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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...
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Meet Audrey, she works in Mayor @rasjbaraka’s pilot program that hires homeless people to clean Newark’s streets. This is her story.
https://twitter.com/CityofNewarkNJ/status/1004491876039348227
Amador safe, not enough votes left for Campos to gain
Newark City Councilman Augusto Amador has expanded his lead over challenger Anthony Campos and is...
Palmieri’s new challenge: Deputy mayor tasked with growing Newark the right way
By Anjalee Khemlani
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John Palmieri was named Newark’s deputy mayor for economic growth, transportation and infrastructure at...
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Check out new $165M tech school. The 10th grader inside you will wish you went here.
By Karen Yi | NJ Advance Media
To honor the legacy of a late advocate and Congressman,...
Newark’s Noodle Shop & Bar Now in Soft Open
By Chris Fry
The food scene of the Brick City was once somewhat of a Garden...
Dream Team students find purpose, positivity at Malcolm X Shabazz High School
By Heather Kays
Newark, NJ—Malcolm X Shabazz High School senior Elijah Nazario had a vision to create...
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Newark City Council Primary Runoff Election 2018 (Results Here)
By Eric Kiefer
A trio of Baraka-backed candidates for Newark City Council prevailed over their opponents during the runoff to the 2018 Primary Election.
NEWARK, NJ...
Will Amazon pick underdog Newark for its HQ2? Experts worry the city cannot afford...
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...
Rutgers Center for Urban Entrepreneurship Announces Formation of Council of Urban Entrepreneurs
Newark, NJ (PRUnderground)
The Rutgers University Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (CUEED) – America’s first and only program to integrate academia, the private sector, government...
Free boxing gym for Newark’s youth
NEW JERSEY (FOX5NY.COM) - In the back of the Sharpe James Recreation Center in Newark, New Jersey, is a special place. It is the Ironbound Boxing Academy, a...
Newark Public Schools Announces High School-Wide Listen of Trevor Noah’s Audible Book, Born a Crime
NEWARK, N.J.-Newark Public Schools and Audible, Inc., the world’s largest seller and producer of digital spoken-word entertainment, today announced that all Newark Public Schools...
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When states take over school districts, they say it’s about academics....
By Matt Barnum
Debates about states taking over school districts are often deeply fraught.
“The right to vote to select your own representation is a right...
CLEAN SWEEP FOR TEAM BARAKA WITH McIVER, McCALLUM AND AMADOR RUNOFF...
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...
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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
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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...