NEWARK SPEAKS

By Joseph Berger NEWARK — Roberta Harrington, a retired nurse of the same vintage as Philip Roth, remembers a visit a year ago by Mr. Roth to his clapboard boyhood home, which she now lives...

By Leanna Garfield When asked about the slow growth of the US economy, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka both said that urban inequality and a lack of public transit are two...

New Jersey Reentry Corporation: "Of the 1,053 clients served in Newark, 979 are work eligible, and 547 have been successfully employed." By Eric Kiefer, Patch Staff |  NEWARK, NJ — Everyone deserves a second chance. Since opening their office at...

NJ Advance Media for NJ.com NEWARK — On election night in Newark last week, newly elected mayor Ras Baraka stood before a cheering crowd to declare victory in the bitterly contested race, with Jersey City...

By Eric Kiefer NEWARK, NJ — When actor Chris Rock shoots his upcoming movie, he'll have the experience of the Newark Department of Public Works to draw upon as inspiration. On Thursday, Rock paid a trip to...

By Anjalee Khemlani Q&A John Palmieri was named Newark’s deputy mayor for economic growth, transportation and infrastructure at the start of the year. Palmieri has been tasked by Mayor Ras Baraka to focus on those targeted areas of...

By Stephon Johnson The union 32BJ SEIU has been busy this past month announcing endorsements and praising the victories of those they have endorsed. The union has endorsed incumbents in 14 congressional races in the New...

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 process told NBC News on Wednesday. This pushes the Seattle-based company...

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 the importance of diversity and remembering where you come from...

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, which is booming with development that four years ago some...