Newark Arts announces launch of new name for its Annual October Arts Festival
Newark Arts has announced the launch of a new name and brand for its annual art festival. The former Open Doors Citywide Arts Festival is...
RPA Report Calls For Newark Airport Overhaul
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...
It’s official: Mars Wrigley signs lease, will move into Ironside Newark in 2020
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...
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...
Blind Divas shine a light for us to follow
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...
Boasting impressive resumes, five Newark students compete for a school board seat
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...
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...
Greater Newark Fresh Air Fund needs you to send city kids to camp
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...
WATCH: Parade closes out Newark’s annual Portugal Day Festival
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,...
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People’s Organization for Progress
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...
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New Girl Scout CEO in N.J. prepares girls for lifetime of...
By Barry Carter
Natasha Hemmings was never a Girl Scout, but the core values of her Caribbean upbringing say otherwise.
Raised by parents who emigrated from Barbados,...
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...
