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NEWARK BEAT
Christina DeSimone
Issue date: 12/4/07 Section: News
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Mayor Booker is now looking for a new spokesperson as his former spokeswoman, Lupe Todd, was fired.
Ms. Todd's boss Desiree Peterkin Bell would not state the reason for the dismissal.
Essex County Sheriff's officers received a hail of evidence when they went to serve a warrant pertaining to a probation violation.
After the intended recipient of the warrant slammed the door on the officers, people inside the house began throwing drugs out of the windows in an attempt to get rid of them.
Officers ended up seizing 16 grams of cocaine, 10 grams of marijuana and $1,535 in cash from in and around the house. They arrested the recipient of the warrant and two people inside the house.
Mayor Cory Booker is set to attend the State of the Black Union 2008 in New Orleans.
The conference, hosted by Tavis Smiley and Tom Joyner, is scheduled for February 2008.
The Family Success Initiative is trying to strengthen families in Newark by providing help for them in times of crisis.
There are currently seven centers that are open in Newark and more are planned to open in February. Mayor Booker said of the centers, "This is the fundamental building block of everything we're trying to do in the city of Newark. This is going to help our families succeed."
There are 38 of these centers state wide but Newark has the most of any city. A group founded by Mayor booker, Newark Now, will oversee the centers.
A carjacker stole a BMW without realizing that there was a three month-old child in the backseat.
The owner of the car had asked an employee of a store to watch the car while she ducked into a store. The carjacker ditched the car and infant less than a block away from the scene of the crime and fled into another BMW, which was driven by his accomplice. The infant was not harmed.
Westside's football team ended their fairy tale season with their first Group 3 championship title.
They shut out South Plainfield in the championship game with a score of 20 - 0.
The victory was especially poignant because just eight years ago, the team had a 70 game losing streak.
The senior quarterback Anthony Baskerville said of the win, "We're a bunch of bits and pieces who all came together to get this done. It's something probably no one believed we could do."
Next year, the Newark Housing Authority will start to tear down the Baxter Terrace housing project.
The project, which was opened in 1941, was one of the first projects opened in Newark that provided safe, available housing for the poor.
The decision to raze the project was made after a physical assessment of the property estimated that it would take a year and a half and $67 million to repair the dilapidated structure.
Baxter Terrace has deteriorated over the years into a dangerous property with four murders there since 2005.
Ms. Todd's boss Desiree Peterkin Bell would not state the reason for the dismissal.
Essex County Sheriff's officers received a hail of evidence when they went to serve a warrant pertaining to a probation violation.
After the intended recipient of the warrant slammed the door on the officers, people inside the house began throwing drugs out of the windows in an attempt to get rid of them.
Officers ended up seizing 16 grams of cocaine, 10 grams of marijuana and $1,535 in cash from in and around the house. They arrested the recipient of the warrant and two people inside the house.
Mayor Cory Booker is set to attend the State of the Black Union 2008 in New Orleans.
The conference, hosted by Tavis Smiley and Tom Joyner, is scheduled for February 2008.
The Family Success Initiative is trying to strengthen families in Newark by providing help for them in times of crisis.
There are currently seven centers that are open in Newark and more are planned to open in February. Mayor Booker said of the centers, "This is the fundamental building block of everything we're trying to do in the city of Newark. This is going to help our families succeed."
There are 38 of these centers state wide but Newark has the most of any city. A group founded by Mayor booker, Newark Now, will oversee the centers.
A carjacker stole a BMW without realizing that there was a three month-old child in the backseat.
The owner of the car had asked an employee of a store to watch the car while she ducked into a store. The carjacker ditched the car and infant less than a block away from the scene of the crime and fled into another BMW, which was driven by his accomplice. The infant was not harmed.
Westside's football team ended their fairy tale season with their first Group 3 championship title.
They shut out South Plainfield in the championship game with a score of 20 - 0.
The victory was especially poignant because just eight years ago, the team had a 70 game losing streak.
The senior quarterback Anthony Baskerville said of the win, "We're a bunch of bits and pieces who all came together to get this done. It's something probably no one believed we could do."
Next year, the Newark Housing Authority will start to tear down the Baxter Terrace housing project.
The project, which was opened in 1941, was one of the first projects opened in Newark that provided safe, available housing for the poor.
The decision to raze the project was made after a physical assessment of the property estimated that it would take a year and a half and $67 million to repair the dilapidated structure.
Baxter Terrace has deteriorated over the years into a dangerous property with four murders there since 2005.
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