July 21, 2014 – JERSEY CITY, NJ – Stephanie Romano, owner of the local Jersey City based business TRAASH, has advanced to the semi-final round of this year’s Start Something Challenge organized by Rising Tide Capital. The Start Something Challenge (SSC) is a
 Jersey City is the first municipality in the state to receive this particular coating treatment
JERSEY CITY—The biking community in Jersey City marked another watershed this week, as contractors began installing a new, highly visible green surface in bike lanes on busy streets. They are the first specially colored or textured bike lanes in the city, and among the first in the state.
Work on the surfacing began last Thursday, as city bike lane contractors Statewide Striping began laying down Endurablend, a mixture including polymer, fine gravel, and green dye, in pre-striped bike lanes along Christopher Columbus Drive. The surface is being sprayed through a honeycomb-patterned stencil, forming small hex shapes divided by thin lattice lines. The color emphasizes to cyclists and drivers that the lane is for bikes only, and the gravel is for traction, while the hex pattern is designed for better wear and drainage than solid coverings, according to Statewide representatives. Continue reading Green, Textured Bike Lanes Roll Out in Jersey City→
Newly elected Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis accepts checkÂ
 U.S. Senator Robert Menendez visited the Bayonne Fire Department to announce a federal grant in the amount of $295,000.  The funding will enable the Fire Department to purchase new turnout gear and to handle high-angle rescues at tall buildings and industrial sites.  Mayor Jimmy Davis and Fire Chief Gregory Rogers joined Senator Menendez for the check presentation.
By Ricardo Kaulessar- Photos by Ricardo KaulessarÂ
The casket of slain JCPD Officer Melivin Santiago carried into St. Aloysius Church, Jersey CityOutside St. Aloysius Church in Jersey City after the service for Officer Melvin Santiago
Fellow Police Officers carry JCPD Officer Melivn Santiago’s casket into St. Aloysius Church
The funeral for Jersey City Police
Fellow Officers from as far as Philadelphia fill the church for Police Officer Melvin Santiago’s funeral
Officer Melvin Santiago on Friday offered a somber pause, a reflective respite from a very tense week for law enforcement and the public at large.
The 23-year-old was laid to rest at St. Aloysius Church on West Side Avenue, mourned by grieving family and friends, his fellow officers, and elected officials. Also, hundreds of officers from locations as far away as Philadelphia lined the street outside when his casket was brought into the church. Continue reading Fallen Jersey City Police Officer Melvin Santiago Remembered at Funeral→
At the funeral mass for slain Jersey City Police Officer Melvin Santiago the following eulogy was said by Jersey City’s Mayor Steve Fulop.
Jersey City Police Officer
Melvin Santiago
Archbishop Hebda, members of the clergy, to Kathy and Al McBride, Melvin’s brother Alex, all of his family and friends that are here today. On behalf of the City of Jersey City and the Jersey City Police Department, I offer to you our deepest condolences.
Melvin Santiago was everything we would want in a police officer. He was hard working and conscientious, good and courageous, strong and considerate. To quote the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C., “It was not how these officers died that made them heroes; it is how they lived.â€
JERSEY CITY – Mayor Steven M. Fulop will promote posthumously Police Officer Melvin Santiago, who was killed in the line of duty Sunday morning, to the rank of Detective and will bestow the Department’sMedal of Honor on Officer Santiago, which is the highest honor for any police department.
 The promotion and honor ceremony will take place at Officer Santiago’s wake at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 17th, 2014 at McLaughlin Funeral Home, 625 Pavonia Avenue.
 “This honor will be a lasting tribute to the ultimate sacrifice paid by Officer Santiago,†said Mayor Fulop. “He was truly everything one would want in a police officer and was a shining star in our community. It is fitting and right that we honor and recognize him for his bravery and dedication to the police department and the people of Jersey City.â€
 JERSEY CITY – The funeral arrangements for Police Officer Melvin Santiago, 23, who died in the line of duty early Sunday morning will be as follows:
Wake
Thursday, July 17th, 2014
1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
McLaughlin Funeral Home
625 Pavonia Avenue
Funeral Mass
Friday, July 18th, 2014
11 a.m.
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
691 West Side Avenue
(JCPD ONLYÂ to process from funeral home to church)
At the request of the family, the funeral mass is closed to media.
Statement by Mayor Steven M. Fulop on Arrest of Daniel Wilson
Daniel Wilson wanted in prior homicide
JCPD Photo
JERSEY CITY – Yesterday, Jersey City Police brought into custody Daniel Wilson, 23, of Grant Avenue. At the time of his arrest, he was armed and was charged with multiple firearms and narcotics offenses. Homicide detectives from the Jersey City Police Department and Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office continue to actively investigate the case. We thank the media for their help in developing leads last night that led to this development.
All media inquiries should be directed to Jennifer Morrill, Press Secretary to Mayor Steven M. Fulop at 201-547-4836 or 201-376-0699.////
While the incident still remains under active investigation, Mayor Steven M. Fulop released the following information:
• At 0409 hours, Jersey City Police responded to the Walgreens at the corner of Communipaw Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard on a call of an armed robbery.
• The actor has been identified as Lawrence Campbell, 27, of Grant Avenue.
• Lawrence Campbell entered the Walgreens asked the security officer directions to purchase a greeting card. Campbell proceeded in that direction, left the store and circled back.
• Campbell, who had a knife, then assaulted the security officer, taking his weapon.
• Campbell did not rob or attempt to rob the Walgreens, but proceeded to wait for the Police Department to arrive – approximately four minutes.
• Surveillance cameras show Campbell walking outside and speaking to a witness, at which time he apologized for his conduct in Walgreens and told the witness to watch
the news he is going to be famous.
• The first marked vehicle arrived at the scene with Officers Santiago and Martinez.
Campbell approached the police vehicle at close range and fired into the vehicle with the door open striking Officer Melvin Santiago in the head. He then fired three more times at a second marked police car striking the windshield, in attempt to kill two more officers.
• Officers in the subsequent car and first car returned fire, striking Campbell and killing him.
• During the course of the investigation, police identified Lawrence Campbell as one of three suspects wanted in connection with a prior homicide in Jersey City.
Daniel Wilson wanted in prior homicide JCPD Photo
The additional information was consistent with Police Department information received over the last week, and police also identified Daniel Wilson as another person of interest in the prior homicide. The JCPD have been applying high pressure and aggressively searching for Daniel Wilson for past three days. We are still searching for Daniel Wilson and JCPD provide a photo.
STEVEN M. FULOP
MAYOR OF JERSEY CITY
STEVEN M. FULOP
MAYOR OF JERSEY CITY
CITY OF JERSEY CITY
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