Editor’s Note: This story was updated following a brief press conference given by Newark Mayor Ras Baraka at around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Two Newark police officers were shot and wounded by an ...

Newark's South Ward candidates debated at Pleasant... Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-LedgerRas Baraka, left, Oscar S. James II, Brian Keith Johnson, ...

Residents in two Newark neighborhoods said food costs, ... Survey of people in distressed Newark East and South side neighborhoods raises concerns about basic needs and crime.

Record numbers of Americans are expected to fly around the July Fourth holiday, posing a big test for America's fragile air ...

NEWARK − Flooding concerns, road construction and closures, temporary roads and youth baseball traffic add up to south Newark residents frustrated about a South Second Street sewer project.

Reed, 29, won a unanimous vote at a board meeting Thursday to be the new member of the Newark Board of Education after a ...

NEWARK - In this constellation of South Ward operatives, operators and raw voters, seniors sit on the altar above all others, as the Galilee Baptist Church Chorus sings, "You are the source of my ...

Newark’s South Ward, a vibrant community rich with history, faced a troubling moment in April 2025 when gunfire erupted near Stratford Place and Clinton Avenue, leaving residents shaken.

Drivers missing the new, earlier Route 896 south exit will end up at the Newark Toll Plaza. After two years of ongoing construction, Newark's largest traffic project is finally ready for action.

Demolition of Newark’s long-vacant Seth Boyden Court housing complex is underway, more than seven years after its last resident was moved out. The 15-acre property in the South Ward will be ...