Charlie is the founder and editor of New Brunswick Today, and the winner of the Awbrey Award for Community-Oriented Local Journalism. He is a proud Rutgers University journalism graduate, a community organizer, and a former independent candidate for mayor of New Brunswick.
FALLS TOWNSHIP, PA—Jonathan Rodriguez, a 21-year-old New Brunswick resident who was charged with the recent murder of Raheem Fuqua, was arrested by a joint task force Friday morning.
According to published reports, Rodriguez was arraigned on a charge of being a fugitive from justice and was taken to Bucks County prison, where he is awaiting extradition. At the time of his arrest, authorities said he was in the company of two Central New Jersey men and large quanitities of heroin
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Three men with at least two guns broke into a home at 82 Louis Street and pistol-whipped a Rutgers student early yesterday morning, according to a Rutgers crime alert and police radio transmissions.
Police first learned of the situation at 3:56 am, but because many officers were on meal break at the time, a police car on Route 1 was dispatched.
"I know some of the other cars are on [meal break]. Can you start heading over to 82 Louis Street?" asked the dispatcher calmly.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Amidst an increase in unsolved, violent, and seemingly random crimes against Rutgers University students, the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office released a sketch this week of a possible suspect in one of the cases.
In the early morning hours of January 31, authorities say a man attacked a 24-year-old Rutgers student walking on Townsend Street, and sexually assaulted her.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Tonight, the city's powerful Planning Board will decide whether or not two small homes on Mine Street will be replaced with a 57-unit apartment complex that homeowners say will stick out like a sore thumb on their quaint block.
Over time, the block has become overrun with Rutgers student rental properties, but the street is one of the few that have retained its 20th-century character with a mix of two-story homes, fraternities, sororities, and Rutgers offices.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—New Jersey Spotlight, a statewide online news service, has named the 15 most corrupt politicians of all-time and New Brunswick's controversial former mayor John Lynch Jr. made the list.
Coming in at number five, Lynch was "once one of the most powerful men in New Jersey politics," according to Spotlight's Collen O'Dea.
Lynch, who followed in his father's footsteps by being elected both Mayor and State Senator, was a controversial figure in New Brunswick's redevelopment efforts.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—A Middlesex County-based good government organization is hosting a statewide environmental conference on the fourth floor of Rutgers University's Alexander Library tonight at 6pm.
"Hear from leading experts who are working on the front lines to address environmental issues and implement solutions," reads an announcement of the event on the Citizens Campaign website.
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ–Unlike their dramatic counterparts that endure the test of time, stage comedies face a dilemma: how to remain fresh and funny decades after they've been written.
Director Dave McGrath overcomes this with his hilarious interpretation of Ken Ludwig’s "Moon Over Buffalo."
Upstate New York during the 1950's is where we find married and near washed up actors George and Charlotte Hay, played with wonderful chemistry by Joe Zedeny and Mary Sullivan.
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