The Portugal Day Festival begins!
Saturday, June 4
Sidewalk Sale on Ferry Street from 10am to 6pm brought to you by the Ironbound Business Improvement District.
Portuguese Social Club Bike Tour beginning at 9am at Peter Francisco Park near Penn Station and ends at about 1pm at City Hall in time for the Portuguese Flag Raising Ceremony. Tour many of the Ironbound’s Portuguese clubs and eat and drink great Portuguese food!
Flag Raising Ceremony at City Hall beginning at 1pm.
Cultural Event at East Side High School beginning at 6pm with visual arts exhibitions.
Following a violent holiday weekend in Newark where at least 5 people were shot and wounded in separate incidents, including one 15 year-old in the Ironbound, 167 police officers or 17% of the force will lose their jobs at midnight, tonight.
According to an e-mail sent to Mayor Cory Booker today from the head of the Newark Fraternal Order of Police, Derrick Hatcher, there won’t be any concessions by the police union to prevent the layoffs of 167 officers.
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The Habitat for Humanity Affiliate in Newark, New Jersey has teamed up with the Ironbound Community
Corp to build/rehab affordable housing in a residential neighborhood of the Ironbound. You may qualify
to purchase one of the units “to be built/rehabbed.”
- Is your current housing unsafe, overcrowded, poorly maintained, and or too expensive for you?
- Are you and your family willing to work a minimum of 100 to 400 hours to help build your home, and the homes of your Habitat for Humanity neighbors?
- Is your annual gross family income at least $25,300 but no more than $61,500?
- Do you keep current with all bills and payments? Are all legal liens or judgments paid?
If you answered Yes to these questions, then we invite you to join us for a Free Habitat for Humanity Application Orientation meeting.
When: Saturday, December 4th - 10:00am
Where: St. James Church
142 Jefferson Street Newark, New Jersey | Map/Directions
Description of House
Location: Newark’s Historic Ironbound Section.
Type of Building: One to four unit multi-family homes.
Cost: To be determined and dependant on overall combined rehab cost. Zero percent interest. You ONLY pay cost.
Selection Process: All applicants must attend an orientation and understand the requirements of the Habitat for Humanity program for homeownership. In addition the family must return a completed application within 30 days of the Orientation (Late applications will NOT be considered).
- Applications must be completely filled out and returned with a $20 money order (to cover the cost of running a credit report).
- Each application will be reviewed for financial qualifications, need for decent housing and willingness to partner with Habitat for Humanity Newark.
If you have any questions or would like more information please call Marly Mattos of ICC at 973.465.0555 or Habitat Newark at 973.624.3330.
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There is a proposal coming to the Zoning Board on Thursday, November 18th to build a cell phone tower rising 91 feet high in a parking lot near Pathmark, surrounded by a 12-foot fence.
If you are concerned about this (and you should be), please call your representatives on the municipal council now:
East Ward Councilman Amador: 973.733.3665
Councilwoman-at-Large Crump: 973.733.8043
Councilmen-at-Large Quintana: 973.733.5882
Councilmen-at-Large Gonzalez: 973.733.6425
Council President Payne: 973.733.3753
Please plan to attend the meeting. The meeting is at 7pm at City Hall (920 Broad Street).
You may also call the Zoning Board at 973.733.8132 or the Ironbound Community Corporation at 973.589.3353 for more information.
The first weekend following the layoff of 167 police officers, 