Proposed Riverfront Elementary School would add over 650 seats in Newark’s overcrowded East Ward
Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to get the latest news about the city’s public school system delivered to your inbox. Newark Public Schools is considering a three-decade, $498 million property lease to open a school in the East Ward, as the district waits for the state to deliver on new buildings. The...
N.J. officer cleared after man fell to his death
The Hudson County police officer who chased a man as he tried to escape from authorities will not face charges after the man fell to his death down an embankment, officials from the state Attorney General’s Office said. A grand jury declined to file criminal charges against Guttenberg police...
Mamdani Cordially Shuts Down Heckler: ‘I Want That Man To Be Able To Afford...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani tactfully, and some would say cordially, shut down a heckler who interrupted the announcement of his “Neighborhood Builders Fast Track” program, a new affordable housing initiative in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Mamdani refused to take the heckler’s bait and even went so far...
Big bags of cash found in NJ parks $1.5M bribery scheme, feds say
A web of deceit has unraveled in Hudson County, revealing how some turned public parks into a playground for corruption.
Scaled-back $6.7M turnpike bridge finally moving forward. Here’s what we know.
The New Jersey Turnpike’s Newark Bay Bridge that Gov. Mikie Sherrill wanted downsized is moving toward construction this year — in phases. The first work on a $6.7 billion replacement of the existing 70-year-old Vincent R. Casciano Memorial Bridge will be construction of two massive timber deck trestles.
Daughter of man who died unexpectedly on vacation reunited with missing dog
Major was being cared for by a pet sitter, but the family had no idea how to reach her after their loved one died unexpectedly on vacation.
Near-miss at Newark Airport captured on video
A near-miss at Newark Airport between an Alaska Airlines 737 and a FedEx 777 raises safety concerns as authorities investigate the incident.
City to spend $500 million to lease building on site of a former N.J....
Newark education officials plan to spend nearly half a billion dollars to lease a building to be constructed on the site of a shuttered Catholic school to ease overcrowding in schools located in the city’s Ironbound section. An estimated cost figure of $498,397,000 was included in an advisory of...
3 Kearny PD officers promoted to higher ranks
Three of Kearny’s Finest were promoted to new ranks at a ceremony March 24 at Town Hall. Michael Gontarczuk, the department’s public-information officer, among many other roles, is now a lieutenant. John Fearon and Derek Hemphill are now both sergeants in an acting capacity, subject to Civil Service...
North Jersey family mourns son who drowned off Puerto Rico beach
The body of Samuel Cruz, who went missing after trying to rescue swimmers off Condado Beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was recovered March 20, ending a two-day search, reported the U.S. Coast Guard. “Although this is a most unfortunate outcome, we hope that recovering Samuel can provide his loved ones with some...
