Tag: New Jersey Attorney General’s Office

  • Edison Council begins own investigation into racist flier

    Edison Council begins own investigation into racist flier

    EDISON — Another election has come and gone, but that is not stopping the investigation into who is responsible for distributing the racist flier mailed during the 2017 Board of Education campaign season. The Township Council has instructed Township Attorney William Northgrave to gather all available information on the racist flier and prepare a report. Northgrave…

  • Public may not know racist flier mailer for years to come

    Public may not know racist flier mailer for years to come

    EDISON — It may take months –or even years — before the public will know who is responsible for distributing the racist flier by mailing during the 2017 board of education elections, according to Township Attorney William Northgrave. Northgrave shared with the Township Council at a meeting on Sept. 12 he just finished defending a…

  • Edison officials want racist flier mailer held accountable

    Edison officials want racist flier mailer held accountable

    EDISON — As campaign season gets underway in Edison, elected officials on both sides of the aisle do not want the hatred they witnessed last year to ever happen again. The 2017 election season took an offensive tone when a racist flier was distributed by mailing on Oct. 31, 2017. The faces of the two…

  • Two Woodbridge sites part of the state’s “new day” for environmental enforcement

    Two Woodbridge sites part of the state’s “new day” for environmental enforcement

    TRENTON — Two sites in Woodbridge are part of six separate lawsuits that the state recently filed. This action was aimed at recovering damages for the harm caused by pollution to properties, groundwater and waterways across the state, while also in an attempt  to recover the costs the state has paid in conducting environmental clean-ups. Attorney…

  • Jewish Federation plans events to counteract hate

    Jewish Federation plans events to counteract hate

    The events which took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, clearly reinforce The Jewish Federation’s position that hate should have no home in our community. Sadly, there are too many occasions these days to call out hate, anti-Semitism and bigotry – and too many incidents like what took place Aug. 17 in Barcelona. Actions speak louder than…

  • North Brunswick police to be equipped with body cameras

    North Brunswick police to be equipped with body cameras

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – Officers of the North Brunswick Police Department (NBPD) will soon be equipped with body cameras. The United States Department of Justice and the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office will provide $20,000 in federal funds to offset the costs of purchasing new Body Worn Cameras, according to information released by the NBPD. The funds are being…