Girl details beatings, starvation and her sister's death
NEWARK — The girl said she did not have fun while living with her biological mother. On the witness stand Tuesday at the murder trial of her birth mother, Krisla Rezireksyon Kris, the 11-year-old Christina described a life inside the family's Irvington apartment five years ago that was defined by hunger and punishment. While living with Rezireksyon Kris and her roommate, Myriam Janvier, Christina, then 7 years old, said she and her siblings, 8-year-old Christiana and 6-year-old Solomon, went..>> view originalNewark board OKs plan to sell off 12 former school buildings
The former Burnet Street School in Newark, one of 12 properties the city's school district will transfer to the Newark Housing Authority. (Saed Hindash/The Star-Ledger) NEWARK – The city's school district is planning to jettison 12 properties as part of its latest strategy to fix its ailing budget. At a School Advisory Board meeting Tuesday night, Superintendent of Schools Chris Cerf said the buildings, including 10 schools, a former day care and an office facility, will be conveyed to the ..>> view originalNewark woman gets 4 years for 'senseless killing' of neighbor's dog
NEWARK — Nazirah Bey recalled seeing the excitement on her children's faces several years ago when she gave them a Shih Tzu. But Bey said when she later had to explain to them that someone killed the dog, the moment was devastating. "It's not a dog," Bey said. "It's really family to us." Bey offered those remarks on Wednesday in a Newark courtroom before Haniyyah Barnes was sentenced to four years in state prison on animal cruelty and related offenses for killing the dog by throwing it into ..>> view originalBaraka asks Port Authority to OK $15 minimum wage, 'do right' by ...
NEWARK — Mayor Ras Baraka plans to create a new office to oversee the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, he announced Wednesday — the latest device he hopes to use to wring more revenue out of the mammoth bi-state agency. The two-person department will be created through executive order over the next two weeks, the mayor said. Its employees — one to oversee the city's airport and another for the seaport - will help examine the Port Authority's financials and capital projects in hopes o..>> view originalBedminster cop's suit against department continues despite death
Bedminster Township police officer Kyle Pirog BEDMINSTER — The attorney representing a township police officer who has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the department said the case is continuing despite the Feb. 1 death of Bedminster Police Chief Craig Meyer from pancreatic cancer. Morristown-based Claudia A. Reis, representing Officer Kyle Pirog, said there were repeated delays to have Meyer, a key witness, be made available for a deposition. The claims were made in a brief filed Dec...>> view originalChristie marks opening of new Newark school
The last time Governor Christie was appearing in a public elementary school he spent nearly two hours trying to convince mostly older primary voters in Salem, N.H. to support him as the next Republican nominee for president. Mitsu Yasukawa / Staff photographer Accompanied by Principal Nicole T. Johnson, left, Governor Christie is greeted by students and school officials as he arrives at the Elliott Street Elementary School in Newark on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. ..>> view originalIs Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric actually anti-Catholicism in ...
By Christopher M. Bellitto and Frank Argote-Freyre At this critical moment in the life of our country, do we want to build a wall between nations or a bridge to join people? When Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president, he labeled Mexicans crossing America's border criminals and rapists. To cheers that haven't stopped, he has since announced that he would build a "really great wall" and get Mexico to pay for it. Last week, that wall made news again after Pope Francis visited the b..>> view originalRutgers Future Scholars program expands to Rahway
Carla Cantor, Rutgers Today 1:29 p.m. EST February 24, 2016Roy Vagelos, former Merck CEO, gives $1.75 million to bring Rutgers Future Scholars program to Rahway.(Photo: ~Rutgers Today)Rutgers Future Scholars, a pioneer program that for the last eight years has inspired and prepared students in the university’s host communities to attend college, has been extended to include Rahway.A $1.75 million gift from benefactor P. Roy and Diana Vagelos will allow 15 Rahway students to particip..>> view originalReputed Bloods member arrested on several gun posssession ...
Jermel Medley (Essex County Corrections) NEWARK — Officials on Tuesday arrested an Irvington man on multiple gun-related charges. Acting on a search warrant, investigators from the Essex County Sheriff's Office, Bloomfield Police Department and Irvington Police Department allegedly found Jermel 'Sin' Medley, 30, in possession of a loaded rifle at his Martlin Luther King Boulevard home, Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura announced. Medley, a man officials allege is a member of the Bloods s..>> view original40 N.J. contractors accused of cheating customers
Acting Attorney General John Hoffman (Star-Ledger file photo) TRENTON — Forty home improvement contractors were issued violations for allegedly cheating customers in the fourth quarter of last year, the state Division of Consumer Affairs said this week. The enforcement efforts netted $481,477 in consumer restitution and civil penalties during the quarter, the division said. In all of 2015, a state crackdown led to violations against 223 contractors and more than $2.56 million in restitution..>> view original
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
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