Tuesday, 7 October 2008 – 5:34 pm
The Center for New York City Affairs at the New School and Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration will be hosting an open forum to consider: can we maintain Newark’s revival in the face of the economic downturn? This timely discussion promises to be both informative and thought-provoking as participants will be invited to consider difficult issues with some of the leaders tackling these very questions.
Friday, 26 September 2008 – 2:04 pm
The Star Ledger, established in 1832, is the 15th largest paper in the country by circulation, delivering a half-a-million papers on any given Sunday. The paper received a Pulitzer in 2005 for its coverage of Governor McGreevy’s resignation.
Despite its success, the Ledger has been losing as much as $30 to $40 million a year due to [...]
Tuesday, 23 September 2008 – 12:01 am
Two years ago, one sunny summer day I went with my family to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Along the verdant slopes of the brook where my two children were building dams, I shared my bench seat with another parent, a father from Brooklyn, it turned out. As we conversed, I discovered that he [...]
Saturday, 9 August 2008 – 8:00 am
Newark has yet to see its bright day since 1930 when its population (490,000) and its manufacturing and retail power were at its peak. Now, that day has been set for 2025. Toni Griffin, Director of Planning and Community Development, is presenting a “majestic” vision, in Deputy Mayor Stefan Pryor’s words, about the [...]
Tuesday, 1 July 2008 – 8:44 pm
Newark’s murder rate on track to beat all-time low
The NPD may be on pace to cut the murder rate nearly in half by the end of 2008. With the market “going to crap commodities prices going through the roof, and the potential (well, okay, rumor) of mayhem in the Middle East, this news is [...]
Friday, 20 June 2008 – 12:04 am
The Colleoni apartments have opened in the heart of a community that’s been reinventing itself as the Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District: Regan Completes $6M Apartment Rehab.
Originally constructed as a grand-style apartment building, Colleoni Apartments was later divided into smaller, lower-quality units before ultimately being shuttered in the mid-’90s. Regan’s rehab has returned the seven-story [...]
Thursday, 5 June 2008 – 12:03 pm
This was a weird election. While Booker wanted to consolidate political strength by taking seats in the South Ward and determine the party chair for the Central Ward, his opponents in this election were able to hold the line. The long and short of it, as I see it, is a stalemate: no [...]
Sunday, 25 May 2008 – 9:04 pm
According to analysis completed by the Star Ledger, urban hospitals are facing major reductions in charity aid. The analysis, linked here (PDF), reveals that Newark Beth Israel is the second biggest loser of aid, with the loss clocking in at $16 million, a loss of 37%. The only hospital to suffer more is [...]
Friday, 23 May 2008 – 8:07 am
Joan Whitlow’s TahoeWatch stretches into Day 14. As “predicted yesterday”:http://dailynewarker.com/2008/05/22/claptrap-and-carwashes/, 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”:http://www.nj.com/columns/ledger/whitlow/index.ssf?/base/columns-0/1211517496191910.xml&coll=1.
I understand what Joanie’s issue is with the [...]
Thursday, 15 May 2008 – 11:41 am
I was bit by a stray dog last night; it was one of those things. I was walking my dog down the alley between our house and the building next door, and there he was: a big, red lug of a mastiff mutt, about 100 lbs and suddenly interested in us.
I spun my dog [...]
Tuesday, 13 May 2008 – 3:55 pm
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It’s true, despite rumors to the contrary, the Portugal Day Festival and Parade _will_ take place on the weekend of June 7th — mark your calendars. This is one of the biggest cultural festivals in the state, drawing a half-a-million people to Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood for music, food, drinks and great times.
New to the [...]
