Nineteen Investors Bought Up Debts Owed to City on 700+ Properties Last Year
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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Mayor Packs City Boards & Commissions With The Usual Suspects, Except for Senior Advisory Council
At Least 20 Positions Remain Available on Several City Boards & Commissions
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Eric, This One’s For You: Rutgers Athletics Scores BIG Back-to-Back Wins In NCAA’s Biggest Sports
BRONX, NY – Following today's huge victory over Iowa State in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, Rutgers football coach Greg Schiano declared, " Eric! Eric, this one's for you!" referring to the University football player from Avenel, NJ paralyzed last October, Eric LeGrand.
Just one day earlier, the Men's Basketball team scored a huge win of their own, defeating the Florida Gators, ranked tenth in the nation, in double overtime at the Louis Brown Athletic Center in Piscataway.
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Man In Critical Condition After Being Shot In Domestic Dispute
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – A 41-year-old city man was seriously injured in a shooting on Monday afternoon at the Brunswick Arms Apartment building.
According to James Queally's article on NJ.com, police said the shooting occurred at about 4:45pm and was related to a domestic dispute.
NBPD Sgt. Mark Pappas told NJ.com that the victim was being treated for life-threatening injuries at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.
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Assistant Director at County Jail Charged with Sex Assault on Inmate 11 Years Ago
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan and Warden Edwin Cicchi announced second-degree sexual assault charges against the county jail's assistant director Derick Stevens on December 22.
Authorities say that Stevens, a resident of Burlington Township, had sex with a 21-year-old female inmate in the year in September or October of 2000.
They also say he attempted to bribe the woman not to talk to investigators about the incident on December 5, according to a report in the Newark Star-Ledger
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Immigrant Business Owner Is Reunited With Family In Time For Christmas, After 65-Day Detention
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The owner of a Geographic Information System (GIS) company based in downtown New Brunswick is able to spend Christmas with his family after he and his son were detained by federal immigration authorities for over two months.
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1970’s TV Star to Appear in George Street Playhouse’s “Twelve Angry Men”
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Jack Klugman, famous for his roles in Quincy M.E. and The Odd Couple, is the last living cast member of the 1957 film, "Twelve Angry Men," according to a report on NJ.com.
He will once again play Juror No. 9 at the George Street Playhouse's theatrical version of the classic. The show will run from March 13 to April 8, according to the report.
