As city officials kicked off a long holiday weekend, the growing homeless population here was left without as warm place to go while temperatures dropped and another winter storm is approaching.
Government & Politics
New Brunswick is governed by an elected Mayor and 7-member City Council, while the Middlesex County government is governed by a 7-member County Commission and three Constitutional Officers: County Sheriff, County Clerk, and County Surrogate. The city’s affairs are also heavily influenced and impacted by state government, as well as the New Brunswick Parking Authority, New Brunswick Housing Authority, and the Democratic Party.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Ranked-Choice Voting Provides Alternative to Runoff Elections
Ranked-choice voting (RCV) is being promoted in New Jersey and across the United States as a way to solve one of the major issues voters worry about: the “spoiler effect” that can result in voters opting for “the lesser of two evils” instead of the candidate who they feel best represents them.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Murphy Defends Nomination of “Good Friend” Fined by Feds
The treasurer of Middlesex County College’s Board of Trustees still has the backing of Governor Phil Murphy despite reports linking the man’s company to a state probe of pay-to-play in public sector health insurance contracts.
Posted inBusiness & Labor
County Grants 51 Small Businesses Federal Funds
Using the federal CDBG funding authorized by the CARES Act, the county awarded $1,062,260 in grants for job retention and creation to local establishments with no more than ten employees and net incomes of $100,000 or less per year.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
With Trump Still in Denial, Biden Wins Electoral College
After months of heated public debate, the Electoral College officially voted in favor of Joe Biden, in a move that will make him the 46th President of the United States.
Posted inReal Estate
PILOT Goes Unpaid on Short-Lived Supermarket in Middlesex Borough
MIDDLESEX, NJ—It seemed like a match made in heaven. A politically connected developer wanted to construct an apartment building on the Middlesex Borough site where a paint factory exploded and burned in 1985. The site would be remediated first, and the Middlesex County Improvement Authority would even take part by securing $200,000 in federal funding […]
Posted inCorruption
Rushing to Certify Results, Election Board Forgot to Count Some Ballots
Eleven provisional ballots, which could contain legitimate votes, were found “unopened” almost three weeks after Election Day and three days after the official results were certified. Middlesex County election officials also confirmed they counted at least seven votes cast on mail-in ballots that had been reported stolen, and it is not possible to remove these suspect votes from the final results.
