55 jobs in NJ: Wall Street Journal printing plant in South Brunswick, a move that will slash about 55 jobs
South Brunswick loses Wall Street Journal, Pfizer in one-week span
By Brent Johnson/For The Star-Ledger
November 11, 2009, 7:45PM
pfizer-facility-south-brunswick.JPGAlexandra Pais/For The Star-LedgerThe Pfizer facility in South Brunswick was closed Monday.SOUTH BRUNSWICK -- Last week, Dow Jones announced it was closing its Wall Street Journal printing plant in South Brunswick, a move that will slash about 55 jobs.
Then, on Monday, drug giant Pfizer announced plans to shutter its research facility in the Middlesex County township, taking about 450 jobs with it.
"It’s very sad," Mayor Frank Gambatese said. "This is not a good week for South Brunswick."
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Nor for the region or state, experts say.
South Brunswick officials are still assessing the damage to the town, a sprawling suburb of more than 41,000 residents. Pfizer alone pays hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes and water bills to the township each year.
But the issue stretches beyond South Brunswick, business administrator |
