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12/24/2025

Newark Winter Village is back for its sixth year, once again transforming the downtown into a festive gathering place where arts and culture, holiday spirit, and community meet.

The Newark Winter Village will be at Mulberry Commons Park until Jan. 4, 2026.

12/24/2025

Here Comes Santa Claus! The US Air Force Helps You & Your Kids Track Santa’s Trip

North American Aerospace Defense is ready to continue its 67-year tradition of tracking Santa’s journey around the globe on Christmas Eve.

12/23/2025

Newark lawmakers are taking a proactive step to combat environmental injustice and protect the community’s health by introducing a “Ports for People: Newark Fossil Free Future” ordinance that would “prohibit any new or expanded fossil fuel facility, including fossil fuel power generation.”

The Newark City Council introduced an ordinance that would prohibit any new or expanded fossil fuel facility, including fossil fuel power generation.

12/22/2025

Newark Emergency Services for Families’ building on Broad Street will be getting a facelift and expanding its space to continue providing much-needed emergency resources to Essex County’s underprivileged and homeless population.

The Newark Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a proposal to expand the emergency assistance, homeless drop-in center at 982 Broad St. in Newark.

12/22/2025

A Newark man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man inside a Newark recording studio on Dec. 10.

12/20/2025

Jean Wilson Brutus, 41, died after experiencing a medical emergency at Delaney Hall on the same day he was processed at the immigrant detention facility in Newark.

Jean Wilson Brutus suffered a medical emergency at Delaney Hall and was transported to University Hospital in Newark. He was pronounced dead on Dec. 12.

12/19/2025

Discovery of asbestos in the historic Cathedral House, a former rectory on New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)’s campus at 24 Rector St. in Newark, appears to be the sole reason behind NJPAC's push for the building’s demolition. But the Newark Landmarks Commission isn’t buying this rationale.

NJPAC presented an application to the Newark Landmarks Commission to demolish the bulk of Cathedral House due to asbestos discovered within the building.

12/19/2025

Sherrill's Inuaguration to be in Newark, Not Trention, Ending Tradition

Sherrills Inuaguration to be in Newark, Not Trention, Ending Tradition

12/18/2025

City residents are invited to join a quartet of professional singers for the inaugural holiday caroling tour of Newark’s Forest Hill neighborhood from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 21.

City residents are invited to the inaugural holiday caroling tour of Newark’s Forest Hill neighborhood on Sunday, Dec. 21.

12/17/2025

Two townhomes with a total of 15 residential units, as part of New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)’s $150 million development project to transform a portion of Downtown Newark and enhance its riverfront campus, will be consolidated into one three-story building.

Revised NJPAC Plan Combines Townhouses, Adds Parking in Downtown Newark Project

12/16/2025

The Essex County Chapter of The Links Inc., in partnership with North Star Academy Schools, is wrapping the community in warmth by donating over 4,000 pairs of gloves to elementary school students in Newark and their families.

The Essex County Chapter of The Links Inc. held a winter glove drive at North Star Academy, Liberty–Fairmont Elementary School, on Monday morning.

12/15/2025

City stakeholders celebrated first-time Newark homeowners, one year after the New Jersey Devils and Prudential Center donated $200,000 to Invest Newark to support the Newark Land Bank’s Housing Choice Voucher Conversion Program.

City stakeholders celebrate first-time Newark homeowners on Monday morning.