Follow local news and events in Newark with The Jersey Bee. Here is the The Daily Buzz for Dec. 19, 2023 from The Jersey Bee.
Local news
Newark Water Coalition to host 2023 toy distribution on Dec. 22-23 in Newark. The Dec. 22 giveaway will be held at 373 South Orange Ave. in Newark at 2 p.m. and the Dec. 23 event at 11 a.m. at 7 Wilson Ave.
Newark Water Coalition
Newark City Parks Foundation to host “Pride Night at the Newark Winter Village” on Dec. 21. The event is scheduled from 5-8 p.m., at Mulberry Commons featuring ice skating, go-karting, and igloo rentals. Add to 📅.
Newark City Parks Foundation
The federal department of transportation awarded $800K grant to Newark to pilot pedestrian safety and traffic calming measures. The city plans to install temporary bike lanes, medians, pedestrian crossing beacons and consolidate multiple safety plans into one. Newark is one of 22 N.J. municipalities to receive funding.
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Newark’s zoning board approved a five-story, 63-unit affordable apartment building proposal for the South Ward Dec. 15. Board Chairman Charles Auffant requested that the developer work with the city to incorporate more trees on the site, rejecting the project engineer’s alternative monetary contribution to the city’s shade tree fund.
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Branch Brook Park Roller Skating Center in Newark to host “Winter Break Grinch Roller Skating” on Dec. 22. The event, scheduled from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., will feature roller skating sessions for participants. Preregistration is available online. Add to 📅.
Branch Brook Roller Skating
La Casa de Don Pedro to host a free “Strengthening Families Workshop” on Dec. 21 in Newark. The workshop is from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Family Success Center I, 23 Broadway. Conversations include parenting tips, positive reinforcement, coping skills, and cyber bullying resources. Gift cards are available for attendees. Add to 📅.
La Casa De Don Pedro
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka to host monthly “Men’s Meeting” Dec. 22. Newark men will discuss civic engagement, small business and government, and property development at 6 p.m. at Central High School. Add to 📅.
Newark City
Regional news
Striking nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick secure increased wages, capped insurance costs, and safer staffing standards after four-month strike. Union members voted to ratify a new, three-year contract that will see 70 additional nurses hired in 2024.
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