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Grant Will Support Programs for Small Businesses in Essex, Surrounding Counties

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The Investors Foundation, which provides funding in support of the communities served by Investors Bank, has awarded a $7,500 grant to the Greater Newark Enterprises Corporation (GNEC).

After 40 years, charity organization continues to strengthen Newark roots

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By David Giambusso/The Star-Ledger

Essex County Environmental Center lists upcoming events

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By Independent Press

On Easter Sunday, Newark family mourns pastor two days after his murder

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NEWARK — This evening’s Easter dinner at the Hughes household didn’t deviate much from the annual fare: barbecued pork ribs and simmering collard greens were among the foods that stewed in aluminum trays in the kitchen, and a rich red velvet cake was eyed as a centerpiece dessert.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center to host summer musical collaboration

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By Independent Press NEWARK —The New Jersey Performing Arts Center and the New Jersey Youth Theatre (NJYT) are seeking singers, actors and dancers ages 15-23 to audition for their annual summer musical collaboration.

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Marques Lewis, Newark Board of Education
 
 

Georgia King Village, Newark, NJ
 

Carter: Newark neighborhood reunion is reminder of great memories, harsh reality

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By Barry Carter/The Star-Ledger NEWARK — The more they talk, the more their childhood memories flow like water running off a cliff. They were poor and didn’t know it. Blacks, whites, Italians, Jews and Poles — a mosaic of culture bound by friendship at a Newark public housing complex built just after the Great Depression.

New Brunswick pastor shot and killed in Newark

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By Jessica Calefati/The Star-Ledger NEWARK — A Newark man was shot and killed outside a home in the city’s Central Ward late Friday night, an Essex County law enforcement official said in a statement.

Newark must turn over list of e-mails regarding Facebook donations, judge rules

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By David Giambusso/The Star-Ledger NEWARK — An Essex County judge today ordered Newark to turn over an itemized list of e-mails surrounding Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 million donation to the city’s schools.
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