Week in Review: Groundbreaking Teachers Contract, Booker Top Dem vs. Christie, Heningburg Dies

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Newark school officials Thursday signed a tentative teachers contract that would make the district the first in New Jersey to offer teachers bonus pay based on student performance.

A new poll reveals Cory Booker’s chances in a race against Gov. Chris Christie would be none too shabby. Running a close second in the polling is another Essex Democrat, state Sen. Dick Codey.

Two Newark residents, including a 17-year-old boy, are accused of raping a college student at gunpoint in Irvington Monday evening.

Newark police arrested a boy who shot a girl in the leg while attempting to shoot a third youth, the department said in a statement.

The city has announced it’s temporarily slashing the rate of interest owed on delinquent property taxes by half. The cut remains in place through Nov. 30.

Gustav "Gus" Heningburg, one of Newark's most influential leaders who changed the face of the city following the infamous 1967 riots, died Monday at age 82.

Samuel DeMaio, director of the Newark Police Department, will receive the humanitarian award from the Columbian Foundation at its 71st annual dinner Saturday in Whippany.

Once known as gang territory ridden with prostitution and crime, Jesse Allen Park is now the shining jewel of youth and recreation in Newark's Central Ward.