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Booker Wins and Famed Comedians to Appear in Newark

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Gov. Chris Christie and Mayor Cory Booker broke ground on a new retail-residential development in the Central Ward. The anchor business at the Springfield Avenue Marketplace will be a ShopRite supermarket expected to provide hundreds of union jobs.

Mayor Cory Booker defeated Republican Steve Lonegan in an election for US Senate. Booker is expected to take the oath of office and step down as mayor within the next few weeks. 

A total of five people were shot and killed in Newark earlier this week, including two men murdered in the same incident.

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Comedians Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert will appear at a performance at NJPAC benefitting the Montclair Film Festival, NJPAC announced this week.


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