NEWARK, NJ — Residents are reminded that the city of Newark’s 2017 Mayor’s Basketball Tournament for adult men and women, boys aged 18 and younger, and girls aged 18 and younger is rolling today, Friday, April 7, through Monday, April 10, with the championship game on Saturday, April 15, at the John F. Kennedy Recreation […]
NEWARK, NJ — In his third annual State of the City Address at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on Monday, March 20, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka mentioned the township of Irvington and the planned redevelopment of the old Pabst Blue Ribbon brewery site at the intersection of South Orange Avenue and Grove Street, which […]
CALDWELL, NJ — The seventh annual Essex County Meet the Mayors Event will be Saturday, April 1, from 9 to 11 a.m. at Greenbrook Country Club, 100 West Greenbrook Road, Caldwell. The mayors from all 22 Essex County municipalities have been invited to attend. This year’s panel will include Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr., […]
NEWARK, NJ — East Orange 5th Ward Councilman Mustafa Brent is one of many joining forces to host a “One United” rally on Saturday, March 18, at 9:30 a.m., as a way to repudiate President Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim and anti-immigration rhetoric and policies. Brent, a captain in the East Orange Fire Department, is a practicing […]
NEWARK, NJ — City Hall will be closed and all non-emergency Newark municipal services will be suspended on Monday, Feb. 13, in observance of Lincoln’s Birthday. Police, fire and other uniformed emergency services will work as usual. Additionally, there will be trash pick-up as regularly scheduled on Monday, Feb. 13. “I urge all of Newark’s […]
NEWARK, NJ — The city of Newark will re-open the John F. Kennedy Aquatic Center, starting Monday, Feb. 6, at 7:30 a.m., having completed necessary repairs and renovations to the facility. The Aquatic Center is located at 211 West Kinney St. in the city’s Central Ward. The renovations included new dressing booths, diving boards, the […]
NEWARK, NJ — Fredricka Bey and the Women In Support of the Million Man March held an installment of the ongoing home mortgage foreclosure prevention and education forums at Essex County College on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Journalist Walter Fields moderated the forum and a number of area elected officials participated in the event, including Irvington […]
NEWARK, NJ — The city of Newark is hosting free community dinners for homeless residents and at-risk families at the Vincent Lombardi Center of Hope, 201 Bloomfield Ave., for residents in need. The next dinner will be Sunday, Dec. 18, from 4 to 7 p.m. Seasonal music will be provided. The dinners are hosted by […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington NAACP was well-represented at the Institute of the Black World’s State of the Black World Conference at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark from Wednesday, Nov. 16, through Sunday, Nov. 20. “An august crowd of African-American and Latino people attended the conference that was a tribute to the life and […]
NEWARK, NJ — On Wednesday, Dec. 7, from 6 to 8 p.m., the Newark Public Library will host local author and historian Guy Sterling in conversation with Mayor Ras J. Baraka, as the final program in the 2016 series “Newark Lifetimes: Recollections and Reflections.” Baraka, the 40th mayor of the city of Newark, is a […]