NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Three men were slashed or stabbed at approximately 2:44 am on April 16 following a birthday party on Delavan Street, according to NJ.com.
The injured partygoers were all members of the same family including two brothers and their father.
One brother was reportedly celebrating his 30th birthday, but ended up taking a family trip to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Rutgers University has requested slightly over $4.75 billion dollars from the state’s Commission of Capital Budgeting and Planning over the next seven years.
Capital projects are defined as acquisition of new land, new structures and equipment, and other projects whose cost of land, planning, furnishing, and equipment is estimated to be over $50,000.
SOUTH AMBOY, NJ—Two men perished and three more injured in a head-on collision that occured in the early morning hours of April 16 on Route 9.
At first, authorities believed that 51-year-old Percell Livingston, of East Orange, was driving the wrong way on the highway when his minivan hit another similar vehicle driven by 31-year-old Miguel Mendoza-Chong, of Perth Amboy.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Big steps were made this April in the growing opposition to the Transco natural gas pipeline proposed to be built in Central Jersey.
The Middlesex County Freeholders have officially filed to become intervenors with the company's application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which will make the final decision about whether or not the pipeline is built.
On April 24, Freeholder Director Ronald Rios released a letter stating the Freeholders would be filing as intervenors in the case.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—A probation officer who once worked at a New Brunswick courthouse has admitted to taking bribes to ensure that a man was able to complete probation even if he failed drug tests.
The case, State of New Jersey v. Rhonda Battle, was moved to Union County's Superior Court because of her former job in Middlesex County.
Battle, a 48-year-old woman from Roselle, pleaded guilty to a single count of official misconduct, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office (MCPO).
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Cultural music, food, and crafts brought thousands of spectators to the historic Wood Lawn Mansion estate on Rutgers’ Douglass Campus on Saturday, April 29.
Event coordinators estimated attendance at over 10,000 – bolstered by the coinciding Rutgers Day festivities taking place throughout New Brunswick.
Crowd members perused over 100 handmade craft and food vendors, and enjoyed windy but warm spring weather on the expansive estate lawn.
DUNELLEN, NJ—A 27-year-old man from this small town has been arrested and charged with intentionally driving his 1999 Chevrolet Lumina into a pedestrian who had just gotten out of the vehicle amid a dispute, according to authorities.
The alleged vehicular assault occurred on Orange Street—just a few blocks from the Dunellen train station—at 10:48pm on April 5.
Police tracked down Eric Locke, a 27-year-old resident of the borough, who they say fled the scene of the crime.
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