SPU Dedicating Student Center: St. Peter’s University’s will officially dedicate its new $35 million Mac Mahon Student Center today.

New Jersey Business Hall of Fame Honoring JC Businesswoman: Honoring her business acumen and her advocacy of women in business all over the world, Edith “Edie” Hunt, 62, will be inducted into the New Jersey Business Hall of Fame next month.

Hoops Tourney at NJCU Promoting Fight Against Illegal Guns: Assemblyman Charles Mainor will be hosting the “Shoot Hoops Not Guns” basketball tournament at New Jersey City University, and a celebrity is making a donation for the event.

Jury Shown Video of Defendant Telling Cops that Stabbing Done in Self-Defense: Jurors in the trial of a man accused of stabbing another outside a Bergen Avenue apartment watched a recorded interview the defendant gave police shortly after the incident.

In Statewide News:

Opposition Muted as Christie’s School-Voucher Pilot Makes Public Debut: There were plenty of questions but little outright opposition as Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed school-vouchers program got its first public airing yesterday.

Interactive Map: Per-Pupil School Spending: Total education spending in the average New Jersey school district rose by 4.2 percent to $18,047 per pupil last year, and six districts spent more than $30,000 per student, according to the new Taxpayers’ Guide to Education Spending.

via The Jersey City Independent http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2013/04/12/friday-morning-news-roundup-214/

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