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Rutgers Law School

Rutgers School of Law–Newark, an American law school founded in 1908 as "New Jersey Law School", which merged with the University of Newark in 1936, and which later became part of Rutgers University


2006–07 New Jersey Devils season

It was the team's last season in Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey, as construction of the Prudential Center in Newark was completed in time for the Devils to move in for the 2007–08 season.

457th Air Expeditionary Group

On Saturday, 28 July, Lieutenant Colonel William F. Smith lost his way while ferrying a B-25 Mitchell bomber from Bedford, Massachusetts, to Sioux Falls AAF via Newark Airport.

550 Broad Street

The Brutalist style building was built in 1966 during the New Newark era by the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company and the George A. Fuller Company and was once known the Fidelity Union Building, for the company which occupied it.

Alan Sepinwall

He spent 14 years as a columnist with The Star-Ledger in Newark until leaving the newspaper in 2010 to work for the entertainment news website HitFix.

André Perchicot

André Perchicot (August 9, 1888 - May 3, 1950) was a French cyclist who won the bronze medal at the 1912 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's Sprint in Newark, New Jersey and the 1912 French National Track Championships.

Arthur Leslie

Arthur Leslie (Arthur Scottorn Broughton) 8 December 1901 – 30 June 1970 was a British actor who was born in Newark, Nottinghamshire but moved to Lancashire at an early age.

Beer in New Jersey

Presently, the state is home to one large-production brewery, Anheuser-Busch in Newark, which opened in 1951 and is used for brewing Budweiser and Rolling Rock.

Bennett Bean

Bean's work appears in the permanent collections of many museums, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in Massachusetts, the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Pennsylvania, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Newark Museum in Newark, New Jersey, the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton, New Jersey, the JB Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

Bergen Cliff Hawks

Much of the fanbase for the New York Yankees and the New York Mets comes from the northern New Jersey area, and the city of Newark also has commanded attention for the older and newer inceptions of the Bears.

Bill Zimmerman

William Frederick Zimmerman (January 20, 1887, Kengen, Germany. - October 4, 1952, Newark, New Jersey) was a professional baseball player.

Brian Kolodiejchuk

He was ordained to the priesthood in June 1985 in the Ukrainian Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist in Newark, New Jersey, USA, by the late Metropolitan-Archbishop of Winnipeg, Maxim Hermaniuk, C.Ss.R.

Clark A.A.

While the company factory was located in Newark, on the west bank of the Passaic River, the team played at Clark Field located on the east side of the river, an area known as East Newark.

Dan Blaine

After a November 14, 1926 33–0 loss to the Newark Bears, Blaine promptly hired most of the Newark players, including star rookie Doug Wycoff, who were still owed money because the Newark owner was having financial problems.

Dayton, Newark

The stop was built in 2001 to connect NJT's commuter lines and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor services with the AirTrain at Newark Airport.

DeCavalcante crime family

In Newark, New Jersey, there was the Newark family headed by Gaspare D'Amico, the Reina family's Jersey crew controlled by Gaetano "Tom" Reina, the Masseria family's New Jersey faction and the Elizabeth family headed by Stefano Badami.

DeWayne Patmon

After playing his first game for the Giants against the Denver Broncos, Patmon flew with the team to Newark on September 11, 2001, arriving at 6:00 a.m., before the attack on the World Trade Center.

Dodge Spirit

It was assembled at Newark Assembly in Newark, Delaware as well as Toluca Car Assembly in Toluca, Mexico, and shared its basic design with the 1990 to 1994 Chrysler LeBaron sedan, the 1989 to 1995 Plymouth Acclaim, and the export-only 1989 to 1995 Chrysler Saratoga.

East Newark, New Jersey

Newark Broad Street Station is the rail station closest to East Newark, with connections to New Jersey Transit's Montclair-Boonton Line and both branches of the Morris & Essex Lines.

Edward L. O'Neill

He served in the United States Navy from 1919–1923, after which he became engaged in the real estate business in Newark.

Edwin F. Russell

After graduating from Princeton University, he worked during the 1940s as the associate publisher of The (Newark, NJ) Star-Ledger.

Elizabeth Simcoe

While her husband was at council meetings in Newark, Elizabeth Simcoe spent much of her time in the company of Guy Carleton (Lord Dorchester) and his wife, Lady Dorchester.

Frank J. Dodd

The crowded field of 13 Democratic candidates included U.S. Representative James Florio, U.S. Representative Robert A. Roe, Newark Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson, Senate President Joseph P. Merlino, Attorney General John J. Degnan, and Jersey City Mayor Thomas F. X. Smith.

Harlan Coben

Coben was born to a Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey, but was raised and schooled in Livingston, New Jersey with childhood friend and future politician Chris Christie at Livingston High School.

Hodgson Vo-Tech High School

Paul M. Hodgson Vocational-Technical High School is a public school in Newark, Delaware and is among four high schools within the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District, which includes Delcastle Technical High School in Newport, Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, and St. Georges Technical High School in St. Georges.

Iron Hill

Iron Hill Brewery, a chain of microbreweries in Newark, Delaware, and the region.

