Monday, 29 September 2008 – 3:33 pm
Hello, yesterday I happened to be exploring Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in preparation for my next walking tour there. Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, even compared to other cemeteries, is a still and forgotten place and yesterday morning was miserable in terms of weather, so I wasn’t expecting to see a soul.
You can imagine my surprise when [...]
Tuesday, 2 September 2008 – 9:41 pm
Life in Newark can be serious business, owing in no small part to the challenges of child rearing. Finding the right schools, keeping up with parent/teacher meetings, ferreting out just the right extra-curricular activity for your child — you all get the drill. This stuff changes your life forever, and if it weren’t for helpful [...]
Tuesday, 2 September 2008 – 7:17 am
“Bon Jovi plans to build low-income housing in Newark”:http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/bon_jovi_will_announce_plans_t.html
Add Bon Jovi to the New Jersey stars bringing resources to our fair city. This housing initiative creates rental units for single-parent families with two or three young children.
The Genesis Apartments will be a project of HELP USA, one of the nation’s leading providers of job [...]
Thursday, 21 August 2008 – 4:15 pm
Hi, I’m posting to share the news that Newarkology has gotten permission to offer a walking tour of Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Mt. Pleasant and Fairmount cemeteries were the only two options for eternal rest for well-to-do 19th century Newarkers, with Mt. Pleasant being the choice for most of the Anglo-Protestant aristocracy. The Ballantines, [...]
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 [...]
Thursday, 17 July 2008 – 1:37 pm
“The Jazzmobile comes to Newark”:http://www.jazzmobile.org/events.asp
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 [...]
Saturday, 28 June 2008 – 6:24 am
“Two teenage girls are shot, one fatally, at Newark graduation party”:http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/two_newark_women_are_shot_one_1.html
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 [...]
Thursday, 8 May 2008 – 11:07 am
“Triple shooting in Newark apartment building”:http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=6129475
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 [...]
Tuesday, 6 May 2008 – 6:48 am
“$1 Million Donated for Park Repairs”:http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1210048602153780.xml&coll=1
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 [...]
Monday, 14 January 2008 – 3:56 pm
??New York Times??: “Dismay at Plan to Shut 2 Newark Hospitals”:http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/12/nyregion/12hospitals.html
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 [...]
Friday, 11 January 2008 – 9:29 am
??Star Ledger??: “2 Newark hospitals could close under deal; Mayor Booker ‘furious’”:http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/01/2_newark_hospitals_could_close.html
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 [...]
Wednesday, 27 June 2007 – 3:57 pm
??Star Ledger??: “Seven hurt in Newark fire”:http://blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates/2007/06/seven_hurt_in_newark_fire.html
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 [...]
Saturday, 9 June 2007 – 12:35 am
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”:http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=traffic&id=5377548.
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 [...]
Tuesday, 8 May 2007 – 10:57 pm
Kidnapping? I didn’t realize people still did this — glad it ended peacefully, though.
??Live from the Ledger??: “Newark police nab 7 kidnapping suspects”:http://blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates/2007/05/newark_police_nab_7_kidnapping.html
Newark police foiled a high-stakes kidnapping early this morning with the arrest of seven people who tried to extort thousands of dollars from the hostage’s family, authorities said.
The kidnapping began with a [...]
