New ‘Electric Company’ diner is in Newark
Sesame Street Workshop, whose podcast my 16-month-old absolutely adores, will be filming a portion of its revived Electric Company series on a set in Downtown Newark.
While streetscapes and other segments will be shot in New York City, one can’t help but feel a little pride that comes with [...]
The Electric Company
This in from a City Hall press advisory:
Mayor Booker will speak at a press conference to announce that the production of the first season of Sesame Workshop’s “The Electric Company,” has begun in Newark.
The famed educational show is being revived, and will be filmed in Newark, using Newark schoolchildren.
Very cool. Stay tuned [...]
Profile In Leadership: Newark Mayor Cory Booker
NPR appears to be slightly more sympathetic press than Esquire.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker opens up about the challenges he faces in improving a city plagued by violence and budget problems.
Then, Booker talks about his commitment to upholding high standards as a public servant, which were put in place by [...]
This in from City Hall. Mayor Booker has written an enraged, five-page response to an article that has gone to press in Esquire Magazine entitled, “The Battle of Newark.” (To see the full article in PDF format, click here)
ENOUGH! Esquire Magazine’s July article “The Battle of Newark” by Scott Raab offers another narrow, [...]
WBGO Newark Today
“Newark Today” will air at 8 p.m. and is hosted by anchor/reporter David Cruz. The call-in show enables listeners to speak directly with the mayor live. The Mayor will be joined by Newark Housing Authority Executive Director Keith Kinard and Newark Now Executive Director Modia Butler.
Booker ‘furious’ over magazine article
He is compared to Will Smith’s character in the blockbuster post-apocalyptic movie, “I am Legend,” and quoted saying he would take a grenade if it meant saving Newark.
A lengthy Esquire magazine profile about Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s quest to transform Newark has drawn sharp criticism from Booker, who said his [...]
New York real estate: Newark, NJ
NYC deigns to cast an eye across the river(s) at our humble metro with a two-page spread in today’s AM New York. While not quite flattering (the opening paragraph refers to Newark as a “once festering locale”), the piece speaks to the hope of a comeback, and features a [...]
Joan Whitlow’s TahoeWatch stretches into Day 14. As predicted yesterday, the “embedded” City Hall reporter finds space in this week’s column and time in her busy schedule to tail Booker’s security detail to the local car wash: The misuse of official vehicles doesn’t wash.
I understand what Joanie’s issue is with the [...]
It looks as though Joan Whitlow has taken investigative reporting to a new level.
After Newarkers endured to her May 10 piece, casing the mayor’s new ride, the Ledger’s “embedded reporter” at City Hall is rumored to have been stalking the mayor like a jilted girlfriend.
To the car wash.
The Daily Newarker received a tip [...]
Newarkers invited to picture their city
Newark photographers, fire up your cameras! Newark Now is holding their fourth annual “How I See It” event, giving you a shot to tell your Newark story through photography.
“How I See It” was created to allow Newark residents to capture what motivates their community involvement and their [...]
