Newark

Newark, New Jersey. -- Msgr. William Linder has witnessed scorched-earth devastation and human misery since he moved into Newark's Central Ward 29 years ago.But this graying, soft-spoken Roman Catholic priest turns super-promoter as he escorts a visitor through the spiffy new Pathmark supermarket his New Community Corporation fought for and, against all odds, opened in summer 1990.''Here's the produce department,'' says Monsignor Linder, passing displays of handsome fruits and vegetables.

Right-hander Zach Clark, the former UMBC player who was added to the club's 40-man roster this offseason, will be activated by the Orioles tonight in Seattle, an organizational source said. He will provide some bullpen insurance as the Orioles are in the middle of an 11-game road trip on the West Coast. Clark is a pretty incredible story. A non-drafted free agent out of UMBC in 2006, the Newark, Del., native was signed by the club's local baseball guru, Dean Albany. Clark, who turns 30 in July, is in his eighth year in the minors without ever getting a big-league sniff until now. He may be returning soon to the minors -- the Orioles under Dan Duquette are known for shuffling players back and forth.

NEWARK, N.J. -- The chosen sat in the splendor of a hilltop cathedral, waiting for a spiritual chance of a lifetime -- to pray with Pope John Paul II.The faithful stood in a misty rain in this gritty city, welcoming the pope in words and song. This, too, was a defining moment for those gathered in the shadows of Sacred Heart Cathedral."I've been blessed because I'm here today," said Ramona Jimenez, the mother of three children, who spent the day behind police barricades across the street from the cathedral, waiting for the pope's arrival.

Every week, I hope to bring you a quick Q&A with someone who covers the Ravens' opponent that week. This week, I chatted with reporter Jenny Vrentas, who covers the New York Giants for The Newark Star-Ledger. MV: Both the Ravens and Giants are coming off embarrassing losses. Ravens fans saw what happened to their team, at least before they left M&T Bank Stadium during the fourth quarter. But what happened to the Giants, particularly Eli Manning and the passing game, in their shutout loss to the Atlanta Falcons?

NEWARK, N.J. - After months of legal battles over a park contaminated with PCBs in the Ironbound neighborhood in Newark, residents have had enough. Riverbank Park, at 10 acres the largest recreational space in the Ironbound, has been closed since November because of the presence of PCBs in the soil. "It's placing a tremendous hardship on the community because there is not enough athletic fields and no place to go and relax," said Nancy Zak, coordinator of the Riverbank Park Organization, a nonprofit environmental group.

ELKTON - This northeastern Maryland town will retain its public transportation link to Newark, Del., with connections to bigger cities such as Wilmington, Baltimore, Washington and Philadelphia, thanks to a new influx of transportation funding from the Cecil County Board of Commissioners. On Tuesday, board President Nelson K. Bolender is to hand over a $10,000 check to the Delaware Transit Corp., which operates the bus service between Elkton and Newark. The county's contribution ensures the continuation of the Monday-through-Friday bus service between the two cities, but the number of daily trips is expected to decline in the spring.

NEWARK, N.J. -- Soaring home prices. Sclerotic traffic. The maddening roar of new construction. Too many people, not enough open space. Ah, the woes of a booming economy. But, in an unlikely tale for flush times, the locale in question is in Manhattan or Westchester County, N.Y., but in a corner of Newark, a city left for dead after the 1967 riots, where almost a third of the residents still live in poverty. Newark's Ironbound section, long a bastion of Portuguese immigrants and more recently a magnet for Brazilians and other Latin Americans, has become one of the hottest swaths of real estate in the region.

The publisher of a new national newspaper targeting middle-class black readers said yesterday that the venture, which expects to publish its first issue early next year, will shift its headquarters to Newark, N.J., from Baltimore by January.Donald L. Miller, chief executive officer and publisher of Our World News, said the paper decided to relocate because it found a more accommodating business climate in the Garden State. Also, Newark is within the newspaper's first target market, the northern New Jersey-New York City region.

The man authorities were seeking in the murder of a 46-year-old Woodlawn woman was arrested early this morning in Newark, N.J., Baltimore County police said. Darren Lee Johnson, 42, was being held on first-degree murder charges in the death of Tina Marie Washington, who was found fatally stabbed in her apartment Friday. According to Baltimore County police, Newark detectives took Johnson into custody without incident this morning inside an apartment in the 100 block of Littleton Ave. County police could not immediately say what information led the Newark authorities to Johnson, described as Washington's live-in boyfriend.

Several years ago, there were very few signs for Newark along New Jersey's highways, which made it difficult to figure out how to drive to the state's largest city. "It was like it was some bad secret," said Jeffrey Norman, vice president of public affairs for the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. That's changed now, thanks in part to Norman's organization and several others dedicated to turning the old industrial city on the Passaic River into a destination spot. With a state-of-the-art concert hall, theater, restaurant and spacious outdoor plaza, the low-slung performing arts center is the star to which Newark has hitched its wagon.

