents and visitors are invited to attend and enjoy the first New Brunswick Ciclovia of 2016.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–City police are investigating an armed robbery on the streets of New Brunswick on April 15, but it was Rutgers University's Police Department that made the public aware of the crime just over an hour after it happened.
"In this incident the victim… reported that he was walking on Handy Street when a small, dark colored SUV stopped across from him," reads the RUPD crime alert, which noted the incident took place at about 12:30am between Jones and Commercial Avenues.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–An international trading corporation said on April 18 it had initiated a recall of "Nice! Peach Slices" and "Nice! Mixed Fruit," packed in 8-ounce glass jars, due to potential glass in the product.
“The affected products were distributed to Walgreens stores nationwide,” said Milky Way International Corp. in a Food and Drug Administraion news release.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–Three incumbent members of the city's school board each seeking three more years in office were victorious in the low-turnout April 19 election, and voters once again approved the district's budget.
Patricia Sadowski, Benito Ortiz, and Jennifer Shukaitis each got about 300 votes cast citywide, figures that were bolstered by relatively strong turnout in the two geographic areas that are strongholds for the city's political machine.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Voters will be able to cast votes for up to three candidates in the April 19 school board election, as well as decide whether or not to approve the school district's proposed budget.
The voting will be the first of three elections scheduled for the Hub City this year, and only the third time voters will have a choice of candidates since the city switched to an elected school board.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—On April 13, Black Lives Matter (BLM) Rutgers held a rally at Old Queens in support of Dr. Jennifer Warren, a Black professor in the communication department who was denied tenure last year.
Warren was denied tenure in April 2015. It was, as she puts it, "one of the most devastating events of my adult life."
Warren missed the expedited appeal window, but is now putting the appeal process in motion.
BLM Rutgers maintains that the tenure rejection is an example of institutional racism.
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