October 26, 2003 was officially declared “Bishop Chandler David Owens Day” in Newark, NJ, by Mayor Sharpe James.
Former Newark Mayor, Sharpe James, and the city council gave money to the team and became an official sponsor during their inaugural season.
At the time, the city of Newark had the highest automobile theft rate in the country, and Newark mayor Sharpe James refused to allow filming of New Jersey Drive within the city limits; therefore, the filming locations were in the surrounding locations of Newark and mainly East Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York rather than Newark itself.
The Prudential Center is the newest arena in the Newark metropolitan area.
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James (federal inmate number 28791-050) served his 2-year prison sentence in a federal prison camp in Petersburg, Virginia.
The inception of Trilogy: An Opera Company followed a conversation between Sharpe James, then Newark mayor and African American opera singer Kevin Maynor.
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