New Jersey renews 22 charter school agreements and nine enrollment expansions, including two in...
Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to get the latest news about the city’s public school system delivered to your inbox. New Jersey’s education department approved the renewal of five charter schools in Newark and the expansion of two schools, but denied an enrollment expansion for KIPP TEAM Academy in...
Newark gunman seen with rifle cops seek ID after morning gunfire
Newark police search for armed suspect after rifle-style gunfire reported on Hawthorne Avenue Newark, NJ – Authorities are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man caught on surveillance footage holding a rifle-style weapon near the scene of a shooting reported Saturday morning on Hawthorne Avenue. According...
Lower Gwynedd woman, employee of New Jersey-based women’s and family health practice, has been...
Nataliya Lushchak, 48, of Lower Gwynedd, and Esney Davis-Sharpe, 63, of East Orange, New Jersey, have been indicted for health care fraud and other related crimes for allegedly illegally performing medical procedures. Davis-Sharpe is the owner of Bessie Mae Women’s Health Center, a women’s and family health practice...
Jersey City’s lefty new mayor fails to plow streets enough to open schools Tuesday
What a snow job. Jersey City’s lefty new mayor is being dragged by residents over the city’s snowplowing debacle that forced its public schools to remain closed Tuesday — but he’s shoveling the blame on his predecessor. Mayor James Solomon was getting roasted two days after Winter Storm Fern with a revamped version...
The Trendy Bathroom Feature Zohran Mamdani Wants To Install In The Gracie Mansion
Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to give the historic mayor's residence in NYC a major modern upgrade with bathroom fixtures that are gaining popularity in the U.S.
Mamdani’s hands-off homeless camp policies leave everyone hurt
The Big Apple is about to become Tent City, and never mind the icy temps that apparently left 10 people dead outdoors. Or perhaps we’ll start calling it Lepto Town — once leptospirosis, the bacterial disease rampant in homeless encampments , takes hold. That’s because New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has barred...
New York’s controversial tipping law kicks in today
New York’s new tipping regime for app-based deliveries is no longer theoretical. As of today, food and grocery platforms must present customers with a clear option to tip before checkout, reshaping the split-second moment when New Yorkers decide how much a courier’s work is worth. I see this as a test of whether the...
Resident Finds Intruders in Lorraine Avenue Home, Police Say
A Lorraine Avenue resident was startled awake early Jan. 24 after her home alarm sounded and she discovered two unknown men standing in the foyer, police said. According to police, the resident went downstairs to investigate and saw the suspects inside the home. She screamed and the men fled. Officers said the...
Students, staff of N.J. elementary school hospitalized after computer battery overheats, filling classroom with...
Several children and adults were evaluated at a hospital after a laptop’s battery overheated and began emitting smoke inside a Newark school on Tuesday afternoon, according to city officials. Firefighters responded to Greater Oaks Legacy Downtown Elementary School around 2:20 p.m. after a laptop’s ion battery failed,...
No Foul Play in Death of 30-Year-Old Montclair Man, Police Say
Authorities do not suspect foul play in the death of a 30-year-old man found unresponsive his apartment on Montclair’s Mission Street Tuesday morning, police said. Officers responding to a second-floor apartment at 7:46 a.m. found the man dead in his bedroom, according to police Lt. Terence Turner. The Essex...
