I received a flyer from the City Hall the other day describing the new parks coming to the city. The city is partnering with philanthropists to bring playgrounds, sports fields, pools and walkable green space to Newark neighborhoods.
Mayor Cory A. Booker and the City Council create the largest historic fund for City Parks
Through Green [...]
The Jazzmobile comes to Newark
What better way to spend a hot summer evening than packing a picnic basket, grabbing a lawn chair and heading to the park for some free, public music? The Jazzmobile continues its summer series in the city tonight at Monteith Avenue, between 6th and 7th Streets in the North Ward.
Jazzmobile [...]
Two teenage girls are shot, one fatally, at Newark graduation party
One teenage girl was killed and another was injured by a single bullet fired early today during a fight at a graduation party in Newark, authorities said.
Sujeiti Ocasio, 18, was shot through neck during the dispute outside a house in the North Ward at about [...]
Triple shooting in Newark apartment building
Three people were shot on separate floors of a high-rise Newark apartment building. Police say the victims were hit on different floors of 175 1st Street just after 11 p.m. last night. One person was shot in the torso, one on the leg and the third in the [...]
$1 Million Donated for Park Repairs
Arthur F. Ryan, former CEO of Prudential Financial Inc., and his wife, Patricia Ryan, co-chairwoman of the Branch Brook Park Alliance, made a personal gift of $1 million to the alliance for improvements at the Essex County park. The grant was announced yesterday and will be used for continued renovations [...]
New York Times: Dismay at Plan to Shut 2 Newark Hospitals
Mayor Cory A. Booker and other city officials described the closings as a betrayal and said the loss of medical services and jobs — an estimated 1,200 positions are at stake — would have a dire effect on a city already struggling to keep its [...]
Star Ledger: 2 Newark hospitals could close under deal; Mayor Booker ‘furious’
After eight months of talks, a decision is expected tonight on whether Catholic Health East will assume ownership of Saint Michael’s, a heart center which it considers the only viable health care institution in the three-hospital Cathedral Healthcare system. Plans call for the smaller [...]
After viewing the documentary “Revolution 67” I was both horrified and amazed. I was amazed at the fact that conditions are still similar. True, I know a lot of our residents and our people as a person of color refuse take advantage of the opportunities present. I also know that the climate of the city [...]
Star Ledger: Seven hurt in Newark fire
A four-story Newark apartment building caught fire this afternoon, injuring seven people inside – including an elderly couple rescued by an off-duty fire chief who ran into the building, authorities said.
The two-alarm blaze at 69 Broadway started in a second-floor apartment at about 4:20 p.m., and quickly spread to [...]
A high-speed chase in the North Ward ends in a crash into the suspects’ car, according to this 7Online story, Dramatic end to Newark police chase.
A robbery in Newark led to a wild police chase and crash early Friday morning.
NewsCopter7 got exclusive video of the chase, as police raced to catch the suspects.
Eyewitness [...]
