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New Jersey, United States
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3 housing experts weigh in on what's missing in New Brunswick housing policy
• Oct. 12, 2024, 4:40 AM ET (CBC)
Remembering the Underground Railroad's New Brunswick connection
• Oct. 5, 2024, 3:07 AM ET (CBC)
Third suspect in London public housing homicide arrested in New Brunswick
• Oct. 4, 2024, 11:15 PM ET (CBC)
Indigenous-led crisis teams in New Brunswick help people in distress, but need buy-in from police
• Oct. 4, 2024, 6:27 AM ET (Globe and Mail)
Higgs on the defensive during debate, accuses Liberal leader of making things up
• Sep. 26, 2024, 9:53 AM ET (CBC)
New Brunswick, city, seat of Middlesex county, eastern New Jersey, U.S. It lies on the Raritan River, at the terminus of the old Delaware and Raritan Canal, 21 miles (33 km) south-southwest of Newark. The site, first known as Prigmore’s Swamp, was settled in 1681 by John Inian. Called Inian’s Ferry (1713), it was renamed about 1724 for George I of England, who was also the duke of Brunswick. George II granted it a town charter in 1730. During the American Revolution, General George Washington’s troops, retreating from New York, occupied the town in 1776, evacuating at the approach of ...(100 of 298 words)