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- The 21-year-old Jersey City man killed Monday night in an alleged gang-related shootout in Greenville has been identified; police are still investigating the shooting. Meanwhile, that death brings the city’s homicide total so far this year — 24 — just three below last year’s total number.

- Ward E councilman Steven Fulop clarifies something incorrectly suggested in yesterday’s Jersey Journal: He has no interest in council president Mariano Vega*’s At-Large seat, only in the mayor’s office.

- About 20 people gathered in McGinley Square yesterday, calling for an end to federal immigration policies that tear apart families and punish the U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants who are deported or detained for long stretches of time.

- The Learning Community Charter School cut the ribbon on its new home on Kennedy Boulevard yesterday, welcoming students, parents and elected officials to the former home of the Academy of Saint Aloysius and then Caritas Academy.

- Mile Square View is reporting that Jersey City attorney and former Bret Schundler staffer Sean Connelly is leading the “well-funded” Hoboken mayoral campaign of Republican Nathan Brinkman.

- Despite the problems facing existing food trucks, the NYC-based food truck Jiannetto’s Pizza & Catering has arrived on the Exchange Place scene.

Today’s Best Bet:

- Groove on Grove is almost done for the season. Come out strong and support live music in Jersey City tonight at 6 — JC’s own Square Wave Punch is on the bill with NYC’s Choirs of Titan.

In statewide news:

- WWOR-TV, which is located in Secaucus, is still fighting to keep its broadcast license nearly two years after Sen. Frank Lautenberg held a public forum with the Federal Communications Commission to determine whether the station is living up to its mandate to serve the needs of Northern New Jersey.

- A new report from Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services finds that mounting job losses continue to weaken demand for rental apartments in New Jersey.

- But where’s Chilltown? Brick City, a five-part Sundance Channel documentary series, looks at Newark and Mayor Cory Booker’s fight to “raise the city out of nearly a half century of violence, poverty and corruption.” The series debuts Sept. 21, and was screened last night at a special ceremony at NJPAC.

- The New Brunswick-based Cancer Institute of New Jersey is publishing research this week that suggests for men over age 65, doing nothing to treat localized, non-aggressive prostate cancer may be the best policy.

- While Rutgers University’s student body is recognized as one of the most diverse in the nation, the same cannot be said of the composition of the University’s faculty, the Daily Targum reports.

- The New Jersey Hall of Fame has announced 30 nominees for its 2010 class. You can check out a list here and vote until Nov. 20 here.

- Metro-North Railroad is launching an experimental train service that will run from Connecticut to the Meadowlands for football games.

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