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Jerry Izenberg (born September 10, 1930) is a sports journalist with The Newark Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey. He was born in Newark, New Jersey. [ 1] His career with The Star-Ledger began in 1951 while he was still a student at Rutgers University, Newark, [ 2] but was interrupted for several years during which he served in the Korean War.
John Cotton Dana (1856–1929), public librarian and founder of the Newark Museum [ 5] Carl Neumann Degler (1921–2014), historian and Pulitzer Prize winning author [ 6] Adele Dunlap (1902–2017), educator, was the oldest living American (from July 8, 2016, to February 5, 2017) [ 7]
1972. The Newark Evening News was an American newspaper published in Newark, New Jersey. As New Jersey's largest city, Newark played a major role in New Jersey's journalistic history. At its apex, The News was widely regarded as the newspaper of record in New Jersey. [1] For much of its life it had the largest circulation of any New Jersey ...
The paper dropped Newark from its masthead sometime in the 1970s, but is still popularly called the Newark Star-Ledger by many residents of New Jersey. [7] [8] During the 1960s The Star-Ledger ' s chief competitor was the Newark Evening News, once the most popular newspaper in New Jersey. In March 1971, the Star-Ledger surpassed the Evening ...
He controlled unions from Newark-Elizabeth port and had been involved in loansharking, extortion, gambling, union and labor racketeering throughout New Jersey counties of Union, Essex and Bergen. [1] During early 2005, Fiumara began using Stephen Depiro to help control and handle all of the illegal operations in the New Jersey piers and docks. [27]
Stephen N. Adubato Sr. grew up in Newark, New Jersey, one of five siblings. [3] His father died in 1950 at the age of 44. He graduated from Barringer High School in Newark in 1949 and received his bachelor's degree in political science from Seton Hall University in 1954. Adubato attended Rutgers Law School, but did not complete his degree.
Ras Baraka. Ras Jua Baraka (born April 9, 1970 [ 1][ 2]) is an American educator, author, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Baraka is the 40th and current mayor of Newark, New Jersey. First elected in the 2014 election, he was sworn into office on May 13, 2014, [ 3] and was reelected in 2018 and 2022 .
Actor Michael K. Williams died of acute drug intoxication in what New York City's medical examiner said Friday was an accidental death. Williams, known for playing Omar Little on “The Wire ...