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Piscataway Mayor Faces Challenge in Race For Township’s Top Office

PISCATAWAY, NJ—On November 8, Piscataway's mayor election will pit Democratic incumbent Brian Wahler against Republican challenger Damon Montesano.

Mayor Wahler has been a lifelong resident of Piscataway with his wife and three children.

He graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University in 1984, and served as a Piscataway councilman from 1992 to 2000.  He also works as the Director of Economic Development at the Middlesex County Improvement Authority, and serves on the Piscataway Planning Board.

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County Voters to Replace a Dozen Officials Who Left Office Early

EDISON, NJ—Democrat State Senator Peter Barnes' departure from the Legislature has caused three different elections to be held to decide who will finish so-called "unexpired" terms left after elected officials got promoted to higher office.

It all started with Barnes securing a Superior Court judgeship, thanks to an appointment to the bench from Republican Governor Chris Christie.

But that is just one of a dozen local offices where candidates are running for partial terms.

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Two Victims and Suspect Hospitalized After Stabbing Attack at Rutgers

PISCATAWAY, NJ—Three victims, including a former student that police have said is the perpetrator, have been injured and remain hospitalized following a stabbing that occurred at the Rutgers Business School at approximately 2:30 pm on November 4.

​Three days later, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Rutgers University Police Department (RUPD) Chief Kenneth Cop identified the suspect as Joshua S. Thompson, a 25-year-old resident of Mountainside, New Jersey.

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Nonpartisan Local Elections in Perth Amboy and Spotswood

PERTH AMBOY, NJ—The "City by the Bay" is in the midst of an important local election, as is another town on the other end of the county: Spotswood.

The two communities are unique–at least in Middlesex County–because political parties are not directly involved in their local government elections.

But in Perth Amboy and Spotswood, no local primary elections are held, though primary elections are held for offices such as US Congress, Sheriff, Freeholder, State Senator, and State Assembly.

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JFK Medical Center Could Join Forces With RWJBarnabas by Year’s End

EDISON, NJ—John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison, better known as JFK Hospital, could be under new ownership as early as the end of 2016.

Due to competition from recent New Jersey hospital mergers and changes in healthcare related to the passage Affordable Care Act, industry insiders seem to think a merger or buyout is inevitably in the hospital's future.

JFK is one of only a dozen independent hospitals in New Jersey, which has seen a flurry of hospital mergers in recent years.

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Piscataway Man Charged With Murder of 31-Year-Old Woman

PISCATAWAY, NJ—Authorities announced the arrest of a Piscataway man on charges that he killed a 31-year-old woman from Raritan Borough who "suffered severe injury to her head" after visiting his condominium.

The victim, Beth Bezek, was "found dead outside his home, the victim of apparent head injuries," according to a press release issued by the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office (MCPO).

That home was located on Pond Lane, in Cedar Woods, a relatively new condominium development located off of Possumtown Road.