Posts Tagged ‘Newark’

Could big money leave Newark with Mayor Booker?

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Visits from Britain's prime minister, the Dalai Lama and assorted movie stars. A $ 100 million gift to the school system. Wall Street buy-in. Coverage from worldwide media. Tweet This Post

Newark Mayor Booker formally joins NJ Senate race

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Newark Mayor Cory Booker on Saturday formally announced he's in the race to finish the U.S. Senate term of the late Frank Lautenberg. Tweet This Post

Newark Mayor, Pallone to join NJ Senate race

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Newark Mayor Cory Booker and Rep. Frank Pallone are entering the race to finish the late Frank Lautenberg's term in the U.S. Senate. Tweet This Post

Tech-savvy Newark Mayor Booker: Government flunking social media

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Cory Booker, the constantly tweeting mayor of Newark, New Jersey, who intends to run for the U.S. Senate, said on Sunday that the federal government needs to reinvent the often overly formal way it uses social media. "It's just using it as an announcement system, like you used to listen to [...]

American Voices: Newark Mayor Rescues Neighbor From Fire

Newark, NJ mayor Cory Booker was treated for smoke inhalation and second-degree burns after rescuing his elderly neighbor from a burning house. Tweet This Post

Newark mayor: NYPD misled us on Muslim spying

The mayor and police director of New Jersey’s largest city said Wednesday the New York Police Department misled their city and never told them it was conducting a widespread spying operation on Newark’s Muslim neighborhoods. Had they known, they said, they never would have allowed it. Tweet This Post