The free, public event will include music, food and appearances from members of the Newark Police Department.
New Jersey’s largest gas and electric delivery utility released a trove of historic photos as a nod to its 120th anniversary.
Programs include violence prevention, resources for single-parent households and CPR/AED training for youth coaches and parents.
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The free event, sponsored by Newark Parks and Newark Happening, aims to “bridge the gap between New Jersey and Africa.”
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“Come out and have some fun, while learning how to reduce violence in our community.”
The six-week storytelling series for transgender and gender-diverse people will culminate in an optional “storytelling performance.”
A Newark resident was honored at the Essex County Board of County Commissioners’ inaugural Pride Month celebration.
Prudential Financial recently honored 30 young changemakers, including two Chinese students, at the Emerging Visionaries Summit in Newark.
Three seniors from Newark earned awards as part of Essex County’s annual Older Americans Heritage Month Celebration.
Four religious leaders were recently ordained as priests in a ceremony at Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark.
The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission usually gets “extremely high volumes of sludge” from a barge and 8 ships per week, its chair says.
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Newark’s initiative is based on a similar program that was launched last year in NYC’s Times Square, using the same supplier: Citibin.
The IBID will be joined by Ironbound community partners who will work together to share information with local businesses and residents.
The NJEDA will host in-person events in Atlantic City and Newark for the Activation, Revitalization, and Transformation (ART) Program.
The Newark Public Library’s popular American Sign Language classes will make visits across the city this summer. Here’s the schedule.
More than 50 homes in the historic district of Forest Hill in Newark near Branch Brook Park will be having garage sales on June 10.
This year’s series of events includes three concert/firework spectaculars, 17 other concerts and four cultural festivals.
A new addiction treatment referral program will help people suffering from acute opiate addiction.
You’d never guess 16-year-old Karen Otavalo was once afraid of public speaking.
“30 years ago, Edna Lewis was working on the 34th floor of the World Trade Center when a bomb detonated in the basement of the North Tower.”
She also gave him some good advice when he was pondering a pro sports career in Pakistan: “Give up the cricket.”