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Cracked Skull Among Injuries Suffered By Rutgers Doctoral Student In Bicycle Crash, Friends Say Cracked Skull Among Injuries Suffered By Rutgers Doctoral Student In Bicycle Crash, Friends Say
Cracked Skull Among Injuries Suffered By Rutgers Doctoral Student In Bicycle Crash, Friends Say A Rutgers University doctoral student who was active in helping the Central Jersey community fractured her skull in a recent bicycle crash, friends say. Suzy Jung was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital on Saturday, July 15 after the crash, according to Chloe (ChungAh) Kim, of New Brunswick, who organized a GoFundMe. In addition to a cracked skull, Suzy suffered temporary short-term memory loss, slight deafness in her left ear, a constant headache, and nausea, Chloe wrote. Suzy is an international student from South Korea finishing her Ph.D. in Urban Planning at Rutgers. …

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by Jon Craig
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Raritan Valley Community Freaked Out By Increasing Amount Of Monstrous Warehouses Raritan Valley Community Freaked Out By Increasing Amount Of Monstrous Warehouses
Raritan Valley Community Freaked Out By Increasing Amount Of Monstrous Warehouses Warehouses have begun popping up in one Somerset County community — and some residents have had their fill. A group of concerned citizens who live in a 55+ community of about 2,000 residents in Franklin Township held a rally on Thursday, Nov. 10 in protest of the monstrous developments. Organized by the Citizens Warehouse Action Group at Canal Walk, the rally was held with support from Franklin Township Councilman Ed Potosnak and Councilwoman Shepa Uddin. A Change.org petition had more than 1,200 signatures of the 1,500 needed as of the day of the rally. "Franklin Township (FT) is ov…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Plan Finalized For Jersey City’s 20-Unit Development On Fourth Street Plan Finalized For Jersey City’s 20-Unit Development On Fourth Street
Plan Finalized For Jersey City’s 20-Unit Development On Fourth Street The Jersey City Zoning Board voted unanimously in favor of a four-story development on Fourth Street. The proposal for 377 Fourth St., was submitted by Alan Cancro, the owner of each of the four lots within it, JerseyDigs.com reports. The plan for the 9,000-square-foot building includes a lobby with an elevator on the ground floor, a dedicated area for bicycle parking as well as a landscaped space in the rear of the structure. It is unclear whether the housing units within the development -- 13 one-bedroom units and seven two-bedroom units -- will be rentals or condominiums, the JerseyDigs…

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by Valerie Musson
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Iconic Hoboken Diner May Be Demolished, Rebuilt As Part Of Development: Report Iconic Hoboken Diner May Be Demolished, Rebuilt As Part Of Development: Report
Iconic Hoboken Diner May Be Demolished, Rebuilt As Part Of Development: Report For generations the Malibu Diner on 14th Street in Hoboken served as its unofficial gateway, especially to those who streamed in from throughout New Jersey to sample the square-mile-city's famed nightlife.  Now, big changes may be afoot for the iconic eatery, which has been in business under various names since the early 1940s.  The owners of the small plot where the diner and a 25-space parking lot now sit have submitted plans to demolish it and replace it with a mixed-use development, Jersey Digs reported Wednesday.  The diner would be "reinstalled" on the ground floor of …

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by Paul Milo