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Performance Center Opens, Man Charged with Taking Part in Armed Robbery
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A city man was arrested after he reportedly told Essex County Sheriff’s officers he’d been beaten and robbed of several bags of marijuana.
Marchers from throughout the state converged on Newark Friday for the city’s 78th annual St. Patrick’s Day parade.
The school boards from Newark and Paterson met to discuss ways to lobby for the restoration of local control of the school systems. The cities’ schools have been run by the state of New Jersey for decades .
The All Stars project, which seeks to improve the lives of disadvantaged, inner-city young people through the performance arts, opened a center in Newark.
A city man who allegedly served as a lookout during a fatal grocery store robbery March 10 was arrested by police a few days later.
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