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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...
WORD CUP 2016
Amazon has finished visiting the top 20 contenders for its new HQ
Amazon has completed the process of visiting all 20 cities that are finalists in the e-commerce...
In Newark, DEA launches comprehensive plan for battling opioid epidemic
By Briana Vannozz
Pablo Pizarro, pastor at Assembly of God Church in Newark recalled, “I’ve walked into...
Newark Airport Workers Rally for Higher Wages
By Gertrudis Lopez
As long as I can remember, I’ve fought for workers’ rights both in...
WRC Rally Cup
Newark clergy call for action on Essex County foreclosure crisis
NEWARK, NJ - Prominent members of Newark's African-American clergy community converged at an Essex County...
Xian Zhang Extends NJSO Music Director Contract
by BWW News Desk
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra today announces internationally renowned conductor Xian Zhang has...
Could Newark’s subsidized housing scheme for teachers become a national model?
Newark’s Teachers Village is offering lessons to places struggling with teacher retention.
The teachers, who make...
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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...
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...
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...
Nonprofit Helps Ex-Inmates In Newark Find Jobs, Stay Out Of Jail
New Jersey Reentry Corporation: "Of the 1,053 clients served in Newark, 979 are work eligible, and 547 have been successfully employed."
By Eric Kiefer, Patch Staff |
NEWARK, NJ...
Three Newark council races head to runoff
By David Wildstein
Voters in three wards will go to the polls on Tuesday when a runoff election for a trio of seats on the Newark...
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Gov. Murphy Restores Urban Tax Break For Newark Businesses
By Eric Kiefer
NEWARK, NJ — Governor Phil Murphy just gave New Jersey businesses a big reason to operate in Newark, along with four other large...
20 ‘Mini-Soccer’ Courts Coming To Newark
By Eric Kiefer
NEWARK, NJ — The New York Red Bulls, Newark Public Schools and the U.S. Soccer Foundation recently unveiled a new initiative aimed at...
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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
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...