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Newark Plans To Replace Thousands Of Water Lines In Response To Lead Crisis Newark Plans To Replace Thousands Of Water Lines In Response To Lead Crisis
Newark Plans To Replace Thousands Of Water Lines In Response To Lead Crisis The Essex County Improvement Authority is expected to issue $120 million in bonds to replace lead water lines serving most of the homes in Newark, sending an existing replacement program into overdrive in response to the city's ongoing water-quality crisis, officials said Monday in Newark.  "We are going to do this as swiftly as possible," Mayor Ras Baraka said at a press conference alongside Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo and Gov. Phil Murphy.  The deal is subject to approval by the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, the ECIA and Newark's city council, all of whi…

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by Paul Milo
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Too Much To Bear? $16M Turtle Back Zoo Grant Causes Controversy Too Much To Bear? $16M Turtle Back Zoo Grant Causes Controversy
Too Much To Bear? $16M Turtle Back Zoo Grant Causes Controversy Thousands of people have signed a petition opposing a $16 million state grant to build a grizzly bear exhibit at Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange as well as $5 million in funds to repair some ballfields in Glen Ridge. “I object to the New Jersey taxpayer-funded Green Acres program granting The Turtle Back Zoo Entertainment Complex $16 million for a Grizzly Bear Exhibit and $5 million to renovate baseball fields in Brookdale Park in Glen Ridge,” the petition, addressed to administrators with the Green Acres program and elected officials, states. Although the petitioners mention both projects,…

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by Paul Milo
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Cherry Blossom Festival Starts Saturday At Branch Brook Park In Newark Cherry Blossom Festival Starts Saturday At Branch Brook Park In Newark
Cherry Blossom Festival Starts Saturday At Branch Brook Park In Newark The 43rd-annual Cherry Blossom Festival at Newark's Branch Brook Park, celebrating the spring bloom of the park's thousands of cherry blossom trees, begins Saturday with a bike race beginning at 7 a.m. A number of events follow throughout the rest of the month.  Hundreds of thousands of visitors, including visitors from as far as Japan,  are drawn to the festival to witness the blossoming of the trees' light pink and white leaves. The trees line walkways threading throughout the 360-acre park.  “The natural beauty of the cherry blossoms has been attracting…

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by Paul Milo