NEWARK SPEAKS

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=_sU_UVcIbJc By Paige Gross For NJ.com Newark again celebrated its annual weekend-long Portugal Day Festival with a parade Sunday, closing a few streets for most of the day. Every year,...

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...

Newark’s Teachers Village is offering lessons to places struggling with teacher retention. The teachers, who make up 70 percent of the Jersey project’s residents and...

By South Jersey Times Editorial Board Gov. Phil Murphy has restored a potential lifeline to five New Jersey cities -- Bridgeton and Camden among them --...

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...

By Rick Rojas The New York Times NEWARK, N.J. — The camera perched above the bus stop sends back a continuous feed from the corner of...

Over the past few years the number of celebratory ribbon cutting ceremonies in Newark has continued to grow, with each new business entrant into...

By Patrick Wall Newark’s recent search for a new superintendent was designed to be free from political interference. Then a state lawmaker got involved. State Sen....

By Briana Vannozz Pablo Pizarro, pastor at Assembly of God Church in Newark recalled, “I’ve walked into bathrooms where my mother had a bag stuck to...

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By Karen Yi | NJ Advance Media To honor the legacy of a late advocate and Congressman, a parade of politicians filed into the new Donald...

Earlier this year, Newark residents elected three new members to the city’s re-empowered school board. Now, public school students can choose one of their own to...

Police: Roque arrives in North Bergen after Newark SUV pulled over for hanging signs West New York Mayor Felix Roque allegedly arrived on the scene...

By Barry Carter Tara Invidiato couldn't see the audience. She couldn't hear them, either. But Invidiato, who is deaf and blind, could feel their presence Saturday during...

By Daniel J. Munoz Recently re-elected mayor Ras Baraka says he's concerned about the implications of gentrification in Newark. Speaking at a Tuesday event billed as “Eye...

In the week since he was named Newark’s next superintendent, Roger León said he has received hundreds of congratulatory text messages and emails from teachers...

By Tom Bergeron In a move that has been expected since last November, Mars Wrigley Confectionery has signed a lease to become a major tenant at Ironside Newark, ROI-NJ...

Newark, NJ—Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Newark Bronze Shields members, and members of the NFL New York Giants football team took part Wednesday in an...

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...

By Patrick Wall Former principal and veteran administrator Roger Leon has been chosen as Newark’s new schools chief — its first since the city regained control...