WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Rutgers football (2-4, 2-4) recorded its second Big Ten Conference road win of the season, downing Purdue (2-3, 2-3), 37-30, on Saturday night in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Scarlet Knights set a Big Ten program record with 26 first downs and produced five touchdowns against the Boilermakers, including two passes from quarterback Artur Sitkowski to ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - The Rutgers women's basketball season opener against Monmouth, originally scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed to Friday, Nov. 27 at 11 a.m. due to COVID-19 testing and protocol, which resulted in a presumptive positive test within the opponent's traveling party.

Another round of COVID-19 testing and protocol will be held the day before and the day of the ...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers football (1-4, 1-4) was edged in a triple overtime thriller with Michigan (2-3, 2-3), 48-42, on Saturday night at SHI Stadium, presented by RWJBarnabas Health.

Quarterback Noah Vedral threw for a career-high 381 passing yards, eighth-most in a game in prgoram history, with three touchdown passes, including a 61-yard toss to wide ...

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - The 2,100 students of the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools have successfully completed their first marking period with adjustments and innovations to accommodate COVID-19 precautions.

“I am proud to say that all of our staff and students have risen to the occasion and continue to navigate these uncharted and choppy seas with grace and ...

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - In a public letter, Superintendent Scott Feder announced that South Brunswick will pause  all in-person learning for special needs students and remote learning centers until December 14th, 2020. This decision was made after a series of newly confirmed cases, school closures and the county’s rise in COVID-19 ...

NEW JERSEY - A new statewide poll found that New Jersey families want a better remote education experience for their children who have been forced to forego in-person learning as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

The poll, conducted by Global Strategy Group on behalf of JerseyCAN and the New Jersey Children’s Foundation, also identified stark racial and income disparities in access ...

TRENTON, NJ — The surge of coronavirus cases across the country has prompted Gov. Phil Murphy not to release this week’s coronavirus travel advisory based on its current criteria.

However, he strongly advised individuals to refrain from nonessential interstate travel and to still self-quarantine for 14 days after traveling to any U.S. state or territory beyond the immediate region ...

NEW JERSEY — A video has heavily circulated showing Gov. Phil Murphy being loudly confronted Saturday night at a Red Bank restaurant while he was outdoors dining with his wife and the rest of his family. 

At least two women reportedly approached the governor’s table during the encounter. Murphy was out eating with his wife, three sons and daughter.

One woman in the video, ...

CAMDEN, NJ — The COVID-19 pandemic has not relented on New Jerseyans since March, claiming loved-ones, putting families in financial ruts and set to change the fabric of the holiday season to come. With three days to go until Thanksgiving, Governor Phil Murphy shared resources for those feeling overwhelmed.

“We recognize that with everything that we have already endured, plus the ...

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - The South Brunswick Township Council will hold a virtual meeting on Tuesday, November 24 at 6 p.m. Interested residents can access the meeting via Microsoft Teams. Call-in information can be found on the South Brunswick Township website. Anyone wishing to speak during the public portion of the meeting must resister by noon on November 24 at the following link. The ...

TRENTON, NJ - Contact tracers have been deployed across the state to determine who is impacted by COVID-19. Their job includes calling thousands of people to ask about their whereabouts.It's not going over very well. Sixty percent reject the call.

With the national scorn spreading on the Governor of California who dined in a swanky restaurant without masks and with no social ...

NEW JERSEY — Indoor gatherings will be subject to new capacity limits in New Jersey starting Tuesday, the most aggressive steps Governor Phil Murphy has taken in the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. 

As of Tuesday, no more than 10 people may gather indoors (includes indoor entertainment venues). A 150-person limit will also take effect for outdoor gatherings beginning ...

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - The South Brunswick Police Department has charged a woman from East Windsor after she ran over a man with her car following a dispute outside a motel on Route 130. Anna Defede, age 35, is being charged with 4th degree charge of causing a motor vehicle crash while having a suspended driver's license, leaving the scene of a crash, driving while suspended and careless ...

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - A South Brunswick house caught fire yesterday due to a lawnmower, according to a press release from the police department. All three South Brunswick fire departments- Kendall Park, Monmouth Junction and Kingston- responded to the emergency on Richford Road. Two additional homes were evacuated due to the fire. No one was ...

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - As published by the Middlesex County Board of Elections, the final results for the 2020 local elections in East Brunswick are presented here.  More than 26,000 residents of East Brunswick cast ballots this year.  In 2016, about 22,500 township residents voted in the general election.

Below are the results for the 2020 General Election; these results represent ...

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - The results of local elections in South Brunswick remain unchanged as the county continues to count mailed-in and absentee ballots, according to the Middlesex County Board of Elections. The county is still counting provisional ballots that were cast at polling locations and is expected to have them counted by November 20, 2020, according to the ...

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Lauren Hersh, a former prosecutor and current advocate for the abolishment of sex trafficking, gave a thoroughly informative presentation about the plight of men, women, and children in the sex trafficking industry on Tuesday, November 10th at the Daniel Pearl Education Center in East Brunswick. As heartbreaking as the stories she shared were, Hersh succeeded in educating ...

NEW JERSEY - The COVID-19 pandemic has led us on an unprecedented and unpredictable path. Since its start, there has been extraordinary amounts of uncertainty contributing to stress. There have been increased reports of depression and anxiety among individuals as compared to previous years and some individuals report feeling a sense of loss of control in their lives. At the crossroads ...

NEW BRUNSWICK - ’Tis the season to gather with a limited number of friends and family, warmed by the glow of our hearts and hearths during this lingering pandemic.

It is also the perfect opportunity to check in with elder family members, many of whom have been socially isolated and stuck at home since March.

There are eight red flags that you should be aware of during your holiday ...

MONTGOMERY, NJ - The township Health Department has confirmed 37 more cases of COVID-19 at the Carrier Clinic behavioral health facility n the Belle Mead section, in addition to the 53 cases affecting both staff and patients reported 10 days ago.

The 90 cases are split between two units of the facility, according to Montgomery Health Officer Stephanie D. Carey. In response, ...

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – The Middlesex County Food Organization and Outreach Distribution Services (MCFOODS) today received a donation of 1,500 Thanksgiving turkeys which were distributed to two dozen partner agencies throughout the County, helping feed families throughout Middlesex County this Thanksgiving. The turkeys were delivered to MCFOODS’ distribution center on Kennedy ...