Cory Booker on His Side, Newark’s Mayor Charts a Pragmatic Second Term
By Nick Corasaniti
NEWARK — Mayor Ras J. Baraka strode through the room with confidence as he took the stage in a hotel in downtown Newark,...
Adaptive Reuse Planned for Historic Buildings Near Newark’s Lincoln Park
By Jared Kofsky
Throughout Downtown Newark, historic buildings of all shapes and sizes are being renovated and adaptively reused. From the Ironside Newark project in the former...
Newark Airport Workers Rally for Higher Wages
By Gertrudis Lopez
As long as I can remember, I’ve fought for workers’ rights both in my home country of Peru and in my adopted...
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 Football Coaches Hall of Fame beckons Hill, 3 others
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...
Newark’s Radical Mayor Has Been Good for Business
When Ras Baraka was elected, he promised to be Newark's "radical" mayor. After seven years of Cory Booker, who ushered in an area of downtown development...
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...
Co-working Space Launch Pad Newark Hosts Ribbon Cutting with Mayor Ras Baraka
Over the past few years the number of celebratory ribbon cutting ceremonies in Newark has continued to grow, with each new business entrant into...
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Essex County Summer Music Series Begins: Fireworks, Jazz, Doo Wop, Rock...
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....
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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...
Top Newark school officials ousted in leadership shake-up as new superintendent...
Several top Newark school officials were given the option Friday to resign or face termination, in what appeared to be an early move by incoming...
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...