James Lordi

A lawyer and former executive secretary to Newark Mayor Ralph A. Villani, Lordi was elected to the State Assembly in 1969 to represent Essex County District 11A.

John Culligan

John W. Culligan (November 22, 1916, Newark, New Jersey – December 11, 2004, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey) was an American business executive at American Home Products (now owned by Wyeth) makers of Advil, Anacin and Preparation H.

John Johnson Sayrs

John Johnson Sayrs was born in 1774 in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Caleb Sayrs and his wife Sarah Johnson.

Laurence Oliphant, 3rd Lord Oliphant

He succeeded his grandfather John Oliphant, 2nd Lord Oliphant, in 1516, and was one of the Scottish nobles taken prisoner at the battle of Solway Moss on 25 November 1542, reaching Newark on 15 December, on the way to London.

Mark Wood

Sir Mark Wood, 1st Baronet (1750–1829), British Member of Parliament for Newark, Milborne Port and Gatton

National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey

Originally planned to cost $15,000, the total cost ran up to quadruple the original estimate by the time it was completed in the late 1860s in Newark by the American Submarine Company.

New York TRACON

The Newark area of the TRACON covers Newark Liberty International Airport along with the majority of the TRACON's satellite airports including Teterboro Airport, Morristown Municipal Airport, and Caldwell/Essex County Airport.

Newark Castle, Port Glasgow

Ferguson Shipbuilders, the last shipyard on the lower Clyde, stands close to the west of the castle, but the shipyards to the east were removed around the 1980s and new landscaped areas formed to the east of Newark Castle, opening up scenic views of the castle and across the Clyde from a new bypass road.

Newark-Pompton Turnpike

Charlie Barnet recorded the song Pompton Turnpike, which was written by Will Osborne and Dick Rogers, about the Meadowbrook, a swing era performance venue on Pompton Avenue in Cedar Grove, NJ.

Newark–Trenton Fast Line

The line between Main Street in Milltown (south of New Brunswick) and Main Street south of Metuchen was graded by the NJ Short Line but was never completed.

Newark, New York

Sybil Shearer, Newark High School graduate, 1930- Pioneer in Modern Dance

Newark, Wisconsin

Dorr E. Felt (1862–1930), Inventor of the Comptometer and of the Comptograph, co-founder of the Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Company

Nina Mitchell Wells

Prior to assuming her cabinet post in January 2006, Wells served as a vice president at Schering-Plough and as an assistant dean at Rutgers School of Law—Newark.

Noah Brooks

Noah Brooks (October 24, 1830 – August 16, 1903) was a journalist and editor who worked for newspapers in Sacramento, San Francisco, Newark, and New York, and authored a major biography of Abraham Lincoln based on close personal observation.

Ontario Midland Railroad

The railroad also operates a line formerly operated by Conrail, Penn Central, Pennsylvania Railroad from Wallington, where it meets the Hojack, to Newark to interchange with CSX's ex-Conrail Chicago Line.

Penn Plaza East

The Penn Plaza East complex takes its name for its location near Penn Station in Newark, New Jersey.

Perth Amboy and Elizabethport Railroad

When the CNJ terminal in Jersey City closed, CNJ trains would run to Newark where passengers transferred to Pennsylvania Railroad or PATH trains to New York City.

Renee Lane

In 1983, she sought the Democratic nomination for New Jersey General Assembly, but was trounced in the primary by incumbents Mildred Barry Garvin (13,020) and Harry A. McEnroe (12,709); Thomas Addonizio, the son of former Newark Mayor and Congressman Hugh Addonizio finished third with 4,010 votes, while Lane got just 3,360 votes.

Robert Treat Center

Among the first guests at the original hotel were President Woodrow Wilson and Mrs. Wilson, who came to represent the national administration for the Newark Board of Trade annual dinner as part of the 250th anniversary of the city of Newark.

Robinson Canó

He spent seventh, eighth, and ninth grades in the Newark school system, attending Barringer High School for one year.

Teddy Brannon

Humphrey "Teddy" Brannon (September 27, 1916, Moultrie, Georgia - February 24, 1989, Newark, New Jersey) was an American jazz and blues pianist.

Thomas Baldwin Peddie

The Peddie School in Hightstown and the Peddie Memorial Baptist Church in Newark are named after him.

Trans-Bridge Lines

Connections are also available on certain Trans-Bridge schedules to John F. Kennedy International Airport, with service running to and from Terminal 4 at the Q10 bus stop, twice daily as well as Newark Airport.

Wilmington/Newark Line

Electrified operation was extended to Newark and beyond to Washington, D.C. on February 10, 1935.

Wiverton Hall

In June 1643, Queen Henrietta, on her way from Newark, wrote to the King: ‘I shall sleep at Werton Wiverton, and thence to Ashby, where we will resolve what way to take.’ Among other royal visitors were Prince Rupert of the Rhine and his brother Prince Maurice, who after visiting the King in Newark rode to Wiverton with about 400 troops and stayed there until they could settle their future plans.


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