Charlie Kratovil, the independent candidate for mayor in New Brunswick, will speak tonight at the Second Ward Neighborhood Block Club meeting about the city’s transportation system and what the future can deliver for the residents, workers, and visitors to the…
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New Brunswick man drowned
A New Brunswick man who drowned off the Freemont Avenue beach in Seaside on Saturday. The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office identified the victim as Amajeets Parmar, 44, and said he was pronounced dead Saturday night by a physician at Newark Beth…
Excessive lead in New Brunswick school water
According to a report published last week by Charlie Kratovil, the award-winning journalist who is an independent candidate for mayor, excessive levels of lead were found in drinking water samples from four different New Brunswick schools in late June and early…
Metuchen diocese suspends priest with close connection to Bootkoski
The Diocese of Metuchen has temporarily removed a priest from parish ministry while it reexamines the handling of misconduct allegations made against him. The priest, Fr. Alfonso R. Condorson, previously known as Alfonso de Condorpusa, was born in Lima, Peru…
90% of New Brunswick crimes go unsolved
As he faces his first independent challenger in a dozen years, seven-term incumbent Mayor James Cahill is confronted with an apparent factual inconsistency that appears to paint a rosy picture on a bad situation. Cahill says after he increased the…
Charlie Kratovil challenging 7-term mayor in New Brunswick
Charlie Kratovil submitted petitions bearing enough signatures from New Brunswick residents to put his name on the November 6, 2018 general election ballot as an independent candidate with the slogan “Clean Up Brunswick.” Kratovil, who established New Brunswick Today, the city’s bilingual community newspaper, announced…
Healthcare Communications Agency, Green Room, Relocates to Parsippany
Green Room Communications, a health care communications agency focused on public relations, corporate communications, creative design, media strategy and advocacy relations, celebrates its 10-year anniversary. In commemoration of this milestone, the company has announced its relocation to Parsippany, NJ. “Green…
Bernie Sanders surrogate empowering NJ progressives
Nina Turner, president of Our Revolution spoke to a crowd at at the Busch Student Center of Rutgers University in Piscataway, about the importance of getting out the vote on June 5. Turner came to New Jersey to rally for…
Sayreville teen stands alone against gun violence
Sayreville War Memorial High School sophomore Rosa Rodriguez was the only student to make it out the doors, in solidarity with students across the country who walked out of schools at 10 a.m. to protest gun control. The nationwide demonstrations…
School board candidates oppose developer tax breaks
Two candidates in the New Brunswick school board election are leading a charge to stop the city’s entrenched political machine from granting a multi-million dollar tax break to an out-of-state developer who wants to build a luxury apartment building without…