(Source Daily News)
Sharpe James, a five-term mayor of Newark, has died. He was 89 years old.
James, who served as mayor between 1986 and 2006, died Sunday at an elder care facility in West Orange, according to his son John Sharpe James, a former Newark city councilman. No cause of death was released.
James is credited with helping revitalize Newark with new building developments and — in his own words — taking the city from “urban blight to urban bright.”…