NEWARK, NJ — The city of Newark will be 350 years old in 2016. To help the city commemorate this landmark, the Newark Trust for Education is partnering with the Newark Celebration 350 Committee to support the launch of educational activities that will bring together parents, educators and students in celebration of Newark’s cultural, historical […]
NEWARK, NJ — Reaffirming his commitment to students and families in failing urban school districts, Gov. Chris Christie on Monday, March 7, visited with students and faculty of Uncommon School’s North Star Alexander Street Elementary School in Newark to see first-hand the groundbreaking work being achieved in charter school classrooms across the state. Working with […]
NEWARK, NJ — St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Inc., organizers of the Newark St. Patrick’s Day parade, the oldest St. Patrick’s Day parade in New Jersey, announced on Friday, March 4, that John J. Farmer, Jr., university professor, Justice Alan B. Handler scholar and special counsel to the president of Rutgers School of Law-Newark, is […]
NEWARK, NJ — Freddie Wright, 24, of Newark, was sentenced on Friday, March 4, to 11 years in New Jersey state prison by Superior Court Judge Martin G. Cronin. On Tuesday, Jan. 5, just as the trial was about to open, Wright pled guilty to eluding and other charges. According to Assistant Prosecutor Joseph A. […]
NEWARK, NJ — The city of Newark is providing housing vouchers to 62 families who lived in 60 units at the condemned and unsafe properties at 2-18 Stratford Place on Tuesday, March 8, at 10:45 a.m., at the South Ward site. The vouchers will enable them to move quickly into new housing. The properties are […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman and the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs on Monday, March 7, kicked off National Consumer Protection Week, a consumer awareness campaign that runs during the first week of March, with a recap of New Jersey’s top 10 consumer complaint categories from 2015. Complaints about home […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations has announced the appointment of Dean Andrea Bartoli to the board of trustees of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark. As a member of the board, Bartoli will collaborate on the overall governance of the organization, which plays an important role […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Junior League of Montclair-Newark Inc. invites the community and partners for an evening of dinner, drinks, dancing and a silent auction at its 95th anniversary Spring Gala. This year’s theme is “Venetian Masquerade Ball.” The gala will be Saturday, April 23, from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Montclair Golf […]
NEWARK, NJ – A Newark man pleaded guilty on Friday, March 4, to charges of carjacking and armed robbery in connection with a crime spree in February 2015 that ended when state troopers spotted him in a stolen minivan and arrested him. During his arrest, one of the troopers shot and wounded the defendant when […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. announced on that about $4.5 million will be distributed to 16 Essex County municipalities and 39 non-profit community organizations through the Community Development Block Grant program and the Emergency Solutions Grant program on Tuesday, March 1. The CDBG and ESG programs are funded through […]