NEWARK, NJ—University police officers restricted some people from attending the February 7 meeting of one of the governing boards that oversees Rutgers University.
The Board of Governors' (BOG) public meeting, just one of six regular meetings scheduled this year, was held on the school's Newark campus at the Paul Robeson Campus Center.
But the way the room was configured, it could not hold all of those who wanted to attend and police kept a tight limit on the number of audience members.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Nearly a year after he was first suspended from duty and arrested, a New Jersey State Trooper was sentenced to three years probation for invading the privacy of women he pulled over and covering up his actions by falsifying and tampering with public records.
Marquice Prather, a Linden resident, admitted to tampering with evidence and falsifying records as part of a plea deal with prosecutors that will keep him out of prison if he can complete probation.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Elijah’s Promise, which operates one of the region’s largest soup kitchens and a number of other social services, has named Michelle Wilson its third Executive Director.
The non-profit organization's Board of Trustees appointed Wilson to the post at its January meeting.
She brings over two decades of experience in community development and food security to her new role.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–In December 2016, attorneys for Stephen Lanzo III, a 46-year-old New Jersey resident with mesothelioma, filed a complaint against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its talc supplier claiming that Lanzo’s use of J&J’s baby powder caused his disease.
The trial, which is being held before Judge Ana Viscomi at the Middlesex County Courthouse on Paterson Street, began on January 29.
It is expected to be handed to a jury for a verdict sometime in March.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—A longtime city resident released an album of ambient music that is a tribute to New Brunswick.
David Pressler's "Sound of Home" is a refreshing change from the genre of music that has traditionally been coming out of New Brunswick, a city that is famous for its wild underground basement punk scene.
The album was released August 6, 2017 and, with tracks such as “18 South” and “Banks of the Raritan,” the album screams New Brunswick.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–The Middlesex County Improvement Authority (MCIA) is accused by one of its employees of gender-based wage discrimination in a 2017 lawsuit that is already costing taxpayers.
According to the suit, Susan Disario v. Middlesex County Improvement Authority, the MCIA knowingly and willfully violated the New Jersey Equal Pay Act.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—After botching a required public notice, the New Brunswick Housing Authority (NBHA) has extended the deadline to apply for two-bedroom apartments in the Schwartz Homes and Robeson Village neighborhoods.
The extension came after a New Brunswick Today article revealed that the original notices, which serve as the preliminary application form, did not include an income limit for four-person households.
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