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1883. Ceased publication. 1972. The Newark Evening News was an American newspaper published in Newark, New Jersey. As New Jersey's largest city, Newark played a major role in New Jersey's journalistic history. At its apex, The News was widely regarded as the newspaper of record in New Jersey. [1] It had bureaus in Montclair, Elizabeth, Metuchen ...
The paper dropped Newark from its masthead sometime in the 1970s, but is still popularly called the Newark Star-Ledger by many residents of New Jersey. During the 1960s The Star-Ledger ' s chief competitor was the Newark Evening News, once the most popular newspaper in New Jersey. In March 1971, the Star-Ledger surpassed the Evening News in ...
Jerry Izenberg. Jerry Izenberg (born September 10, 1930) is a sports journalist with The Newark Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey. He was born in Newark, New Jersey. [1] His career with The Star-Ledger began in 1951 while he was still a student at Rutgers University, Newark, [2] but was interrupted for several years during which he served in ...
Paul Auster (1947–2024), author, known for works blending absurdism and crime fiction [28] Amina Baraka (born 1942 as Sylvia Robinson), poet, actress, author, community organizer, singer, dancer and activist [29] Amiri Baraka (1934–2014), Poet Laureate of New Jersey [30]
Stephen N. Adubato Sr. grew up in Newark, New Jersey, one of five siblings. [3] His father died in 1950 at the age of 44. He graduated from Barringer High School in Newark in 1949 and received his bachelor's degree in political science from Seton Hall University in 1954. Adubato attended Rutgers Law School, but did not complete his degree.
Various gangs in New Jersey, including their allies. The Lucchese crime family's New Jersey faction, also known as the Jersey Crew, [2] is a powerful crew within the Lucchese crime family. The members operate throughout the Northern New Jersey area. During the 1970s into the late 1980s, the crew was led by Anthony Accetturo and his protégé ...
Student. Known for. Unsolved death. Jeannette DePalma (August 3, 1956 – c. August 7, 1972) was an American teenager who is believed to have been murdered sometime on or around August 7, 1972 in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, United States. [1] Her body was discovered the following month on a cliff (known to locals as "the ...
David Samson (born August 14, 1939) is an American lawyer who served as New Jersey Attorney General under Democratic Governor Jim McGreevey from 2002 to 2003. He served as the Chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) from 2011 until his resignation on March 28, 2014 in the aftermath of the Fort Lee lane closure scandal.