Tuesday, December 8, 2015

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  • Newark an example for U

    Newark an example for U
    NEWARK— A development in New Jersey is a model for the revitalization of historic buildings across the country.That's the message of a cohort meeting in Newark Tuesday to unveil what it calls an "action agenda" to rehab some of America's oldest cities.Rutgers-Newark and the city's Hahne building – the long vacant department store thatis being converted into a mixed-use developmentthat includes a Whole Foods supermarket – will play host to planners and politicians from 40 cities Tuesday. The conf..
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  • Veteran Newark cop gets $250K to settle suit against PD, ex-director McCarthy | NJ

    Veteran Newark cop gets $250K to settle suit against PD, ex-director McCarthy | NJ
    NEWARK —The city has agreed to settle a former police internal affairs officer lawsuit claiming she was retaliated against after defying orders from Director Garry McCarthy to punish three officers involved in a controversial murder case.Capt. Inez Gonzalez and her attorneys will receive $250,000 to resolve the complaint against McCarthy, the city and its police department, according to a resolution approved by the City Council Dec. 2.The 27-year-veteran filed the suit in February 2012, nine m..
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  • Citizen's tip leads to 3 arrests in Newark | NJ

    Citizen's tip leads to 3 arrests in Newark | NJ
    NEWARK— Four residents were arrested Sunday night on drug and weapons charges, a police spokesman, Sgt. Ron Glover, said.Shortly before 5 p.m., detectives with the Narcotics Enforcement Section were sent to the 100 block of Wakeman Avenue on reports of drug activity. Dressed as civilians and in unmarked cars, the detectives conducted surveillance of the area, watching as a group of males congregated in front of a building.One man, Christian Padilla, 20, was spotted with what appeared to be a g..
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  • 2 caught carrying more than 500 bags of heroin in Newark, sheriff says | NJ

    2 caught carrying more than 500 bags of heroin in Newark, sheriff says | NJ
    NEWARK –Two city residents appeared in court Monday morning after allegedly being caught carrying more than 500 bags of heroin, authorities said.Glorive Negron, 40, was ordered held on $100,000 bond and Oscar Cortez, 25, was ordered held on $75,000 bond on various counts of drug possession and distribution, Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura said in a statement.The two landed in custody on Friday afternoon, when members of Fontoura's Bureau of Narcotics set up an undercover surveillance ope..
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  • Fine Print: Noted Newark Schools Seek State OK to Go Charter Route - NJ Spotlight

    Fine Print: Noted Newark Schools Seek State OK to Go Charter Route - NJ Spotlight
    Officials of Avon Avenue School, which is now part of Newark's public schools district, has asked the state to let it become a charter school.What it is:The state Department of Education has advanced a proposal by BRICK Academy, an innovative program within Newark’s public school district, to effectively combine its Avon Avenue School and Peshine Avenue School into a single charter school.BRICK’s leader said the change would give the two schools more freedom and flexibility, saying they have bee..
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  • Trump rejects criticism of his proposal to ban Muslims

    Trump rejects criticism of his proposal to ban Muslims
    MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump on Tuesday stood by his call to block all Muslims from entering the United States, even as the idea was widely condemned by rival Republican presidential candidates, party leaders and others as un-American."I don't care about them," Trump told CNN when asked about denunciation of the idea by GOP leaders. "I'm doing what's right."He defended his plan for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States" by comparing it with President Fr..
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  • Authorities searching for Newark man wanted for murder | NJ

    Authorities searching for Newark man wanted for murder | NJ
    Darryl A. Craft. (Courtesy Essex County Prosecutor's Office)NEWARK— Authorities are asking for the public's help in bringing to light a Newark man wanted in connection with a city homicide earlier this year.A warrant for Darryl A. Craft's arrest was issued last week, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced in a release Monday. The 24-year-old is wanted on murder and weapons charges in connectionwith the Oct. 24 shooting death of Darnell Smith, 19.Smith, of Newark, was shot a..
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  • N.J. firefighters suing siren maker over hearing loss, report says

    N.J. firefighters suing siren maker over hearing loss, report says
    Bayonne Fire Department fire truck leaves the firehouse on Avenue C by City Hall.Jersey Journal file photoMore than two dozen New Jersey firefightersare suing a fire truck siren maker allegingthe pitch and decibel of the sirens can cause hearing loss over time, New Jersey Law Journal reports.The lawsuit — filed in federal court in Newark on Dec. 4 on behalf of 34 current or former firefighters in Elizabeth, Linden, Bayonne, Union, Ridgewood, Kearny, Cranford and West New York—  names the sir..
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  • Did Verizon discriminate against rural towns? NJ officials want review

    Did Verizon discriminate against rural towns? NJ officials want review
    (Associated Press)Afternearly two years, momentum appears to be finally growing for a group of South Jersey towns calling for a state investigation into claims that Verizon New Jersey has discriminated against less dense, rural and low-income areas of the state by providing inferior network coverage compared to more populated and affluent regions.Recently, 16 municipalities from Gloucester, Cumberland, Salem, and Atlantic countiesfiled a petitionwith the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities — th..
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  • Cooler Tuesday, but warmer days in N.J. ahead

    Cooler Tuesday, but warmer days in N.J. ahead
    It'll feel a bit more like early December on Tuesday than Monday, but New Jersey's mild weather isn't gone until spring by any stretch.While highs today will only be in the upper 40s and low 50s, warmer temperatures are on the way even though the start of winter is less than two weeks away.Sunny skies will prevail on Tuesday before temperatures drop into the low 30s overnight, according to the National Weather Service.On Wednesday, we get back into the mid 50s and highs will be in the 50s for th..
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