COLONIA, NJ–On a hot and humid 85-degree day, the New Brunswick Zebras persevered on the road against the Colonia Patriots, earning their first win of the season on September 8.
The Zebras were coming off a successful 2015 season, finishing 15-7 as the second best team in Central Jersey Group IV play.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–Two young men were shot in the parking lot of a supermarket on August 31 at approximately 11:15 am according to a press release from the New Brunswick Police Department (NBPD).
While the suspects fled on foot, the victims fled the scene as well, apparently in a vehicle that ended up crashing just a stone's throw away from the entrance to a hospital emergency room.
It's at least the second shooting to take place in the supermarket parking lot in the past year.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The new academic year at New Brunswick Public Schools began on Tuesday, September 6. According to the published school calendar, the school year will consist of 183 days weather permiting.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—On September 1, a Highland Park man was sentenced to serve 64 years in state prison for shooting and robbing a 22-year-old New Brunswick resident more than three-and-a-half years ago.
Lewis C. Hooper, age 32, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Alberto Rivas at the Middlesex County Courthouse for his role in the crime.
"As a persistent offender, [he] must serve 85 percent of the term before he can be eligible for parole," according to a press release from the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office (MCPO).
METUCHEN, NJ—A grand jury in New Brunswick has indicted a Metuchen woman on charges of poisoning a man who was hospitalized, but since has recovered.
Theresa Freis, age 44, allegedly administered "clonazepam or a benzodiazepine or benzodiazepines" to a man who authorities did not identify on May 25 somewhere in Metuchen, according to a statement from the office of Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey.
WOODBRIDGE, NJ–Sears hopes the small fashion boutiques it is building inside some existing stores will entice consumers to visit more often.
The launch of “Showcase at Sears,” a collection of European and Latin American apparel brands at two Garden State stores this fall, will not include the Hub City's Sears location on Route 1 South.
The new specialty shops are “initially launching” in just five area stores, according to Sears, including the ones at Woodbridge Center Mall and the Newport Centre Mall in Jersey City.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—A child molester is on the loose in Highland Park, according to authorities, who asked for the public's help in solving a troubling crime in the borough.
​Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Chief Stephen J. Rizco of the Highland Park Police Department (HPPD) issued a joint statement on August 29 that described an incident where an 11-year-old girl was " improperly touched" by an unidentified man on the South side of town.
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