The AfroBeat Festival will return to New Jersey’s largest city with music, dance, food, fashion and more. It’s free and family friendly.
New Jersey is filled with humor, inspiration and kindness. Here are seven stories to make you smile from Essex County.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel-Newark will hold its 135th annual feast on the weekend of July 11 to July 13.
The festival launches on July 7 with a Progressive Pride Flag Raising at Newark City Hall.
“Being here isn’t what I pictured for myself, but I learned that growth can happen anywhere – even behind these walls.”
Officials honored a well-respected top cop, a hospital DEI director and a local LGBTQ Community Center with “Pride of Essex County Awards.”
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The march will include a balloon release to honor children lost to violence.
The popular festival includes music, food and a parade. Here are the details for this year’s celebration in New Jersey’s largest city.
Several East Orange and Newark police officers were nominated for the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police “Valor Awards.”
Newark is one of the “best places to live” in the Garden State, according to a new list from U.S. News & World Report.
The city is temporarily expanding its night curfew for people under 18, which has been in place for decades. Here are the dates for 2025.
A local sorority has launched a new outreach program for people who are grieving the loss of a child, infant or pregnancy.
The donation was also a bittersweet moment for the newlyweds, who both lost a grandparent earlier this year.
The libraries include poetry, novels and essays, alongside classic works such as Homer’s “The Odyssey” and Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man.”
Essex County recently completed a series of improvements at Independence Park and Branch Brook Park in Newark.
Applications must be submitted online by May 25.
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These Newark first responders showed some serious guts, the Two Hundred Club of Essex County says. Here’s why they earned awards.
The ribbon was cut on a new Girl Scout Leadership Center that will serve thousands of youth in the Newark area.
The board of commissioners honored several local students at their 21st annual “Essex County Celebrates Youth” event.
A decade ago, voters decided to use business taxes to preserve open space. It has been money well-spent, advocates in Essex County say.
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These students transformed their neighborhoods with purpose and pride for Earth Day.
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The United Community Corporation got a $150,000 contribution that will fuel its “Hope for the Homeless” program.
Community feedback played a big role in the award-winning design of the playground at Chamblee Square Park, officials said.
Cardinal Joseph Tobin of New Jersey is being discussed as a potential replacement for Pope Francis. Here are some causes he has supported.
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The nation's oldest guide dog school brought an eager parade of puppies through a busy New Jersey airport.