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It’s official: Mars Wrigley signs lease, will move into Ironside Newark...
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 Mayor Ras Baraka On Commitment To Residents, Lowering Crime Rate...
https://youtu.be/3M4nj6KD5Hg
WORD CUP 2016
Pride of Newark
By W. Raymond Ollwerther Princeton Alumni Weekly
Jordan Thomas ’18 and Sen. Cory Booker
David Kelly Crow
When...
Newark community looks out for the HUBB
Al-Tariq Best was riding high, planning for the summer program and other events at the...
WRC Rally Cup
It’s a wrap: Wawa is not coming to Newark
By Barry Carter
The developer of a proposed Wawa in Newark has thrown in the towel on...
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...
When states take over school districts, they say it’s about academics. This political scientist says it’s about race and power.
By Matt Barnum
Debates about states taking over school districts are often deeply fraught.
“The right to...
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Nurse Practitioner from South Orange Honored for HIV/AIDS Work in Newark
By Rebecca Panico
NEWARK, NJ - Peter Oates was working as a private nurse for Princess Diana’s father in England, but left when he was...
PORCH TALK w/ RAHAMAN & ALTURRICK
Live Video Date: September 16, 2017
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Live Video Date: July 4th, 2018
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Top Newark school officials ousted in leadership shake-up as new superintendent prepares to take...
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...
K-pop hits all the right notes for US post-millennial generation at KCON New York
The two-day K-pop concerts last weekend in Newark NJ, hosted by CJ E&M, proved Korean music is continuing to thrive in the US.
The 2018...
Baraka: Revitalization shouldn’t price residents out of neighborhoods
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...
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...
LATEST ARTICLES
CLEAN SWEEP FOR TEAM BARAKA WITH McIVER, McCALLUM AND AMADOR RUNOFF WIN
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 races in Tuesday's runoff elections, and will serve four-year terms...
Pride of Newark
By W. Raymond Ollwerther Princeton Alumni Weekly
Jordan Thomas ’18 and Sen. Cory Booker
David Kelly Crow
When Jordan Thomas ’18 met with Sen. Cory Booker after Booker’s Class Day address, the two had plenty in common...
Nurse Practitioner from South Orange Honored for HIV/AIDS Work in Newark
By Rebecca Panico
NEWARK, NJ - Peter Oates was working as a private nurse for Princess Diana’s father in England, but left when he was offered a job in the 1980s at San Francisco General...
Rafael Holdings to Ring the NYSE Opening Bell
NEWARK, N.J., July 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chairman and CEO of Rafael Holdings, Inc., (NYSE American: RFL), Howard Jonas, will ring the NYSE Opening Bell® on behalf of the Company at 9:30 this morning, Friday, July 6th.
Rafael Holdings was spun-off...
Newark curfew for unaccompanied minors takes effect Friday
Mayor Ras J. Baraka and Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose announce that beginning today, Friday, July 6th 2018 through Labor Day, Monday, September 3rd, 2018, the City of Newark will enforce its Summer...
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 the end of the month, city officials said.
The announcement comes...
NJ Devils Partner with City Hall to Renovate Newark Ice Rink
By Jared Kofsky
When most Newarkers think of an ice rink in their city, the Prudential Center comes to mind. Built in 2007, the arena in Downtown Newark is home to the New Jersey Devils hockey...
HOMEGROWN EDUCATOR CHARTING NEW COURSE FOR NEWARK SCHOOLS
Roger León, the ultimate Brick City insider, gets chance to chart course for school district as era of state control has ended
Credit: Chalkbeat/Patrick Wall
Newark's new superintendent, Roger León, at a graduation ceremony in...
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 probation last year by Middle States Commission of Higher Education...
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 data networks.
NEWARK, NJ—If someone asked you to identify the hub...











































