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.
UPDATE (1/21): Due to inclement weather, tonight's meeting of the school board has been postponed to next Tuesday 1/28 @ 7pm in the NBHS auditorium.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Tonight, the city's board of education will have its first public meeting of the year at 7pm in the auditorium of New Brunswick High School, 1000 Somerset Street.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—According to the results of a public records request filed by New Brunswick Today, more than sixty city employees draw salaries in excess of $100,000.
And only one of them, New Brunswick police Sgt. Ann Chapman-Scattergood ($111,218), is a woman.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Soon, the State Theatre will be presenting several Tony Award-winning musicals that celebrate dance, culture, and romance like Memphis in February, Rock of Ages in March, and West Side Story in May and the first week of June
Tickets for the show range from $35 to $75.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–Sheriff Millie Scott announced on January 17 that an additional five employees in her department had been suspended without pay, pending termination.
All were departmentally charged with bribery, though no criminal charges have been filed.
UPDATE (1/17): The State Senate approved Gov. Christie's controversial nomination of Bruce Kaplan after a contentious hearing.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Gov. Chris Christie has quietly nominated Bruce Kaplan, a former Middlesex County official with deep ties to New Brunswick's disgraced former mayor, to become the county's next Superior Court judge.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—For the sixth year in a row, Iguana Music and Tumulty’s Pub will be joining forces again for an annual fundraiser this Saturday to benefit the city's only soup kitchen.
Tumulty's, the city's oldest restaurant, will host the annual for Elijah’s Promise’s annual fundraiser in hopes to help support the many services the soup kitchen provides to the New Brunswick community.
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