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Shooting at IHOP in Newark turns American dream into nightmare
By Jason Grant and James Queally/The Star-Ledger The red-shirted waiters hustled from table to table, serving 30 customers who briskly ordered pancakes and burgers, griddle melts and sodas. Patrons, meanwhile, reached past the gold-colored coffee urns and lifted up bottles of sweetly familiar syrup: strawberry and butter pecan, blueberry and…
Two Suspects in Bergen Street Shooting Arrested
Officials discuss underlying causes of gun violence in wake of recent murders City officials Wednesday announced the arrests of two suspects in a March 18 shooting and released additional information about another fatal shootout less than a week later, using the incidents as a pretext to discuss gun control laws,…
Embattled Newark agency dissolves, leaving city to manage water for 500,000 customers
David Giambusso/The Star-Ledger By David Giambusso/The Star-Ledger on March 27, 2013 at 6:30 AM NEWARK — After years of public backlash and multiple investigations, board members of the Newark Watershed Conservation Development Corp., which oversaw the purification and distribution of water for about 500,000 customers throughout northern New Jersey, have…
Baraka sets stage for Newark mayoral run with ward speech
NEWARK — Part sermon and part political creed, South Ward Councilman Ras Baraka’s state-of-the-ward speech set the tone for his 2014 mayoral campaign with a slogan Newarkers are likely to see a lot over the next 14 months: Believe in Newark. “We must never stop believing in our city,” Baraka…
Newark councilman forms exploratory committee to run for mayor in 2014
Published: Wednesday, March 07, 2012, 3:25 PM By David Giambusso/The Star-Ledger NEWARK — If no one else challenges Cory Booker for mayor of Newark in 2014, Ras Baraka says he’ll do it. The 42-year-old South Ward councilman, long a Booker critic, said today he is forming a committee to…
Ras Speaks: ‘The governor can be brash and loud…yet when I’m passionate, I’m a thug’
By Max Pizarro | January 26th, 2013 – 10:15pm Newark South Ward Councilman Ras Baraka said he’s tired of staring down the image of himself as a political bandido more capable of wielding a bullhorn than executive power. “The governor can be brash and loud and that’s strong leadership,” Baraka…
In clash for 2014 elders’ support, Baraka emerges from head-to-head with Rice
By Max Pizarro | January 14th, 2013 – 3:53pm Newark African American leaders opposed to Mayor Cory Booker this weekend selected the candidate they want to support to succeed Booker. Their choice? South Ward Councilman Ras Baraka. They had two main choices between them: Baraka and West Ward Councilman Ronald…
Race tightens to succeed Cory Booker as Newark Mayor
NEWARK — With Mayor Cory Booker exiting the stage in Newark, the pool of contenders vying for his seat could make for a landmark political struggle in the Brick City. But some of the city’s leading black politicians are making moves now to unite early behind one candidate, staving off…