March 19, 2019, NEW BRUNSWICK, NEWARK, and CAMDEN, NJ—In a majority vote, 88%, of the Rutgers AAUP-AFT faculty and graduate employee union voted to authorize the leadership to call a strike. If the union goes on strike, this would be the first strike of faculty and graduate workers in the 253-year history of Rutgers University.…
February 20, 2019 – Piscataway Mayor Brian C. Wahler is challenging the proposal by Rutgers University which seeks to sell beer and wine to all ticket holders of legal age at its football and basketball games. “I’m a Rutgers graduate and a Rutgers fan,” Mayor Wahler said. “However, no one local agreed to let the…
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (February 20, 2019) - Rutgers Athletics today announced that it will expand beer and wine sales at department-managed venues beginning in the fall of 2019. Revenues from the sales will serve to off-set scholarship costs, which support the State University of New Jersey’s more than 600 student-athletes and exceed $16 million annually.…
It's been 47 years, and now a milestone career achievement! Rutgers Women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer coached her 1000th career victory Tuesday night as RU women beat Central Connecticut State 73-44 at the Rutgers Athletic Center in Piscataway. After the game Stringer noted that she's been blessed to have been trusted to coach a…
This was no accident! Franklin Township Police and North Brunswick Police met up at the Wawa on Route 27 in Franklin Tuesday to show off their pink "Breast Cancer Awareness" vehicles. The pink SUV was adorned with the signatures of breast cancer survivors and their loved ones. "It's all about awareness," said one of the…
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – With two weeks until Election Day, incumbent U.S. Senator Bob Menendez narrowly leads Republican challenger Bob Hugin 51 percent to 46 percent among likely voters in New Jersey, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. Menendez’s tight margin stems from the mark his federal corruption trial has left on his reputation,…
The start of the school year can mean added stress for parents with limited means as they struggle to buy school supplies in addition to covering their everyday household expenses. Through the generosity of donors to the annual Project First Class school supplies collection, children of families served by local agencies will get off to…
Adult film star Stormy Daniels will be performing in New Jersey tonight. She's scheduled to do two shows at Lace, a bikini bar in Wayne, the next stop on the porn star's "Make America Horny Again" tour. The club says it's booked extra bouncers and bartenders to handle the huge crowd it's expecting, but admits…
The head of New Jersey Transit is warning customers that train cancellations will continue. At a board meeting in Newark yesterday, Kevin Corbett said the shortage of trains and engineers are issues that won't be solved overnight. He says the agency is losing engineers to retirement and other railroads with higher pay faster than it…
