Week in Review: Residents Unveil Memorial For Mayor, Gas Services Restored to Newark Memorial

David Smith’s time as mayor is nearing its end. Newark residents and city leaders gathered one week before his last day to participate in the at Lakeshore Park Thursday. During the ceremony, Smith said he is thankful to all Newark residents and is proud of the collaborative spirit of the city.

Two weeks after a gas leak was detected at Newark Memorial high school, on Wednesday. District officials said deterioration was the reason for the damage of a pipe located 4 feet under the high school’s pool wall.

The announced this week its plans to Program. Neighborhood watch groups can now request for an officer to attend a meeting to learn more about crime in the city and their neighborhoods, how the program works and what other neighborhoods are doing.

The was among the most popular reports this week again. The report included two fires and reports of a woman being arrested on suspicion of threatening a store manager and siblings being arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public after fighting.

Court proceedings in the Michelle Le murder case was postponed again this week. Murder suspect Giselle Diwag Esteban, 27, appeared briefly in court Friday . Esteban is scheduled to enter a plea on that date.