Wednesday, 21 May 2008 – 10:56 am
Title: 2008 CAPOEIRA ENCOUNTER
Location: City Hall Rotunda
Description: The City of Newark will be joined by local and international performers to host the 2008 International Capoeira Encounter. The event, which will take place in the Newark City Hall Rotunda on Friday, May 23 at 7 PM, will treat residents to performances by some of the [...]
Tuesday, 20 May 2008 – 8:27 am
Housing agency seeks renters at its HQ
Yikes! Here’s hoping we don’t see a “For Rent” sign hanging outside of City Hall anytime soon.
The Newark Housing Authority has laid off more than 300 workers and privatized a number of functions over the last two years to save money. Now the agency is planning to [...]
Friday, 16 May 2008 – 2:35 pm
Hey there, Newarkers. We just wanted to provide an update about things that have changed a bit on the site. Most notably, we’ve updated the banner and navigation at the top of the page, including a lovely sketch of the city, provided by Ade from the Newark Art Supply. We’ve tweaked the [...]
Wednesday, 14 May 2008 – 12:24 am
Hello,Newarkers
I’m back first and foremost I apologize for my absence and got married and had a baby.
Now to the nitty-gritty.
Since my last post I have notice no changes in my beloved city. I know Sharpe James is going to prison Marion Bolden is leaving but nothing positive. Our education system is still lacking. Crime is [...]
Thursday, 17 April 2008 – 2:38 pm
Yesterday’s verdict case against former mayor Sharpe James drew mixed reaction around Newark despite clear distaste for James outside the city. Onlookers scratch their heads at the apparent grief experienced by the very citizens that James profited from.
Star Ledger: A day Newarkers will remember
Cornell Williamson, 27, a lifelong Newark resident, said he had followed [...]
Sunday, 13 April 2008 – 12:26 pm
Trinity Reformed Church—whose assistant pastor Danny Iverson posted a letter to TDN a few months back—will be hosting a fundraiser for the kids of Newark. The fundraiser, which will be a silent auction and dessert reception will feature David Tyree from the New York Giants with entertainment from the Garden State Dance Project.
The fundraiser [...]
Sunday, 10 February 2008 – 10:09 pm
The building that we know as Deliverance Evangelistic Center Temple on Clinton Avenue is no stranger to inspiring orators and luminaries of American society. This afternoon the church hosted Cornel West, currently a professor of religion at Princeton University, who delivered an inspiring speech that served mainly to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It [...]
Wednesday, 30 January 2008 – 1:42 pm
A structural fire at Penn Station has affected PATH service between Newark and World Trade Center stations. Service in both directions is subject to a 30-minute delay.
In separate news, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey unveiled a full-size mockup of the new PATH car, according to the authority’s Web site. Each [...]
Tuesday, 23 October 2007 – 7:40 pm
From time to time, Black Americans become entangled in lively discussions about what makes a person ‘black’. The conversation is inevitable, and on Sunday morning I came across the realization that not enough has changed in the way we relate to each other.
I volunteer as a Sunday school teacher at my church in Montclair. [...]