NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Mayor James Cahill has appointed a longtime business partner of his to become the city's Chief Municipal Judge for the next three years.

James P. Hoebich also serves as municipal judge for at least two other Middlesex County municipalities, Piscataway and Sayreville, and has previously served as a judge in South Amboy.

The New Brunswick City Council is set to vote Wednesday August 20 at 5:30pm on whether or not it would to approve Hoebich's judgeship, which would take effect on August 31.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—New Brunswick City Market, an arm of the city government that deals with commerce, has relocated its offices to 109 Church Street, in a space that is shared with the Middlesex County Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Previously, City Market rented space from the New Brunswick Parking Authority (NBPA) in the Ferren Mall, but their new landlord is KMS Development, the firm which manages a large complex that includes establishments like Old Man Rafferty's and Steakhouse 85.

NEWARK, NJ—The New Brunswick Development Corporation (DEVCO) is expanding its reach further outside of the city where it started, playing a lead role in the renovation of a Newark skyscraper built in the late 1920's in partnership with Rutgers University.

The project, known as 15 Washington Street, is DEVCO's third development project outside of New Brunswick, and the second in Newark, the state's largest city.

Since 2000, when the Rutgers-Newark Law School left the structure, the impressive building has sat largely unused.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–The annual Hub City Sounds summer concert series is set to kick off next this Saturday, August 9 at 3pm in Boyd Park, located between Route 18 and the Raritan River.

Each year, the New Brunswick Cultural Center hosts a variety of musical, dance and theater open air performances. This year the concert series will run from August 9 to September 27. 

TRENTON, NJ—A state appellate court ruled in favor of Governor Chris Christie's decision to appoint New Brunswick resident Martin Perez to the powerful Rutgers University Board of Governors.

The ruling comes after a long and drawn out legal and political battle between the Republican Governor and Senate President Steve Sweeney, a Democrat from South Jersey.

Sweeney sought to stop the appointment Perez, who is currently the only Latino on the Board of Governors.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—On July 3, the New Brunswick Theological Seminary (NBTS) moved to its brand-new 30,000 square foot building on College Avenue.

The seminary closed down its previous main building, Zwemer Hall, located on a quaint block in the middle of the Rutgers University campus known as Holy Hill.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Students at Rutgers can now expect to pay an average of $300 more for the 2014-2015 academic year.

At the Board of Governors meeting yesterday, July 16, the Board unanimously passed the 2.2% tuition increase, along with a 1% increase in the cost of housing and meal plans.