NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Another board member has quit what is the third-worst housing authority in the United States, according to federal government's Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS).
Frank Simpson officially resigned from the embattled New Brunswick Housing Authority (NBHA) Board of Commissioners on March 17, leaving them without a required member who is also a resident of the agency's housing.
NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ—Police announced they had arrested the man they believe is responsible for fatally shooting a 57-year-old man inside the North Brunswick Manor apartment complex.
Jerome Davis, a 40-year-old resident of N. Randolphville Road in Piscataway has been charged with homicide, contempt of a temporary restraining order, burglary, and possession of a weapon by certain persons who are not to have said weapons.
NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ—Levin Management Corporation (LMC) “ultimately prevailed in securing Trader Joe’s for the North Village Shopping Center,” confirmed Michael Hritz, Director of Community Development for North Brunswick Township.
All the development partners shared a common interest: bringing a popular grocery store to the area, said Hritz.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—On June 1, Middlesex County's government passed a new policy limiting collaboration with federal imigration agents, but the County's Sheriff was nowhere to be found.
The new policy comes two months after an incident at the County Courthouse in New Brunswick where a man was reportedly handcuffed and turned over to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by officers working under elected Sheriff Mildred "Millie" Scott.
OLD BRIDGE, NJ—A 44-year-old Staten Island man was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot at a limousine company in Old Bridge on May 16.
The man, who authorities did not identify, was "wounded at about 9 a.m. Tuesday at a limousine company located on Route 9 in the township," according to an official statement from Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Chief William Volkert of the Old Bridge Police Department.
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