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🌱 Patch AM: 5 Hospitalized After Rush-Hour Bus Crash In Newark

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Hello Newark! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Rush-hour NJ Transit bus crash in Newark sends five to hospital
  • Newark congresswoman gives birth while fighting federal charges and reelection battle
  • Newark Museum spotlights Aljira's powerful legacy in global contemporary art

Also on today's calendar: Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know and 11 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A passing afternoon shower, with a high of 86 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 73, low: 54.
  • Sunday: Chance of a little p.m. rain, with a high of 65 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. 5 Hospitalized After Rush-Hour Bus Crash In Newark (patch.com) — Newark residents heading out during Thursday's rush hour were disrupted when an NJ Transit bus and a private vehicle collided at 4th Street and Park Avenue, sending five people to University Hospital. Newark public safety officials say the bus driver, three passengers, and the other driver were injured, and police are still investigating the cause of the crash.
   

2. NJ Congresswoman Gives Birth While Battling Assault Charges And Seeking Re-Election (patch.com) — Newark's own U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver has welcomed a new baby while juggling a reelection campaign and federal assault charges tied to a protest outside Newark's Delaney Hall ICE facility. As she recovers at home, McIver continues to fight the charges, argue for legislative immunity, and prepare to return to Washington in November to vote on issues she says affect Newark families like hers.
   

3. Dreamtime In Newark: Aljira And The Making Of Global Contemporary Art (patch.com) — Newark residents can look forward to a major new exhibition at The Newark Museum of Art celebrating Aljira, the city's influential contemporary art space that championed underrepresented artists for decades. Opening Oct. 15, it highlights Newark-rooted collaborations, showcases 66 works by 45 artists, and underscores Aljira's lasting impact on the city's cultural life and global contemporary art.
   

4. Prudential Will Keep Headquarters In Newark, Sell 2 Other Buildings (patch.com) — Newarkers are learning that Prudential will keep its global headquarters in the city while selling two other Newark office buildings and consolidating operations in its Tower Building. The move follows recent WARN notices affecting local workers, even as Prudential highlights hundreds of millions invested in Newark infrastructure, impact projects, and neighborhood grants.
   

5. Beloved Newark Cop's Memory Kept Alive Through School Supply Drive (patch.com) — Newark families are benefiting from a growing back-to-school book bag drive honoring late Ironbound police officer Ricardo Barbosa, with 762 supply-filled backpacks distributed this year alone. Run by the Ricardo J. Barbosa Foundation, the effort has provided 1,808 bags since 2023 and now also supports residents with winter gear, hygiene drives, holiday giving, and other local partnerships.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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