Newark News

"It's going to be an experience in your mouth," says Lavonia Jackson, of the cupcakes she whips up in her Kiss & Cake Cup truck, usually found in downtown Newark.

What will seem like balmy conditions are expected in New Jersey this Saturday, but a stubborn weather pattern is expected to allow winter cold to return to the state next week and may last for several days.

"Goddess on Earth: Women of Essex County," a multi-media installation by photographer Lisa Levart, will open with a reception on Saturday, March 8, from 4:00 - 6:00 pm at Luna Stage, 555 Valley Road in West Orange.

A Newark man was arrested and charged for the Feb. 24 killing of the owner of a Madison construction company.

A fast-moving fire claimed four lives on Thursday in New Jersey's second-largest city, where the mayor said a mix-up over the street name delayed the emergency response.

United Airline's new $350 million hangar is large enough to handle any plane in the carrier's fleet.

The deadline for candidates to file petitions to run in May's Belleville Township Council election is just about here.

The study of 244 women, published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE, was performed at three breast cancer centers: Newark Beth Israel hospital in Newark, NJ, Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, WA and Maastricht University in the Netherlands.

While the Nations capitol is still covered in snow, the start of cherry blossom season is just around the corner.

The Roman Catholic archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, is facing mounting criticism over his plan to spend $500,000, mostly from the sale of church assets, on a extension to a countryside house where he will soon spend his retirement.

Neighbors of 43-year-old Velma Cuttino say the death of a woman caught in the crossfire has hit close to home.

When the proposal for Camden came, there were other naysayers, who said 'Well, you did it in Newark, but can you do it in Camden?' CAMDEN - At a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new "renaissance" school that will bear his family's name, Democratic powerbroker George Norcross III, with Gov. Chris Christie sitting just a few feet away, took the ... (more)

In the Knesset building are, from left, Jac Toporek, Rose Marie Manger, Gordon Haas, Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi, Mark Levenson, Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, Senate President Stephen Sweeney, Sen. Teresa Ruiz, Sen. Sandra Cunningham, Sen. Donald Norcross, Stephen Sweeney Jr., Assemblyman John Burzichelli, Roy Tanzman, Assemblywoman ... (more)

Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, in his 2014 state of the city address, said Jersey City will overtake Newark's population by 2016.

Newark parents, students, teachers, support staff and community members gather Feb. 25 at the Rafael Hernandez School for a meeting on the Newark public school system.

SCOTT GURIAN Community advocate Diego Arias notes that the mega-storm's impact - including flooding and building damage - was not confined to Jersey Shore Hometown: Arias was born in Colombia, but grew up in Linden, where he still lives and serves on the city's zoning board.

Teresa Giudice, 41, and her husband Giuseppe "Joe" Giudice, 43, arrive at the Federal Court in Newark, New Jersey, March 4, 2014.

A man who carjacked a vehicle in Newark two years ago was convicted earlier this week.

At Newark Liberty International Airport, United Airlines is ending its contract with a cleaning company that last year agreed to pay its workers $9 an hour, $1.75 above the state minimum wage at the time, and still 75 cents above the current minimum.

"They should ask him, 'What did you know and when did you know it?'" state Sen. Ron Rice on former Newark Mayor Cory Booker.