Philip Roth’s Newark, the Hometown He Never Really Left
By Joseph Berger
NEWARK — Roberta Harrington, a retired nurse of the same vintage as Philip Roth, remembers a visit a year ago by Mr....
NJPAC Presents Free Concerts, Horizon Foundation Sounds Of The City
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Get your groove on under the stars this summer as one of the hottest lineups of hip-hop, soul, funk and R&B...
Queen Latifah Delivers Keynote to Rutgers Newark Graduates
By Heather Kays
NEWARK, NJ - Queen Latifah returned to her hometown of Newark Monday to deliver the keynote address at Rutgers University—Newark, where she stressed...
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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...
Ras Baraka claims ‘touchdown’ in Newark mayoral election
By Karen Yi
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka claimed resounding victory Tuesday night to a second four-year term -- a win that will let him lead the state's largest city at a...
Newark Mayor: ‘We need a local strategy that has a global view’
NEWARK, NJ - Mayor Ras Baraka’s second inaugural address took on both local and national issues after he was sworn in for a second term...
Newark’s Incoming Superintendent Shares His Vision For The District
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...
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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...
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When states take over school districts, they say it’s about academics....
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Debates about states taking over school districts are often deeply fraught.
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