Last Top Stories: Mother of slain Jersey City cop Melvin Santiago will testify today on proposed law | NJ

• Mother of slain Jersey City cop Melvin Santiago will testify today on proposed law | NJ

  

  The mother of slain Jersey City Police Det. Melvin Vincent Santiago is scheduled to testify today before the Assembly's Law and Public Safety Committee on thelaw named after her son.Assemblyman Raj Mukherji, D-Jersey City, a co-sponsor of the bill that would require in-house security guards at private companies to register with the Superintendent of State Police, said Santiago's mother, Cathy McBride, will visit the State House today at 1 p.m.Santiago, 23, wasambushed outside a Jersey City Walgr..

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• Senior Events: Free movies for seniors in Jersey City changes location | NJ

  Free monthly movies for senior citizens will be held in the newly renovated movie theaters at Newport Centre Mall beginning Tuesday, Nov. 10.Movies are open to Jersey City senior citizens Only. An ID is required with a Jersey City address. The free senior movies are held on the 1st Tuesday of every month. The next movie dare in Nov. 10 at 10 a.m., held this month on the second Tuesday due to Election Day.Movie location isNewport Centre Mall, AMC Newport Centre 11, 30-300 Mall Drive W, Jersey Cit..

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• Jersey City seeks developer for veteran housing project | NJ

  As part of Jersey City's continued push to find housing for veterans and their families, the city's Redevelopment Agency has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to create veterans housing on Ocean Avenue.The RFP, which was announced by Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, is for a project to be located at 524-530 Ocean Ave. that will accommodate up to 21 units of rental housing. Some of the units will be reserved for homeless veterans, while the rest will prioritize veteran households."As a veteran m..

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• Yo La Tengo will close new tour with Jersey City show, report says | NJ

  JERSEY CITY— A new, trans-pacific tour will steal Yo La Tengo from their home base this winter, but the roadshow will appropriately close its curtain in Hudson County.The enduring Hoboken rock four-piece announced Monday additional dates in support of the band's Aug. 28 release "Stuff Like That There." The trip, which includes three Japanese dates, willfinish April 9 at Landmark Loew's Jersey Theatrein Jersey City, Pitchfork reports.The band's websitedoes not yet list the Jersey City show.Yo La ..

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• Child wanders onto Jersey City street naked, family charged: complaint | NJ

  Two family members have been charged after a child was found naked on a street in Jersey City, a criminal complaint states.The boy's grandmother, 61, and uncle, 29, of Monticello Avenue, are charged with endangering the welfare of a child.According to the complaint, the child, who's age was not listed, was left alone on Friday when he wandered out of the apartment naked.The boy was almost struck by car, the complaint stated.After an investigation, police declared the house the child was in to be..

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• Jersey City Medical Center welcomes visitors from China | NJ

  JERSEY CITY-- The Jersey City Medical Center-Barnabas Health opened its doors to visitors from China today, as hospital officials took a Chinese delegation on a tour of the workings and practices of their emergency medical care.The Chinese tour group comprised around 15 representatives from Chinese hospitals in the Shandong province, as well as the Shandong Health Protection Agency, Shandong Provincial Hospital, and the Yantai City Emergency Call Center.The visitors received a demonstration insi..

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• Was Jersey City 'burglar' stealing produce or looking for place to sleep? | NJ

  A 52-year-old man was arrested late Sunday night after police caught him breaking into a refrigerated tractor trailer in Jersey City, a police report states.Daniel Lopez of Broadway was charged with burglary and theft after police spotted him entering a tractor trailer parked inside a Broadway lot for a produce warehouse and trucking company at around 9:50 p.m., the report states.Police said numerous burglaries have been reported recently at the building and parking lot. Officers saw Lopez walk ..

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• Poll: Should Jersey City school board renew contract of Superintendent Marcia Lyles? | NJ

  JERSEY CITY- Hired in 2012, Jersey City Superintendent of Schools Marcia V. Lyles signed a contract that ends June 30, 2016.Lyles, who earns $230,000 annually to run the 29,000-student district -- the state's second largest behind Newark -- hasnotified the elected school board she would like her contract renewed.Hired by a reform-minded board, Lyles, a former New York City school administrator, has much to recommend her for an extension.Last month, the New Jersey State Board of Education voted t..

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• Jersey City-based GRM acquires records storage company | NJBIZ

  

  Jersey City-based GRM acquires records storage company GRM, a Jersey City-based end-to-end information management solutions company, announced Monday that it has acquired Comprehensive Archives, a records storage compa..

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• Jersey City runoffs rarely change initial outcome | NJ

  Voters saw a "helluva fight" in 2001, the last time a Jersey City mayoral contest ended in a runoff.When the first set of ballots were counted on May 8 that year, first-place finisher Glenn D. Cunningham did not receive more than 50 percent of the vote in a field of five hopefuls. So he and runner-up Tom DeGise spent the next four weeks preparing for a mano-a-mano battle.And what a battle. On the runoff campaign trail, Cunningham said DeGise spent his council tenure "kissing the butts of develop..

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