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 (12/21): This article has been updated to reflect additional comments from Rutgers Police Chief Kenneth Cop.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—According to confidential sources, a dispute between Rutgers' police department and the NBPD's civilian director Anthony Caputo has led to a strange situation: limited police powers for the Rutgers officers outside of the school's campus.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Officials confirmed at Wednesday's City Council meeting that the city's embattled Water Utility was fined in 2008 for violating federal regulations on water quality testing.
Though it is a matter of public record, the violation and the fine had not been previously reported in the press.
The violation occurred in October 2007, and the state's Department of Environmental Protection decided it was significant enough to issue a $2,500 fine to the city a year later.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—A recently released report commissioned by Rutgers President Bob Barchi found that many of the 6,000+ students evacuated from their dormitories at Rutgers University didn't think highly of the school's response to the storm.
Just 5% of evacuees who responded to a Rutgers survey rated their evacuation experience as excellent, while 15% rated it as good, 25% as adequate, 21% as poor, and 31% as very poor.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—As expected, Patricia Ruggeri was sentenced to 364 days in jail and ordered to re-pay the $26,090 in student fees that she admitted to stealing while a Vice Principal at New Brunswick's Adult School.
Ruggeri will also be forever barred from public employment in the State of New Jersey.
HIGHLAND PARK, NJ—It seems as if the entire small town of Highland Park is up in arms over their new superintendent's sudden decision to cut loose nine employees in the middle of the school year, outside of the district's budgeting process.
Tim Capone, who was hired in August by the district, has come under fire for his handling of the debacle, in which both the President and Vice President of the school system's union were not fired, but instead laid off.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The high school's boys varsity bowling team enjoyed an upset 3-1 victory yesterday over a perennial power, the Mustangs of Iselin's John F. Kennedy High School.
The Zebras, who ended a 7-game losing streak against the Mustangs, were led by senior Wilson Toribio and sophomore Edward Diaz, according to coach Mike Mitchell.
The boys and girls bowling teams will both face off against the Piscataway Chiefs this afternoon at 3:45 pm at the Brunswick Zone bowling alley on Carolier Lane in North Brunswick.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–Students brought some festive holiday cheer to Rutgers University President Robert Barchi last Thursday, in a creative form of protest: Christmas caroling.
Led by the Rutgers chatper of USAS, United Students Against Sweatshops, at least 20 students stood out front of Winants Hall and protested for the University to change its code of conduct for licensing and apparel.
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