Monthly Archives: May 2019

Read more about the article New Community To Host 25th Annual Golf Classic July 1
New Community Board President Dr. A. Zachary Yamba taking a swing at the NCC Golf Classic in 2018. File photo.

New Community To Host 25th Annual Golf Classic July 1

New Community Corporation will hold its 25th Annual Golf Classic Monday, July 1 at Cedar Hill Golf and Country Club in Livingston, N.J. Proceeds from the event will benefit NCC’s…

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Read more about the article NCC Helps Teen Empowerment Network Participants On The Road To College
Teen Empowerment Network (T.E.N.) Coordinator Michael Schiavo, left, works with Luis Santiago. Santiago, who is legally blind, has been accepted to Bloomfield College for the fall semester.

NCC Helps Teen Empowerment Network Participants On The Road To College

New Community recently launched the Teen Empowerment Network (T.E.N.), which aims to help high school juniors and seniors living in Newark prepare for college. One success story is Luis Santiago,…

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Read more about the article CHELC Graduate Gets Full Scholarship To Princeton University
Community Hills Early Learning Center graduate Ci’Anee Campbell shows off her Princeton shirt with her mother Towanna Campbell. Ci’Anee will be attending Princeton University in the fall on a full scholarship. Photo courtesy of Ci’Anee Campbell.

CHELC Graduate Gets Full Scholarship To Princeton University

The educational foundation children receive when they are young can help shape who they become. That is the case for Ci’Anee Campbell, who took pre-K classes at Community Hills Early…

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Buy Your Tickets For The Spring Scholarship Sweepstakes And Support The Monsignor Linder Scholarship Fund

New Community Corporation is selling raffle tickets as part of its first Spring Scholarship Sweepstakes. Supporters of New Community are encouraged to buy the raffle tickets for the chance to…

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Read more about the article Remembering Founding NCC Board Member And Newark’s First Black Mayor Ken Gibson
Ken Gibson was a founding board member for New Community Corporation, as well as Newark’s first black mayor. Photo courtesy of Tracey Battles.

Remembering Founding NCC Board Member And Newark’s First Black Mayor Ken Gibson

Ken Gibson is best known for being the first black mayor of Newark, but he was also a founding board member of New Community Corporation. He passed away March 29…

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