NEWARK -- The North American leg of Bruno Mars' "The Moonshine Jungle World Tour" will include a July 1 performance at the Prudential Center in Newark. Special guest Ellie Goulding is scheduled to join him. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. on March 1 via Ticketmaster.
TRENTON -- Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced today that more than 1,700 guns were turned in by Essex County residents during a state-sponsored gun buyback event held at a total of six churches in five Essex municipalities this past Friday and Saturday.
NEWARK - The Newark Museum's 10th annual American Girl Weekend will take place April 6 and 7. Proceeds from the two-day event are used to support children's programs and exhibitions at the Museum. The weekend is also an opportunity to introduce new people to the Newark Museum, which in its 100-year history has served multiple…
TRENTON – Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa today reminded Essex County residents that a state-led gun buyback event will take place this coming Friday, Feb. 15, and Saturday, Feb. 16 at a total of six churches in five municipalities – Irvington, Montclair, Newark, Orange and East Orange.
NEWARK -- On Monday, Alicia Keys, a 14-time Grammy®-winning singer, songwriter and producer, announced her upcoming 24-city North American tour in support of her new album Girl On Fire. The “Set The World On Fire Tour” is slated to kick off March 7 in Seattle, Wash. and will include a stop at the Prudential Center…
NEWARK – A former city employee with ties to Mayor Cory Booker’s 2010 re-election campaign was arrested this morning by officials from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the New Jersey Department of the Treasury who are investigating an alleged money laundering scheme, according to a report by NJ.com.
NEWARK—The North Jersey Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® will host the 2009 Komen North Jersey Race for the Cure®, the largest series of 5K run/walks in the world, on Sunday, April 26, from 8 a.m. – noon in Essex County Branch Brook Park, Newark. The race is designed to raise awareness and…
Students Volunteer At Food Bank—Students, faculty and staff from Benedictine Academy in Elizabeth volunteered time at the Community Food Bank of New Jersey in Hillside on Feb. 6. Pictured clockwise from far left are juniors Amiosinor Igertei of Hillside, Priscille Dossekou and Cassandra Silva, both of Newark, Vanessa Devia of Elizabeth, Natasha McDowell of Maplewood,…
By Diane Norek Harrison ELIZABETH-Here are more Christmas memories “as seen through the eyes of a young child” from reader William Frolich: “We were aware of Santa Claus and his elves at the North Pole, but how did he make all those visits to everyone’s house all in one night? In the streets downtown his…
STATE—Federal prosecutors decided to drop charges that former Newark Mayor Sharpe James abused city credit cards, saying that a second federal conviction wouldn’t add any more prison time to his pending sentence on fraud charges. This half of the indictment had always been the more scandalous of the two—prosecutors had alleged than James billed Newark…
