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NJPAC Presents Free Concerts, Horizon Foundation Sounds Of The City
By BWW News Desk
Get your groove on under the stars this summer as one of the hottest lineups of hip-hop, soul, funk and R&B...
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka On Commitment To Residents, Lowering Crime Rate...
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Newark Paves The Way For 30 Miles Of Road Repairs (See The List)
See a list of local Newark streets scheduled for repaving work in 2018.
By Eric Kiefer,...
Newark police ask public to scan city’s surveillance-camera feeds
By Rick Rojas
The New York Times
NEWARK, N.J. — The camera perched above the bus stop...
Boasting impressive resumes, five Newark students compete for a school board seat
Earlier this year, Newark residents elected three new members to the city’s re-empowered school board. Now, public...
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Queen Latifah Delivers Keynote to Rutgers Newark Graduates
By Heather Kays
NEWARK, NJ - Queen Latifah returned to her hometown of Newark Monday to deliver...
New Girl Scout CEO in N.J. prepares girls for lifetime of leadership
By Barry Carter
Natasha Hemmings was never a Girl Scout, but the core values of her Caribbean...
Founder of New Community Corporation and Newark institution Monsignor William J. Linder dies
By HEATHER KAYS
Newark, NJ—Monsignor William J. Linder, who founded of New Community Corporation in the...
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Newark Police Officers Honored for Bravery, Valor
By Heather Kays
Newark, NJ—Members of the Police Division were presented with awards Friday for outstanding service to the City of Newark at a public...
Rick Thigpen Promoted To Senior Vice President – Corporate Citizenship, PSEG; Karen Reif Named...
NEWARK, N.J., PRNewswire/ Rick Thigpen, vice president - state governmental affairs for PSEG, has been promoted to senior vice president - corporate citizenship. He will report...
Rutgers Center for Urban Entrepreneurship Announces Formation of Council of Urban Entrepreneurs
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The Rutgers University Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (CUEED) – America’s first and only program to integrate academia, the private sector, government...
Xian Zhang Extends NJSO Music Director Contract
by BWW News Desk
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra today announces internationally renowned conductor Xian Zhang has extended her initial four-year term as NJSO Music Director...
Founder of New Community Corporation and Newark institution Monsignor William J. Linder dies
By HEATHER KAYS
Newark, NJ—Monsignor William J. Linder, who founded of New Community Corporation in the wake of the Newark Riots, died Friday. He was 82.
New...
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Will Amazon pick underdog Newark for its HQ2? Experts worry the...
By Jonathan O'Connell
Newark is the hard-knock contender that for six decades has watched its population slide and its commercial corridors clear out. Analysts dismiss the city’s...
Baraka Said To Be Picking Pennington For BA
Newark mayor Ras Baraka is preparing to name Eric Pennington as the new city business administrator, according to two sources connected to the mayor.
Pennington,...
LATEST ARTICLES
CLEAN SWEEP FOR TEAM BARAKA WITH McIVER, McCALLUM AND AMADOR RUNOFF WIN
By Karen Yi
Two incumbent Newark City Council members and a newcomer -- who all ran with the support of Mayor Ras Baraka -- won their respective races in Tuesday's runoff elections, and will serve four-year terms...
Pride of Newark
By W. Raymond Ollwerther Princeton Alumni Weekly
Jordan Thomas ’18 and Sen. Cory Booker
David Kelly Crow
When Jordan Thomas ’18 met with Sen. Cory Booker after Booker’s Class Day address, the two had plenty in common...
Nurse Practitioner from South Orange Honored for HIV/AIDS Work in Newark
By Rebecca Panico
NEWARK, NJ - Peter Oates was working as a private nurse for Princess Diana’s father in England, but left when he was offered a job in the 1980s at San Francisco General...
Rafael Holdings to Ring the NYSE Opening Bell
NEWARK, N.J., July 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chairman and CEO of Rafael Holdings, Inc., (NYSE American: RFL), Howard Jonas, will ring the NYSE Opening Bell® on behalf of the Company at 9:30 this morning, Friday, July 6th.
Rafael Holdings was spun-off...
Newark curfew for unaccompanied minors takes effect Friday
Mayor Ras J. Baraka and Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose announce that beginning today, Friday, July 6th 2018 through Labor Day, Monday, September 3rd, 2018, the City of Newark will enforce its Summer...
Homeless shelter that closed in sweltering heat reopens (for now)
By Karen Yi
The Newark homeless shelter that shut its doors on Monday has reopened thanks to funding from private donors that will allow the facility to operate through the end of the month, city officials said.
The announcement comes...
NJ Devils Partner with City Hall to Renovate Newark Ice Rink
By Jared Kofsky
When most Newarkers think of an ice rink in their city, the Prudential Center comes to mind. Built in 2007, the arena in Downtown Newark is home to the New Jersey Devils hockey...
HOMEGROWN EDUCATOR CHARTING NEW COURSE FOR NEWARK SCHOOLS
Roger León, the ultimate Brick City insider, gets chance to chart course for school district as era of state control has ended
Credit: Chalkbeat/Patrick Wall
Newark's new superintendent, Roger León, at a graduation ceremony in...
Essex County College Taken Off Probation
By Rebecca Panico
NEWARK, NJ - Essex County College was taken off probation by the region’s higher education accrediting agency.
The community college was put on probation last year by Middle States Commission of Higher Education...
Newark, ‘The Brick City,’ Is The Hub Of The Internet
BY Steve Lubetkin
The Newark data infrastructure now is the envy of many locations around the country, featuring 10 gigabit-per-second speed, one of the fastest urban data networks.
NEWARK, NJ—If someone asked you to identify the hub...