New Education Advocacy Group Meeting Tonight: Tonight, the Concerned Citizens for a Quality Education will hold its second meeting at The House of The Lord Church, 427 Martin Luther King Dr. at Forest Street at 7 pm.

McNair Academic Ranks High on List of 1,900 Most Challenging High Schools: The Washington Post has announced its rankings of the most academically “challenging” schools in the country and McNair Academic High School has been ranked at No. 3 for the state of New Jersey, 5th in the northeast region, and 73rd nationally.

Teen Actress Wants Career Helping Others Through Theater: Eighteen-year-old senior Alyssia Marte is a Ferris High School student and actress who is honing her skills at the Performing Arts School at Snyder and the Keen Teens Theatre Company in NYC.

Jury Begins Deliberating Question: Was Stabbing Done in Self-Defense?: Jury deliberations began in the trial of Derrick Williams, who is accused of stabbing a Jersey City man outside a Bergen Avenue apartment on Sept. 29, 2011.

Crime Blotter: A 27-year-old shot a man five times inside and in front of a Bergen Avenue apartment building Saturday night, reports said. In an unrelated story, an 18-year-old was charged with opening fire on a police officer during a foot pursuit in Greenville, reports said. Also, a 53-year-old was beaten on Tuesday after refusing to give money to three strangers, reports said.

Today’s Best Bets:

Barcade Jersey City celebrates its second anniversary with rare beers on tap (4 pm). (See JCI‘s story on this event.)

Eldad Tarmu and the Flying South Latin Jazz Trio perform at SJC Green Drinks and Art, also featuring artist Florencia C. Escudero, poets Hope Guirantes, Sonia Roman and Keith Horton and more (6 pm, $10).

Learn about numbers and how they are important for any business (6:30 pm, $10).

Artists collaborate on animated videos for songs by local and internationally recognized bands (7 pm).

Several At-Large candidates discuss issues in the Jersey City Heights (7 pm).

Candidates for the Ward E and F council seats debate (Ward E at 7 pm, F at 8 pm).

The Argus Eyes Drama Society continues its run of Rent (7 pm, $10). (See JCI‘s story on this event.)

Artist Sarabel Santos Negron shows her work at the grand opening gala for Pierced Gallery (7:30 pm).

Soprano Chivonne Perkins sings selections by Mozart, Verdi, Strauss and other concert pieces (7:30 pm).

Local up-and-coming comedians perform at a comedy open mic at Boca Grande (10 pm).

DJ William McCamie spins at Ladies of the Eighties at Port-O Lounge (11 pm).

In Statewide News:

NJ Democrats Want Justice Department to Review Lottery Privatization Plan: Unhappy with the state’s decision to push ahead with its plan to partially privatize the New Jersey Lottery, a group of Garden State lawmakers have decided to make a federal case of the conflict.

Another Delay in Getting Electronic Health Records to First Responders: While emergency medical services would seem to be an area where instant access to health records would be critically important, implementing such a scheme has proven difficult.

via The Jersey City Independent http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2013/04/18/thursday-morning-news-roundup-218/

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