ANOTHER Westhoughton councillor has quit the Lib-Dem to join the Conservatives. Town councillor, Carol Kirkman who represents Central Ward, is the latest Lib-Dem councillor to defect to the Tory Party. She said: Today I ve decided to join Westhoughton Conservatives for positive reasons, they are hard working and friendly bunch of people who are genuinely trying to do the best for Westhoughton. I m really looking forward to working Cllrs Martyn Cox and Clle Bernadette Eckersley-Fallon on their plan to stop more house building in Westhoughton and on their strategy to invest nearly £8 million into Westhoughton Town Centre. Her resignation from the Lib-Dem group comes less than two weeks after Cllr Eckersley-Fallon went to join the rival party.
Newark Makerhoods opens applications April 14, 2021
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Newark-based Makerhoods announced April 13 it opened the application process for its Live/Work Program–a holistic approach to helping small business owners grow their business by lowering their overhead to housing and commercial space.
The program will award 16 applicants with an apartment and a separate commercial space zoned for light manufacturing starting at $1,800/month. The application window is from April 12-May 14, 2021.
Kreuger Scott Mansion, Newark. – PRESERVATION NEW JERSEY
Located at 601 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Newark’s Central Ward, the vision is to have coworking, private offices and community convening spaces that will be central to sharing the mansion’s history and highlighting local artists.
Mercer County man, 34, killed in Newark shooting, police say
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Authorities on Wednesday identified the man killed in a Newark shooting as a 34-year-old from Mercer County.
Anthony M. McGriff, of Lawrenceville, was shot around 4:20 p.m. Monday in the 100 block of Prince Street in Newark’s Central Ward, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. McGriff died a short time later at an area hospital, authorities said.
There were no arrests as the prosecutor’s office’s Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force continued to investigate, Acting Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said in a joint statement.