NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Rutgers University's administration appears poised to go to war with unions representing their faculty and staff.  In a surprising move this month, the University's Board of Governors  in effect voted to punish unionized workers by granting raises and  bonuses to non-union employees only this year.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Like it or not, New Brunswick's Congressman will most likely be a Democrat for much, if not all, of the next 10 years.

A commission charged with re-drawing New Jersey's thirteen Congressional districts into just twelve decided to go with the Republican team's proposal in a 7-6 vote this morning at the Heldrich Hotel in downtown New Brunswick.

UPDATE: New video of Bill Bray and Tormel Pittman's shouting match is below.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – On Wednesday, the City of New Brunswick released the only video of the December 7 public shouting match between city activist Tormel Pittman, and Bill Bray, the Mayor's spokesman who left the administration two days later.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – One man can make a difference.  His name is Charlie Renda.

When the City Council introduced a new law to ban bicycles from all city sidewalks in September, cyclists including Mr. Renda spoke out against the measure.  The Council tabled the law, and the city's administration responded with a new proposal that was much more comprehensive, but still included the same steep penalties for violators.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – As Governor Christie prepares to embark on the second half of his four-year term, some of his closest cabinet members have been leaving the administration.

On Thursday, it was announced that Richard Bagger, Christie's Chief of Staff since he took office, will be resigning his position and taking a job as a senior vice president at CelGene Corp., a multinational biopharmaceutical company based in Summit.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Employees of the city's Department of Planning, Economic & Community Development have taken over one of former public information officer Bill Bray's duties.

Kyle Kirkpatrick and Department Director Glenn Patterson have been sharing the responsibility of managing the city's Twitter account since Bray's departure nearly two weeks ago.  They even went so far as to change the city's handle on the popular social media service.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The City Council has been trying to re-institute a bicycle ban on city sidewalks ever since they realized that they repealed the 100-year-old provision accidentally last October.

Tonight, it appears likely they will approve a much broader law that will, among other things, institute the ban on every city sidewalk, with the exception of "multi-use paths" along Routes 18 & 27.