NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—At two consecutive meetings of the New Brunswick Board of Education, Business Administrator and Board Secretary Rich Jannarone confirmed that despite, “aggressive” promotion efforts, enrollment for the city's preschool program is down.
New Brunswick offers universal preschool to residents, meaning city residents can send their children ages 3 or4 free of charge to one of the 20 providers that offer anywhere from one to twelve 15-student classrooms during the school year.
FRANKLIN, NJ–A 71-year-old New Brunswick resident named Patrick McDonald was struck by a car on July 27 on Easton Avenue in the Somerset section of Franklin Township.
McDonald's life, according to reports, is partly owed to retired nurse Trish Weisenstein and an unidentified emergency medical technician who acted quick on the scene.
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ–Traveling out of Hub City via Route 18 you may see the large electronic billboard advertising Moe’s Southwest Grill towering above Old Bridge Turnpike.
But a mile ahead, on the left, between W. Prospect and Wilmot Streets, the new Moe’s franchise that promised to open this summer is completely dark.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–A Hub City resident admitted on July 19 to defrauding a bank by fraudulently using a federally-backed $2 million small business loan for personal expenses, according to a Department of Justice (DoJ) news release.
The man, John Cheng, 58, pleaded guilty in Newark federal court over charges related to loan application fraud.
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