Uncover the hidden costs of poor material choices in architecture, illustrated by the Franklin Township Library's renovation ...

Mr. Puffer is survived by Yvonne, his wife of 62 years, son Richard (Meena), grandchildren Kieran, Leela, and Rohan Puffer, ...

Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout of the Licking County Library tells the story of Newark-born Ewing Israel Thrapp's U.S. Navy service.

A Memorial Day event at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Newark will commemorate renaming parts of Ohio 161 in Licking County to honor local veterans.

Two Newark police officers were shot around 6:35 p.m. Friday evening, one critically injured, according to the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. Both officers were rushed to University Hospital ...

Kirkwood is one of three nearby libraries that have expanded their hours to accommodate an influx of new patrons from Newark while the Newark Free Library is rebuilt over the next two years.

Margie “Mia X” Johnson has been named Newark’s first poet laureate, Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced on March 12. The newly created position, which will be filled every two years, aims to ...

The young Newark cop executed during a gun sweep last week was a decorated detective — and just an all-around “nice kid’’ who regularly helped out his neighbors. Detective Joseph Azcona ...

NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- Anger, sadness and quiet prayers were the feeling from family and friends of a 26-year-old Newark police detective after he was fatally shot while on duty. Detective ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is making a bet on progressivism in the race for governor of New Jersey. President Donald Trump seems to be helping his cause. Baraka, the longtime mayor of New Jersey’s ...