Tuesday, 9 December 2008 – 11:23 am
If you had a nagging feeling about the $126 million unclaimed lottery ticket from Seabra’s supermarket in the Ironbound, you can put those feelings to rest. The winners of the multi-million dollar jackpot have been found and presented their reward in Trenton: Union County couple collects Mega Millions jackpot.
The Ledger piece is a but [...]
Tuesday, 26 August 2008 – 9:40 am
“The Ironbound Through My Father’s Eyes”:http://citizenreporter.org/2008/08/bm274/
BicycleMark — who “recently covered”:http://dailynewarker.com/blog/2008/03/opining-on-the-st-james-closure/ the St. James Hospital closure — has podcasted an interview with his father about coming to Newark as a child. Great insight into the history of the Ironbound.
Before the Portuguese came to the Ironbound, before the uprisings of 1967, and before the manufacturing industry [...]
Tuesday, 5 August 2008 – 12:04 am
In this hot summer day, there is no place better than my favorite Newark coffee shop, where my children and I can spend hours reading in cool air and refreshing aromas. We keep getting distracted, pleasantly. On the next table, six deaf people are “talking” all at once, with 12 excited hands waving [...]
Friday, 1 August 2008 – 5:03 pm
“A $126 Million Rumor, Flying From New Jersey to Rio”:http://mobile.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/nyregion/01jackpot.xml
The Times chases rumors of the $126 million lotto ticket sold in the Ironbound. The least colorful — and most likely true — is excerpted below.
Antonio Seabra, owner of A & J Seabra Supermarkets XII in Ironbound, where the winning ticket was sold, said [...]
Tuesday, 22 July 2008 – 12:41 pm
Jesse Allen Park
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.
h3. Mayor Cory A. Booker and the City Council create the largest historic fund for [...]
Wednesday, 16 July 2008 – 8:39 pm
Luxury condos coming to Newark
One might be forgiven for waiting on getting excited about this project after the developer’s former project, the Mulberry Street Redevelopment Project, was summarily halted in court over improper use of eminent domain.
That aside, we’re really psyched to see new construction in the city. While meeting a fellow Newarker over breakfast, [...]
Wednesday, 16 July 2008 – 7:55 pm
Rat-tainted chicken was sold in Newark store
This is just horrifying.
A Newark man pleaded guilty in federal court today to wholesaling poultry from a store in the city’s Ironbound section that had been gnawed on by rats and tainted with rodent feces, urine and hair, authorities said.
Ben A. Abit, the owner of Triple A Foods and [...]
Tuesday, 3 June 2008 – 8:50 pm
“Amador, East Ward Democrats, feel dissed by Booker on Election Day”:http://www.politickernj.com/max/20413/amador-east-ward-democrats-feel-dissed-booker-election-day
I absolutely must hand it to blogger Max Pizzaro at Politicker NJ. He has just brought his A-game to our fair city, scratching together a story from the hard nosed, bare-knuckle politics in this local election.
The videos he’s put together are just [...]
Thursday, 29 May 2008 – 8:17 am
“Corzine presses for statewide schools construction funds in the Ironbound”:http://www.politickernj.com/max/20174/corzine-presses-statewide-schools-construction-funds-ironbound
Gov. Jon Corzine stood with Assemblyman Albert Coutinho (D-Newark), Assemblywoman L. Grace Spencer (D-Newark) and other lawmakers in the East Ward today and promised to back legislation to pay for new urban schools construction.
“We need action before June 30th, so that we can fulfill our Constitutional [...]
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 [...]
Saturday, 3 May 2008 – 10:42 pm
“5 Arrested in Newark Raids Against Large Drug Ring”:http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/03/nyregion/03drug.html
His gun at his side, a helmet pulled low over his head, Police Officer Carlos Orbe wrestled a drug suspect to the floor of a darkened apartment in this city’s East Ward on Friday morning and felt something being driven into his stomach repeatedly.
“I thought he was [...]
