NEWARK SPEAKS

NEWARK - A man has given back in a big way to more than 1,000 people in Newark Saturday morning. Local transportation entrepreneur Kenneth Jones helped...

By Barry Carter The girls from Newark went to the same camp five years apart, and both were crying for the same reason. Shaheedah Johnson, who was...

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...

by Jerry Milani Newark Mentoring Movement, an organization with a network of Newark based youth mentoring programs, is holding their seventh annual charity golf outing on...

by Nick Rummell NEWARK, N.J. (CN) – Announcing a new policy to protect religious groups from the biased application of municipal zoning and landmark laws,...

By New Jersey Stage (NEWARK, NJ) -- The Institute of Jazz Studies (IJS) at Rutgers University-Newark is now home to the collection of nearly 1,000 artifacts that...

By Matthew Brown At 5 p.m. Monday afternoon, organizers from the People’s Organization for Progress, a grass-roots activist group, held the organization’s weekly Justice Monday...

https://www.facebook.com/CityofNewark/videos/885932314946889/ Did you know that you can help our Department of Public Safety reduce crime in the city by using the Citizen Virtual Patrol system?...

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...

Newark City Councilman Augusto Amador has expanded his lead over challenger Anthony Campos and is now ahead by 108 votes.  With 48 provisional votes...

By Mike Kinney The Halls of Fame that continue to beckon Irvin “Poochie” Hill for his commendable work in both high school football and boxing will...

By Heather Kays Newark, NJ—Malcolm X Shabazz High School senior Elijah Nazario had a vision to create a documentary displaying the positive work being done by...

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...

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...

By Ang Santos The Regional Plan Association (RPA) proposes a thirty to forty year long, $50 billion overhaul of Newark Airport.  The plan includes a third runway...

By Justin Vicory Jackson''s chief administrative officer will take on the role of director of finance and administration and an outside consultant has been brought...

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...

By TAPINTO Montclair Staff Essex County, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. invites the public to attend the 2018 Essex County Free SummerMusic Concert Series....

By Chris Fry The food scene of the Brick City was once somewhat of a Garden State secret, but a barrage of celebrity chefs, biergartens, blues bars, and more has...