Newark has one of the most intense urban heat islands in the country. Leaders and community groups hope planting thousands of trees around the city in coming years will help.
ICE was ordered by a federal judge last week to bring Adriana Zapata back to the U.S. after deporting her to the DRC a month ago. Zapata was first detained in 2024, after she was fleeing torture in Colombia and trying to get to family in North Bergen.
Now ICE says it can't bring Zapata back, despite the court order, because of public health concerns related to the DRC's Ebola outbreak.
Ironbound Community Corporation joined a national lawsuit this week over new federal air pollution rules for incinerators. They argue the rules don't do enough to protect public health in places like Newark that host incinerators.
The incinerator in the Ironbound burns almost one million tons of garbage each year, taking it in from NYC and places around North Jersey. Two-thirds of Manhattans residential trash gets burned in Newark.
Hey - this post is for my fellow Middletown residents. A neighbor just lost his dog. He’s a Aussy lab mix. His name is Dakota . He was last seen around Middletown Lincroft RD. They apparently got the dog today.
Tom Kean Jr. already has a reputation for being distant from his district, and it’s a given that the Democrats challenging him would focus on that. But talking about a person’s extended medical absence on the campaign trail is a much different thing.