Newark, NJ – May 15, 2013 – Mayor Cory A. Booker introduced New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglass Fisher to the City of Newark’s Urban Agriculture and farmer’s market initiatives with a tour of two urban farms and an urban garden that have received funding from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), yesterday. Mayor Booker [...]
Continue reading...26. April 2013
The auctioneer interrupts the investment property bidding to announce a re-bid on a particular Homestead Program/Owner-Occupied home from earlier in the morning. His grin is recognizable from the back of the Terrace Ballroom at Newark’s Symphony Hall, “It appears the original buyer to this condo thought he was purchasing the whole building.” The dichotomy between [...]
Continue reading...10. April 2013
The 37 Annual Branch Brook Park Cherry Blossom festival, a three week spring opener, which began Saturday, April 6th, with it Annual Bike Race. This event has been getting larger over the years with several hundred competitors participating in this years racing event. There were in the several hundreds. The first pace placement with to [...]
Continue reading...18. September 2012
Happy Monday, mavens and bargainistas. This week’s “Looks for Less” feature is taking a detour from recreating designer looks on a Brick City budget to focus on introducing you to the unique pairings created using items from Newark-area thrift stores. (All items are available for purchase at our private, appointment-only showroom in North Newark.) Many [...]
Continue reading...16. August 2012
In case you missed the memo, Brick City Varsity is a Newark-based creative brand committed to showcasing the beauty of the city’s landscape as well as the talent of its growing class of creative professionals. To that end, we collaborate regularly with the area’s brightest up-and-coming photographers, models, hair stylists, wardrobe stylists, set designers, makeup [...]
Continue reading...13. August 2012
Happy Monday, mavens and bargainistas. This week's "Looks for Less" feature is taking a detour from recreating designer looks on a Brick City budget and focusing on introducing you to the unique pairings created using items from Newark-area thrift stores. (All items are available for purchase at our private, appointment-only showroom in North Newark.)
Continue reading...13. July 2012
45 years ago yesterday, Newark erupted into 6 days of ‘rioting’ that would forever change the course of history. Regularly subjected to police brutality while being systematically denied quality housing, employment opportunities and political representation, Newarkers would make July 12 a day of reckoning that would establish our enduring legacy of taking to the streets [...]
Continue reading...25. April 2012
When the city of Newark lost its very own prodigal child, Whitney Houston, her hometown rallied behind her family to show their support. However, thousands upon thousands of dollars were spent.
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21. May 2013
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