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Moms Organize “Nurse-In” at East Brunswick YMCA After Mom Told Not to Breastfeed There

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ–On the afternoon of Friday August 12, children played unphased in the front lobby of the Raritan Valley YMCA as their mothers nursed their baby siblings.

About a dozen mothers and children gathered in the front lobby of the Raritan Valley YMCA, located on Tices Lane in East Brunswick, where an incident of alleged discrimination against a breastfeeding mother recently took place.

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Two City Residents Critically Injured in Second Ward Shooting

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—City police are investigating an incident where two people were gunned down outside of a convenience store on Throop Avenue on August 22.

The New Brunswick Police Department (NBPD) announced that a 43-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, both from New Brunswick, had been critically injured in the shooting, which occurred around 9pm.

The man was shot in the lower back and the young woman shot in the chest, according to the statement.

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116 Candidates Sign Up For Middlesex County School Board Races

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–Most of the county's voters will have a real choice in this November's round of school board elections, according to petitions filed with the County Clerk's Office.

In addition to electing the nation's next President on November 8, most New Jerseyans will also be asked who should serve on their school board.

In fact, every Middlesex County municipality except New Brunswick will hold school elections that day.  Hub City is one of the few communities in the state that hold its school elections in April.