Southwest Airlines will discontinue service from Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to Newark, N.J., beginning March 10. The carrier has offered three daily nonstop flights from Baltimore to Newark since June 2011. Southwest didn't realize the anticipated demand for the service, said Paul Flaningan, the airline's spokesman. He added that consumers tend to drive or take the train between the two cities. The airline cited the same reason last month when it said it would end three daily flights between BWI and LaGuardia Airport in New York.

Since news broke last night that Newark Mayor Cory Booker rushed into a burning home to save a woman, the Internet has exploded with Tweets. "Cory Booker" is trending in Baltimore -- and pretty much everywhere. The main meme is "#CoryBookerStories" where people jokingly try to top the reality of a mayor rushing into a fire to save a life. Maryland Del. Keiffer Mitchell offered: The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire. We don't need no water let the...oh, wait nevermind, @corybooker put it out. Here are a few of the better Tweets: Cory Booker isn't afraid of Friday the 13th.

The Orioles have purchased the contract of 24-year-old minor leaguer Peter Fatse from the Newark (N.J.) Bears of the independent Can-Am Baseball League, according to the Bears' team website. Fatse played for the Pittsfield (Mass.) Colonials of the Can-Am league last season, hitting  .279/.345/.418 with 12 doubles, five home runs, 41 RBIs and 17 stolen bases. Newark aquired him in October through Pittsfield's dispersal draft. In affiliated minor league ball, he's never played above the high single-A level, when he hit .250/.322/.303 in 132 at bats with the Marlins' Florida State League team in Brevard County.

Southwest Airlines plans to add three new daily nonstop flights between Baltimore and Newark, N.J., as part of 10 additional flights the airline will offer from Newark Liberty International Airport starting in June. In addition to flights to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, the new daily nonstop flights out of Newark will include routes to Denver International, Houston Hobby and Phoenix Sky Harbor International, Southwest announced Wednesday. Those cities join previously announced nonstop service from Newark to Chicago Midway and St. Louis starting in March.

CHICAGO -- Forty years later, residents of Newark, N.J., and Detroit still disagree as to whether the historic July disturbances in their cities should be remembered as "riots" or "rebellions." Let's split the difference, I say. Call them "uprisings." There were more than 100 similar violent disturbances in various cities in 1967. But the most-remembered were in Detroit, where 43 people died in late July, and two weeks earlier in Newark, where 26 died. This was two years after the Watts section of Los Angeles went up in flames and less than a year before the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would ignite dozens more cities.

Chrysler's plant in Newark, Del., would likely close under a secret DaimlerChrysler restructuring plan dubbed "Project X. The plan, to be unveiled Feb. 14, is focused on transforming Chrysler into a smaller, more efficient automaker with closer ties than ever to its German parent company and the Mercedes-Benz luxury division. It calls for unprecedented sharing of vehicle architectures and parts between Chrysler and Mercedes, including developing small cars and SUVs together. The plan also details deep cost cuts similar to those at General Motors Corp.

MICHAEL HOLLIS TRAMMELL, age 57, of Baltimore, MD; formerly of Newark DE and Martinsburg, WV died on Friday, May 2, 2003 at Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore. Survived by his mother and step-father Patricia Wilson Kris and Edward H. Kris of Newark, DE; and four siblings Morgan Hollis of California and David Sharpless, Martin Kris, and Lynn Pyle, all of Newark, DE. Funeral Service and Interment will be private. Contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, 92 Read's Way, New Castle, DE 19720.

On April 14, 2004, G. EDWIN "ED" KNAUSS, age 87, of Newark, DE, formerly of Ellicott City, MD, husband of the late Dorothy A. "Dot" (Fick) Knauss; father of Elizabeth Ann Knauss, David Michael Knauss (Anne Llewellyn), Barbara Louise Stein (Sam), and Stephen Alan Knauss. Funeral Mass, 10:30 a.m., Monday, April 19, 2004, Holy Angels R.C. Church, 82 Possum Park Road, Newark, DE, 19711. Visitation, 6 to 8 p.m., Sunday, April 18, 2004, at Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Home, 121 West Park Place, Newark, DE. Contributions to St. John-Holy Angels Parish Building Fund.

Marc Clarke, host of 92Q's Big Phat Morning Show, was having considerably less than a big phat morning. Clarke stood in the foyer of one of the Charles Theatre's several movie houses, wondering if he'd been out of line and gone too far with some comments he had made only moments before. The movie house was packed with scores of boys -- nearly all of them black -- who had been brought to a screening of The Pact, a documentary about three doctors from Newark, N. J. That's just part of the story.

WILLARD L. M-bM-^@M-BuBILLM-bM-^@M-Au McBROOM, age 79, of Elkton, MD passed away on Dec. 2, 2006. Son of the late Vola (Bryant) McBroom and Alfred H. McBroom, he was born May 20, 1927 in Bloomington Springs, TN. He attended Lake View High School in Lake Shore, MI. He began working for the Chrysler Corporation in Detroit, MI in 1949, and later moved with his family to Elkton, MD after transferring to the Newark plant. He retired in 1982 and continued as an active UAW member. He served for several terms as the Sergeant at Arms for Local #1183 Retirees.