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Editor's Note: Each day this week, we will be featuring a different article that touches on the topic of climate change and its impact on New Brunswick.  Check back tomorrow for another important story.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Urban planners from across New Jersey gathered in the New Brunswick Hyatt Regency Hotal for the American Planning Association's (APA's) annual conference on February 1.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The City Council's five members are poised to adopt an ordinance that would to ban smoking in all city parks and other city property.

A final vote scheduled for tomorrow will be preceeded by a public hearing where the council will hear questions and comments on the ordinance from anyone.

The hearing will take place at the council's regular meeting, held on the top floor of City Hall at 6:30pm.

Council President Rebecca Escobar, herself a smoker, has said publicly that she supports the law.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The eleventh annual protest and campout on the main lawn at Rutgers campus, known as Tent State University, came to an end two weeks ago today, following a week of educational, political, and cultural activities.

The Tent State occupation protests predate Occupy Wall Street, having started in April 2003. The protests began in response to funding cuts to Rutgers and other higher education institutions.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The South River man who struck and killed Rutgers student Chelsea Traynor with his truck in 2010 was sentenced on Monday to four years in prison.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is in the process of conducting repair work on the Route 18 bridge over Route 1 in New Brunswick, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The New Brunswick Police Department (NBPD) issued a traffic advisory warning for residents to "expect heavy congestion and traffic delays" every night this week, Monday through Friday.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—To assist with rebuilding from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, New Brunswick's Congressional representative Frank Pallone Jr. announced on Friday that New Brunswick will be receiving a $1,066,166 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Incumbent candidate for board of education Benito Ortiz had a lot to say on Thursday’s Meet the Candidate night as he assured the public he and the other incumbents running, Patricia Sadowski and John Krenos, are "doing the things that need to be done in our community."

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Martin Arocho has been a New Brunswick resident for over 30 years and currently resides in the Dewey section/neighborhood on Dewey St.

Arocho has 5 children that are currently in, or have gone through, the New Brunswick school system.

His time in New Brunswick has seen many years of service as PTO president of Roosevelt and also the little league coach of several baseball and soccer teams - activities of which his children participated in also. 

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Sean Monahan is running as in today's school board election, . Sean is a Rutgers University alumnus with a degree in Sociology, and is also a New Brunswick resident and homeowner.

Monahan is currently employed as a web developer and has past experience as an EMT and local community organizer.

In his opening statement at the school board candidate's forum last Thursday, Monahan said: "The pathway to a good job in America centers around education."

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The issue of gang activity and violence in New Brunswick’s public schools took center stage at the Board of Education candidate’s forum last Thursday.

With the city's first ever school board elections taking place today, candidates had a chance to voice their opinions on how to deal with the gang problem should they be elected.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—On Thursday April 11, Unity Square held a bilingual forum for the six Board of Education candidates at Lord Stirling Community School.

The floor opened for discussion with several questions from the audience.

The first two questions were grouped together, and they were both on the topic of parental involvement:

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The issue to televise New Brunswick School Board meetings was brought up during the Board of Education forum Thursday night and candidates told the public their opinion.

Every month the School Board holds a meeting open to the public but the attendance is very low, causing concerns as to whether the residents of New Brunswick are fully informed of the issues going on in their city.