Seven-Year-Old Fatally Struck by Car, Thousands Sign Anti-MUA Petition and Lautenberg Visits Newark

A seven-year-old girl was . Residents of the area began circulating a petition calling for the installation of a speed bump to slow traffic down along the busy thoroughfare.

Thousands of people signed a petition asking for a municipal ordinance prohibiting the creation of a utility authority for the city’s water and sewer departments http://newarknj.patch.com/articles/newark-water-group-drive-would-force-mua-vote. The petition was presented to the city clerk’s office this week.

Police were searching for whoever . The damaged cameras are located downtown.

A 20-year veteran of the Newark Police Department late last week, officials said.

operated by the Greater Newark Conservancy’s Youth Leadership Project.   

West Ward Councilman Ron Rice in 2014.