Amazon has finished visiting the top 20 contenders for its new HQ
Amazon has completed the process of visiting all 20 cities that are finalists in the e-commerce giant's search for a second headquarters,sources close to the...
In Newark, DEA launches comprehensive plan for battling opioid epidemic
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...
Nonprofit Helps Ex-Inmates In Newark Find Jobs, Stay Out Of Jail
New Jersey Reentry Corporation: "Of the 1,053 clients served in Newark, 979 are work eligible, and 547 have been successfully employed."
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Newark clergy call for action on Essex County foreclosure crisis
NEWARK, NJ - Prominent members of Newark's African-American clergy community converged at an Essex County government hearing to argue that additional measures are needed...
Free boxing gym for Newark’s youth
NEW JERSEY (FOX5NY.COM) - In the back of the Sharpe James Recreation Center in Newark, New Jersey, is a special place. It is the Ironbound Boxing Academy, a...
Homeless shelter that closed in sweltering heat reopens (for now)
By Karen Yi
The Newark homeless shelter that shut its doors on Monday has reopened thanks to funding from private donors that will allow the facility to operate through...
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...
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...
Meet Audrey, she works in Mayor @rasjbaraka’s pilot program that hires homeless people to...
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Newark community looks out for the HUBB
Al-Tariq Best was riding high, planning for the summer program and other events at the HUBB, the Help Us Become Better Community Empowerment Center on Prince...
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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....
