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Newark Protests Zimmerman Verdict, Booker's Record Attacked Top Local News
Two Board of Education members accused of defrauding federal lunch program also makes headlines.
A suspected car thief was shot and wounded by police after an officer was reportedly nearly struck by the fleeing vehicle, authorities said.
A Republican candidate for Senate, Steve Lonegan, came to Newark to slam the city’s mayor, Cory Booker, the heavy favorite to win the Senate Democratic primary next month.
Two members of the Newark Schools Advisory Board were accused of defrauding the federal free and reduced-cost lunch program in a report issued by the state comptroller.
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Hundreds rallied at the intersection of Broad and Market streets to protest the not-guilty verdicts in the trial of George Zimmerman, the man who shot and killed unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida last year.
Kiva City Newark, a program that offers “crowd-sourced” loans to aspiring entrepreneurs who have little access to traditional lines of credit, was launched in Newark.Find out what's happening in Newarkfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
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