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Quintana Sworn in and Newark Successfully Appeals $3 Million Judgement

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An Ironbound grandmother raising two autistic grandchildren alone received a home from Habitat for Humanity, along with donations from Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the National Football League.


Newark architects took part in an annual competition to construct displays using only canned goods for a fundraiser benefitting a state food bank.


An appeals court overturned a $3 million judgement against the city of Newark awarded to a biker injured in an accident on a city street in 2007.

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The executive director of the Newark Public Library was named a “free speech defender” for her decision to display a controversial work of art in the library last year.


Luis Quintana was formally sworn in as the city’s 39th, and its first Hispanic, mayor.

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