Wednesday, 31 December 2008 – 3:12 pm
Booker told CBS News Radio in an interview today that the planned Obama Stimulus Plan will empower cities to face challenges unique to them: Newark Mayor: Cities Stand To Gain From Obama Stimulus Plan (via @rosepena).
In an interview with CBS News’ Nick Young, Mayor Booker identified some of the priorities the mayors brought to the [...]
Saturday, 22 November 2008 – 7:43 am
I met with Jeff Norman and Josh Balber to talk about what one might still consider to be Newark’s best kept secret: the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
“Pffft,” you say, “I’ve heard of NJPAC before.” But, did you know that the center that has drawn over six million people to Newark since its open in [...]
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 [...]
Friday, 29 August 2008 – 4:55 pm
This weekend, Diesa Siedel’s organization, United Initiatives for Peace, will be hosting an open 3-on-3 girls basketball tournament called Scholars for Ballers to promote athletics and education. The tournament will take place Saturday at 10:00 AM at St. Peter’s Recreational Center on Lyons Ave (map below) and is open to the public. Girls [...]
Sunday, 3 August 2008 – 9:35 pm
“Preventing Crime With Tech: The Newark Experiment”:http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/02/preventing-crime-with-tech-the-newark-experiment/
TechCrunch editor, and personal hero, Mike Arrington interviews Mayor Cory Booker regarding the impact of the $3.1 million Community Eye project, which is a blanket of wireless, high-resolution cameras.
Booker counts the the cameras as one of the key components of the city’s 40% drop in the murder [...]
Monday, 16 June 2008 – 6:54 am
I had the opportunity to speak with Celia King and Laurel Dumont from “Leadership Newark”:http://www.leadershipnewark.org, a non-profit organization designed to develop and enhance leadership skills of individuals committed to the City of Newark. Leadership Newark has been in Newark for over ten years, bringing individuals into two-year fellowships where they are given the chance [...]
Friday, 11 April 2008 – 9:03 am
Jonah Gensler from the “Ironbound Community Corporation”:http://www.ironboundcc.org was kind enough to chat for a few minutes for the Daily Newarker. As mentioned before on the blog, the ICC provides services to residents in the Ironbound including a preschool, community organizing, and community planning. I spoke with Jonah about:
* the shipping containers in the [...]
Wednesday, 19 March 2008 – 10:20 pm
Bicycle Mark at Citizen Reporter was kind enough to get in touch a few days back and get my thoughts on the closure (or, it seems, loss of services) at Saint James Hospital.
??Citizen Reporter??: “The Threat of Hospital Closings in Newark”:http://citizenreporter.org/2008/03/bm253-the-threat-of-hospital-closings-in-newark/
Why are two very needed hospitals in the city of Newark, NJ under threat of [...]
Tuesday, 17 July 2007 – 12:33 am
I had the opportunity to speak with Jerome and Marylou Bongiorno yesterday evening about their film ??Revolution ‘67??, which has been making headlines in New Jersey for its portrayal of the “summer of discontent” in Newark. The civil disturbance took the lives of 26 individuals and caused millions of dollars in property damage in [...]
Saturday, 23 June 2007 – 8:15 am
After seeing Tritonic mentioned in a “positive New York Times article on Newark”:http://dailynewarker.com/2007/05/06/new-york-times-newark-is-almost-hot/, I asked the owners if they’d be willing to get together for a discussion on their experience coming to Newark and starting a small business here. They agreed, so we’re kicking off our first video podcast in a series entitled Doing [...]
Monday, 18 June 2007 – 10:35 am
??WBGO?? has podcasted their “Newark Today”:http://www.wbgo.org/ontheair/2007/NewarkToday_CoryBooker_DCruz.php show from last Thursday, and it’s an excellent interview with Mayor Cory Booker. We have to hand credit to ??David Cruz?? for jumping fearlessly into the issues of the past few weeks, asking Booker for responses to “Ron Rice’s recent win in the state senate primary”:http://dailynewarker.com/2007/06/07/nyt-after-the-smoke-clears-rice-still-standing/, and the [...]
Saturday, 9 June 2007 – 6:35 am
??WNYC?? has an audio piece covering the Ironbound’s Portuguese and Brazilian heritage and the Portugal Day festival which, by the looks of things on Ferry Street, is already well underway: “The Ironbound: The Past, Present and Future of Newark’s Portuguese Community”:http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/80178.
We’ve got the audio feed linked below, so just press play to hear the story:
For [...]
