On the far left, Freeholder Jim Polos; On the far right, Ramon DeLeon, who forceably removed a reporter from last nights meeting Charlie Kratovil
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.
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Deloatch Sons Weren’t Notified of Grand Jury Decision Not to Indict NBPD Officer That Killed Their Father
Officer Brad Berdel Not Indicted by 23-Member Grand Jury in Killing of Barry Deloatch
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Man Killed By Stray Shot Fired in “Gated” Community Where Gate Has Been Left Open for Over a Year
Richard Chang, 40, Died in His Home on Birch Court, Possibly Killed by a Stray Rifle Round
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Three Arrested In Shootout That Occurred One Block Away From Rutgers Police Station
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Police say a 26-year-old man from Jamesburg was shot in the chest early Friday morning on the southernmost block of Neilsen Street, between Commercial Avenue and Bishop Street.
The shooting was reported at about 3:30 am at 10 Neilsen Street, a townhouse complex located across the street from the Rutgers Public Safety Building, which houses the Rutgers University Police Department.
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Funny Money, Part 6: New Brunswick Political Appointee “Likely” Under Investigation For $31K That Went Missing
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—New information in yesterday's Star-Ledger revealed that more than $31,000 has gone missing from a secretive campaign slush fund known as "Women For Good Government."
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Funny Money, Part 5: Mayor Cahill Used Campaign Funds to Pay for Funeral of Man Killed by NBPD
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—While the mayor of 21 years hasn't yet announced whether he will seek a seventh-term in the city's highest office in 2014, that hasn't kept him from raising funds for the campaign already.
Cahill filed with New Jersey's Election Law Enforcement Commision (ELEC) to declare contributions towards his 2014 campaign for the Democratic nomination for mayor.
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Funny Money, Part 4: Convicted Money-Launderer Was #3 Donor to Shadowy Political Fundraising Operations
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Money came in from corporations, developers, lawyers, engineers, consultants, and contractors, many that do business with the government, then it was transferred to political campaigns.
And that's pretty much all that happened at New Brunswick's "Women For Good Government," one of ten bare-bones fundraising operations in New Jersey that have been linked to the Middlesex County Democratic Organization and two state legislators in recent news reports.
