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Newark Approves $240 Million Development With 670 Apartments in South Ironbound
The Newark Central Planning Board recently approved the redevelopment of a 116,756-square-foot assemblage at the intersection of Mulberry and Murray streets in the South Ironbound. The project will redevelop nearly an entire block and include an eight-story building with 670 apartments, a parking garage for up to 585 vehicles, and nearly 19,000 square feet of retail space.
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New Jersey’s Biggest Women’s Shopping Weekend Brings Famous Faces to Edison
Kim Fields, Nancy Grace and Abby Lee Miller headline a weekend of shopping, food and entertainment. EDISON, NJ – Some of television’s most recognizable personalities are coming to New Jersey this weekend for a massive shopping and entertainment event featuring celebrity appearances, food tastings, beauty experiences and hundreds of exhibitors under one roof. The New […]
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Chalkbeat
Newark parents push for independent interpreters after superintendent summarizes Spanish testimony
Did you know search engines like Google are changing the way you see news? Keep Chalkbeat’s valuable education coverage at the top of your feeds by clicking here and checking the box next to our name. Newark Latino families and labor organizers are asking the school district to require professional interpreters at every board meeting after they say Spanish-speaking parents’ public comments were incompletely interpreted at a recent meeting. Rafael Chavez, a community organizer with the New Labor advocacy organization, said in the absence of a qualified interpreter at last month’s school board meeting, superintendent Roger León stepped in to interpret some parents’ public comments. Chavez told Chalkbeat the issue of interpretation has come up repeatedly at previous Newark board meetings, including at the September meeting where he testified in Spanish without an interpreter. According to Chavez, León omitted portions of parents’ statements that Chavez said criticized how they and their children have been treated in district schools. In a review of the board video , Newark parents Sonia Pangul, Mayra Sanmartin, and Brenda Villatoro Villela can be heard testifying in Spanish about concerns regarding their children’s treatment in district schools and the lack of availability of music, sports, and
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Proposed $10.3B Port Authority budget includes major upgrades for Newark Liberty Airport
The agency says it features funding for a new AirTrain, which will replace the old system with one designed to “meet increasing passenger demand and enhance customer experience for airport visitors and employees.”
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Gothamist
Newark ICE detention center passes fed inspection, despite rising 'deficiencies'
Pro-immigrant activists protest outside the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark on June 27, 2026. Concerns included how the facility handled investigations of alleged sexual assault and abuse. [ more › ]