Construction Begins on Newark’s Broadway Park After Six-Year Effort
Construction has begun on Broadway Park beside Luis Muñoz Marín Elementary School, turning abandoned lots into planned public space by spring 2027.
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Newark Begins North Ward Park Improvements After Six Years of Preparation
Construction has begun on a long-prepared Newark North Ward park project, moving the public-space investment from planning into its next phase.
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Newark Extends Emergency Armed-Security Contract for Up to $2 Million
Newark’s Municipal Council extended an emergency armed-security contract through Sept. 29 while the city continues a formal bidding process.
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Newark’s Delaney Hall Draws Fresh Scrutiny After Detainee Death
Edwin Lopez-Cornejo died Aug. 1 at Delaney Hall in Newark. ICE and his family gave conflicting accounts of his medical care as New Jersey seeks full access for health inspectors.
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Newark’s Landlord Accountability List Raises Enforcement Questions
Newark’s live landlord list names four entities tied to 12 properties, tracks housing and enforcement activity, and authorizes reviews of city incentives while a separate lawsuit remains pending.
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Newark Greenway Work Moves Into Planting Phase as State Seeks Public Name for New Park
Planting and soil-protection work is advancing on Newark’s nearly one-mile greenway segment, but the corridor remains closed and targeted to open in 2027.
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Newark Seeks Bids for 2026-27 Homelessness Services
Newark is seeking proposals for emergency shelter, homelessness prevention and rapid rehousing services. Questions are due Aug. 21, and proposals are due Aug. 31.
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Newark breaks ground on two-acre Broadway Park after six-year preparation
Newark and the Trust for Public Land broke ground July 4 on Broadway Park, a planned two-acre green space in the North Ward near Luis Muñoz Marín Elementary School.
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Hopeworks opens Newark hub for technology workforce pathways
Hopeworks’ new site at 550 Broad St. is fully operational, with career pathways focused on technology, logistics and health-care operations.
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Newark expands legal fight over Delaney Hall detention center after blocked health inspection
Newark plans to expand its effort to shut down the Delaney Hall immigration detention center as New Jersey pursues a separate lawsuit seeking full access for state health inspectors.
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Newark hotel-tax returns and payments were due August 1
Newark’s 2026 hotel-tax booklet set Aug. 1 as the due date for second-quarter returns and payments.
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Newark Municipal Council holds public hearing on 2026 municipal budget
Newark’s Municipal Council held a July 15 public hearing on the city’s 2026 annual municipal budget, placing the operating-spending plan before the council as part of the budget adoption process.
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Newark’s Brick City cleanup program continues through Aug. 22
Newark’s Department of Public Works has three more Saturday Brick City cleanup dates scheduled in August, with supplies, snacks and water provided to volunteers.
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Newark keeps expanded youth curfew in place through week of Sept. 6
Newark’s seven-day youth-curfew schedule, which began July 3, is set to continue through the week of Sept. 6 before returning to a weekend schedule through the end of September.
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Newark Public Schools declared high-performing district as hundreds earn biliteracy recognition
The New Jersey Department of Education declared Newark Public Schools a high-performing district July 1. The district later reported that hundreds of students earned the New Jersey State Seal of Biliteracy.
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Newark, Trust for Public Land begin construction on neighborhood park after six-year effort
Newark and the Trust for Public Land have begun construction on a neighborhood park following six years of preparation, with city agencies, a council office, a school and neighborhood organizations involved in the project’s development.
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Newark seeks $536,168 NJDOT grant for city-district street resurfacing
Newark’s Municipal Council authorized an application for $536,168 in state funding for a street-resurfacing project, but the record does not identify streets or a construction date.
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Newark Gas Prices Ease as Diesel Climbs Above $5.50
Newark NJ – Regular gas dipped Wednesday, but diesel rose to $5.561 in the Newark metro, keeping pressure on commuters, fleets and delivery businesses.
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Newark Airport Limits Extended as FAA Cites Staffing Shortage
Newark travelers faced weather delays July 27 as a separate FAA order keeps scheduled operations at 72 per hour from October 25, 2026.
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New Jersey’s Rent-Setting Software Ban: What Newark Renters Should Know
Newark renters: New Jersey’s FAIR Act targets coordinated algorithmic rent-setting, but it will not immediately change local rents, leases or rent limits.
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NJ TRANSIT’s World Cup after-action report: Newark Penn and EWR takeaways
NJ TRANSIT’s July 21 after-action report says future MetLife-scale events should plan around a 20,000-passenger, two-hour demand threshold—takeaways for Newark Penn riders.
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Newark’s July 15 budget hearing: what council will take up
Newark NJ – Newark’s Municipal Council will hold a July 15, 2026 public hearing on the 2026 annual municipal budget, proposed at $900,500,264.94.
