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LaMonica McIver

Police & Fire
Birthday Party Fire Kills 2 Girls In Newark (UPDATE) Birthday Party Fire Kills 2 Girls In Newark (UPDATE)
Two Girls Killed In Eckert Avenue Fire In Newark The bodies of two severely burned girls ages 6 and 8 were found at a Newark home following a fire over the weekend, officials said. Witnesses told detectives that there had been a birthday party for one of the girls on the second floor of the home and they'd been playing with fire near a couch in the hallway of the Eckert Street home on Saturday, Oct. 20, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. Firefighters responding around 12:30 a.m. found the girls unresponsive and severely burned inside. They performed CPR, but the children were reported dead at the scene, authorities said. …

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by Cecilia Levine & Josh Lanier
Real Estate
$172M Transforms Rotting Newark Complex Into Affordable Housing Units $172M Transforms Rotting Newark Complex Into Affordable Housing Units
$172M Transforms Rotting Newark Complex Into Affordable Housing Units A Newark housing complex that was once decayed has been fully restored into a $172 million affordable housing project called Garden and Spruce Spires. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Thursday at the complex, with new owners in place and and buildings renovated in just 18 months with state funding -- and $200 million in tax credits, ABC reports. Each individual unit took between two and three weeks to update, and more than 650 families now have new living spaces, kitchens and bedrooms. A first-floor computer center was also added to the complex. “Two years ago we stood outside Acad…

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by Valerie Musson