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Puccini Festival draws crowd in Newark’s North Ward

Puccini Festival draws crowd in Newark’s North Ward

Read the original Oct. 30 article on nj.com

Music from Italy filled the Fine Arts Pavilion at The Robert Treat Academy in Newark Wednesday as the Three Po' Tenors entertained guests at The North Ward Center's Puccini Festival.

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Michele Adubato honored by Newark educational society

Michele Adubato honored by Newark educational society

This article originally appeared May 22, 2009 on nj.com

Michele Adubato, the deputy executive director of the North Ward Center, was honored by the Benedetto Croce Educational Society with a distinguished leadership award for her years of dedication as teacher and administrator in the Newark public school system.

Adubato worked as vice principal at New Jersey Regional Day School in Newark, a school for children with autism spectrum disorder and pervasive developmental delays, before joining the North Ward Center in September.

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Corzine v. Christie in the North Ward

Corzine v. Christie in the North Ward

This article originally ran March 25, 2009 on politickernj.com

NEWARK – Gov. Jon Corzine and former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie traded punchlines and tweaked each other’s gravitas reflexes tonight at the North Ward Center’s annual Irish-Italian Awards Ceremony and the automatic question is who won?

They could pass each other in a darkened movie theater or in the stands of a ballpark, and still the public demands to know who in an encounter between powerful men appeared cowed and who dominant, who seemed ill-at-ease and who was comfortable in close proximity to the other?

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Newark police leader honored for reducing violence

This Associated Press article ran March 26, 2009 in The Philadelphia Inquirer and Newsday.

NEWARK, N.J. -- Newark's police director is getting recognition for his efforts to reduce violent crime in New Jersey's largest city.

Garry McCarthy was honored Wednesday at a gathering of New Jersey leaders at the politically influential North Ward Center in Newark.

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Newark's North Ward Center marks Three Kings Day

Newark's North Ward Center marks Three Kings Day

This article originally ran Jan 6, 2009 on nj.com.

The North Ward Center continued its long-standing custom of celebrating "El Dia de los Reyes" with a festive noon-time gathering.

Known in English as "Three Kings Day," the traditional Latin-American celebration marks the biblical event when three kings bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh followed a star that led them to the Baby Jesus.

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Michele Adubato addresses Barringer High School Graduates

Read the story as it originally appeared on nj.com North Ward Center Deputy Executive Director Michele Adubato told the graduating class at Barringer High School in Newark on Friday that the community was proud of them for making it through high school. “You don’t know me, but I’m proud of you,” said Adubato, the commencement speaker. “You need to know, people who don’t know you are proud of you. More than 30 percent of the students who began this journey with you did not make it. You have the right to be proud of yourself.” 

 

A Day of 3 Kings and Political Royalty

Read the original story as it appeared in the Jan. 7, 2010 edition of The Star-Ledger NEWARK -- Gov.-elect Chris Christie, along with city and state politicians, joined Stephen Adubato Sr. and about 1,300 Newark schoolchildren at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart today to celebrate Three Kings Day and kick off the North Ward Center's 40th anniversary celebration.   Political kings and kingmakers from the city and state lined up under the vaulted ceilings of the ornate cathedral to pay their respects to Adubato during an event that was as much theater as community celebration.

 

Coalition of Newark educators form unlikely alliance trying to reform city schools

Read the story as it originally appeared in the March 14, 2010 edition of The Star-Ledger With educational leaders from Washington to Trenton embracing the role of charter schools in public education, a group of Newark educators - from both charter and district schools - has formed an unlikely alliance to tackle the work of reforming Newark's city schools.   In all, 55 teachers and administrators meet monthly, and have even attended a December retreat, at each member's own cost, in Puerto Rico. Members say the group is trying to put long-held prejudices aside and share successful practices.

 

Jackie Robinson Day celebrated in Newark

Read the story as it originally appeared on nj.com | localtalknews.com Jackie Robinson Day was celebrated in Newark Tuesday at the Harriet Tubman School as Robinson’s family members presented the school with a baseball signed by the Hall of Famer and first African-American to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball.   The day was designed as “Jackie Robinson Day,” in Newark by the City Council, a mayoral proclamation and a resolution from the state Legislature. The event is 63 years almost to the day (April 15, 1947) when Jackie Robison made his debut in Ebbets Field in Brooklyn on opening day.

 

Newark kids get taste of Belmar sailing life

This story originally ran in The Asbury Park Press on Aug. 19, 2009 He spent Tuesday at the Shark River, miles away from his classroom, but Ryan Hernandez learned several important lessons anyway. He learned kayaking is exhilarating but exhausting. He learned that without knowledge of math and science, "you're not really going to do so good" in a boat. He learned how to tie a knot that could help keep a sailboat firmly in place in middle of a river.