In an effort to address resident concerns and keep the public informed on lead remediation, Newark is holding a series of community briefings -- one ...
Newark Lead
After pleas from the town's mayor, grants from the Greater Newark United Way and Clara Maass Medical Center provided a combined $70,000 to provide filters ...
A quarter of the filters tested were also found to be non-viable due to improper installation or maintenance
The tests were ordered after results from two of three properties showed lead readings well beyond the federal “action” level despite the presence of the ...
Compliance with the law thus far has been uneven, members of the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee found out.
Baraka has asked the city council to approve an ordinance allowing the municipal government to replace every lead water-service line in the city, with or ...
A total of 28 districts — comprising 1,450 young students — from Ocean Township to Kearny will share the $20 million in funding.
Eleven80 has been giving tenants bottled water after an independent water test came back with elevated lead levels. But Newark says the tests they ordered ...
Newark has won a court battle against environmental groups that had been trying to get the city give out bottled water to more residents amid ...
During his five years as mayor of New Jersey’s largest city, Ras Baraka has often sparred with the press, and Newark’s ongoing crisis over lead ...
The Newark City Council on Tuesday preliminary approved a plan that would provide $120 million for fast-tracking a permanent solution to the city’s drinking water ...
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka discusses his administration's level of transparency with the public, acting water department director and more.
After weeks of being relatively silent in the face of a water crisis impacting his city, on Friday, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka took reporters on ...
An overflow crowd that jammed Bloomfield’s Civil Center on Monday looking for answers about the safety of their drinking was offered both a measure of ...
A state lawmaker came to Newark Tuesday bearing what he saw as a goodwill gesture from a neighbor — 17,000 bottles of water for the residents of ...
Pediatrician Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha's research helped expose lead in Flint, Michigan's water supply — now, she's talking with Senior Correspondent Brenda Flanagan about why "Newark is what ...
The NRDC and a group of Newark teachers want the city to provide bottled water to the east side after elevated lead levels were discovered ...
Newark officials say they’ve reached an agreement with federal and state officials for expanding the testing of drinking water for lead beyond the handful of ...
Fears about water safety have spread beyond Newark, where federal officials have ordered the city to supply bottled water to residents after tests showed filters ...
The Newark Education Workers Caucus and the Natural Resources Defense Council have sued the city again in an effort to try and force the city ...