More desperately needed financial relief for New Jersey’s small businesses was made official on July 28.
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J&J to Pull Talc-Based Baby Powder from Stores
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Hampered by nearly 20,000 lawsuits, New Brunswick’s own Johnson & Johnson (J&J) will stop distributing talc-based baby powder in the United States and Canada. The decision to stop selling one of its most well-known products came on May 19, but the announcement was buried in the company’s “portfolio assessment related to COVID-19.” “Demand […]
Posted inBusiness & Labor
Trying to Close For Good, Hub City’s Sears Left in Limbo by Virus Outbreak
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The city’s Sears department store will remain open until at least April 19, a week later than previously announced, an employee told New Brunswick Today. The reason for the extension is to allow more time for the “sell-down of goods” on hand in the store, a task that has proven harder than anticipated […]
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Supermarket Equipment Owned by NBPA Will Be Auctioned Off
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Over 100 lots of dismantled commercial kitchen equipment, store fixtures, and refrigerators sit ready for a public auction on February 25 at the site of the shuttered SuperFresh on Kirkpatrick Street. New Brunswick Parking Authority (NBPA), which owns the building and the equipment, recently contracted with commercial insolvency auctioneer, A.J. Willner Auctions, to […]
Posted inSports
Women’s Soccer Team Co-Owned by Governor Leaving Rutgers For Red Bull Arena
PISCATAWAY, NJ—Sky Blue FC, a team in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), will no longer be playing at the Rutgers University campus after announcing a change of venue for their home matches this season. For years, the club has been using Yurcak Field, located on the Busch campus in Piscataway, as its home pitch. […]
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New Brunswick White Castle Closes After 27 Years
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The White Castle restaurant on Somerset Street permanently closed on January 12, after 27 years in operation there. Citing “rising costs,” and a “changing business model for restaurants everywhere,” White Castle System Inc. Vice President Jamie Richardson, said that sometimes neighborhoods change or competition increases. The location was sandwiched between a McDonald’s and […]
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Woodbridge-Based Bank Closes 2,000 Debit Cards Amid Wawa “Compromise”
WOODBRIDGE, NJ–In the wake of Wawa’s data breach incident beginning in early March and recent announcement of actions to contain malware found on its payment processing servers, Northfield Bank closed 2,000 debit cards, according to a bank employee. “I’m calling to let you know that there has been a debit card compromise…our bank has to […]
