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Baraka: Newark's contributions
12+ hour, 20+ min ago (562+ words) By Ras Baraka, March 25 2026 11:14 am It seems New Jersey Shore area Republicans have made a sport of piling on Newark. Last September, State Sen. Declan O'Scanlan sent a letter to Gov. Phil Murphy urging him to put Newark under state…...
DiVincenzo, Baraka applaud Sherrill pick of Newark for inauguration
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (393+ words) Sherrill will be sworn in at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on January 30 By David Wildstein, December 18 2025 10:54 am Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka today praised Mikie Sherrill's decision to hold her inauguration as the…...
Sterling: Newark's George Washington Statue - Fail to the Chief?
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1029+ words) By Guy Sterling, December 08 2025 7:30 pm The statue of Gen. George Washington standing majestically in a park in downtown Newark is one of the most unique statues of its kind, depicting the Revolutionary War hero and first American president in uniform…...
Baraka ally wins Newark council seat by 98 votes
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (318+ words) Chaneyfield Jenkins thwarted in comeback bid By David Wildstein, November 19 2025 10:40 am It was a narrow but significant win for Newark Mayor Ras Baraka two weeks ago, when his preferred candidate, Amina Bey, won a pivotal seat on the city council,…...
Newark, JFK, LaGuardia will decline to play Noem’s politicized TSA video
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (581+ words) Port Authority says it has policy against airing of "politically partisan messages," such as video that blames shutdown on Democrats By Joey Fox, October 14 2025 10:56 am Three major airports in the New York City area " Newark Liberty International Airport, John F. Kennedy…...
Labor Leader: Vincent J. Murphy was NJ AFL-CIO president, two-term Mayor of Newark
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (1503+ words) Murphy was the Democratic nominee for Governor of New Jersey in 1943 By David Wildstein, September 01 2025 12:14 am One of the most influential labor leaders in New Jersey's history was Vincent J. Murphy (1893-1976), who spent nine years as the president of the New…...
Donald Bradley, former Newark council president, dies at 91
8+ mon, 22+ min ago (482+ words) After replacing Donald Payne, Sr., Bradley held South Ward council seat for 17 years By David Wildstein, July 25 2025 4:10 pm Former Newark City Council President Donald Bradley, who represented the city's South Ward from 1989 to 2006, died yesterday." He was 91. During his seventeen…...
Newark lawmaker backs Sherrill over Baraka
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (240+ words) Pintor Marin calls Sherrill "a decisive leader" in pre-primary endorsement By David Wildstein, June 06 2025 4:35 pm Assembly Budget Committee Chair Eliana Pintor Marin (D-Newark) has endorsed Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) for the Democratic nomination to succeed term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy. This…...
ICE opens Newark detention center amid lawsuit over permits, inspections
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (470+ words) Federal immigration officials have started housing detained migrants in a Newark detention center amid an ongoing lawsuit over whether authorities have ... By Zach Blackburn, May 04 2025 9:13 pm Federal immigration officials have started housing detained migrants in a Newark detention center amid…...
Stomping Grounds: Mikie Sherrill, Steve Sweeney, Newark school board turnout, and David Hogg
11+ mon, 3+ day ago (944+ words) New Jerseyans aren't always civil, but it's still possible for a liberal Democrat and a conservative Republican to have a rational and pleasant conversation about politics in the state. Dan Bryan is a former senior advisor to Gov. Phil Murphy…...