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The Mayor of the City of Newark is the head of the executive branch of government of Newark, New Jersey, United States. The mayor has the duty to enforce the municipal charter and ordinances; prepare the annual budget; appoint deputy mayors, department heads, and aides; and approve or veto ordinances passed by the City Council. Newark, New Jersey, was founded in 1666 and became a township on October 31, 1693, and granted a Royal charter on April 27, 1713. It was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, and reincorporated as city in 1836.The Mayor of Newark is elected for a four-year term. Municipal elections in city ar...
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  • 1. Bronx Zoo Bronx
    The Bronx Zoo is a zoo located within Bronx Park in the Bronx, a borough of New York City. It is the largest metropolitan zoo in the United States and among the largest in the world. On average, the zoo has 2.15 million visitors each year, and it comprises 265 acres of park lands and naturalistic habitats, through which the Bronx River flows. The Bronx Zoo is world-renowned for its large and diverse animal collection, and its award-winning exhibitions. The zoo is part of an integrated system of four zoos and one aquarium managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society , and it is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums .
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  • 3. Newark Reservoir Newark Delaware
    Newark is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It is located 12 miles west-southwest of Wilmington. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the city is 31,454. Newark is home to the University of Delaware.
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  • 5. White Clay Creek State Park Newark Delaware
    White Clay Creek State Park is a Delaware state park along White Clay Creek on 3,300 acres in New Castle County, near Newark, Delaware in the United States. North of the park is Pennsylvania's White Clay Creek Preserve, and the two are operated as bi-state parks to jointly protect the creek, which is federally protected as part of the National Park Service's National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. White Clay Creek State Park offers 30 miles of nature and fitness trails which are open to hiking and mountain biking through a number of seasonal day-use fee parking lots. The park also preserves a number of historic structures and operates a nature center. It is part of the Northeastern coastal forests ecoregion.
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  • 6. Branch Brook Park Newark New Jersey
    Branch Brook Park is a county park of Essex County, New Jersey in the United States, located in the North Ward of Newark, between the neighborhoods of Forest Hill and Roseville. A portion of the park is also located within the Township of Belleville. At 360 acres , Branch Brook Park is the largest public park in the city of Newark. The park is noted for the largest collection of cherry blossom trees in the United States, having over 5,000 in more than eighteen different varieties collectively called Cherryblossomland, as well as its spectacular Cherry Blossom Festival each April.The park was formally created in 1895 by the newly created Essex County Parks Commission, making it the nation's first county park. The area had served as an Army training ground during the American Civil War. At t...
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  • 7. Military Park Newark New Jersey
    Military Park is a 6-acre city park in Downtown Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Along with Lincoln Park and Washington Park, it makes up the three downtown parks in Newark.that were laid out in the colonial era. It is a nearly triangular park located between Park Place, Rector Street and Broad Street. The New Jersey Historical Society, Military Park Building and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and the Robert Treat Center are located across Park Place from the park. A $3.25 million renovation led by Dan Biederman was announced in February 2012. The reconstruction was expected to be completed in late 2013, but due to harsh weather was postponed until spring 2014. A casual restaurant, Burg, does business in the park. The park reopened in June 2014.
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  • 8. Iron Hill Park Newark Delaware
    Iron Hill is a prominent geographical feature in the vicinity of Newark, Delaware, in the United States. With a peak elevation of 328 feet it is the highest hill in Delaware, though not the state's highest point as the Piedmont plateau region near Centreville reaches a higher elevation of 448 feet at Ebright Azimuth. The hill is named for its iron deposits, which were mined over a 200-year period during the 18th and 19th centuries. Iron Hill is part of a New Castle County park known as Iron Hill Park.
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  • 9. Dawes Arboretum Newark Ohio
    The Dawes Arboretum is a non-profit arboretum located 30 miles east of Columbus in Newark, Ohio. The Dawes Arboretum has nearly 2,000 acres of plant collections, gardens and natural areas. The site includes twelve miles of hiking trails and a four-mile auto tour. Founded in 1929 by Beman and Bertie Dawes, the Dawes Arboretum is dedicated to increasing knowledge of trees, arboreal history and the natural world. Today, the Arboretum continues its founders mission through education, conservation, research and maintaining plant collections. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
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  • 11. Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve Newark Ohio
    The Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve is a 4-mile-long sandstone formation through which the Licking River flows in Licking County, Ohio, United States. Located 12 miles east of Newark near the tiny town of Toboso, 957 acres along the gorge were designated an Ohio Nature Preserve in 1975. The gorge is a capsule of Ohio transportation history, having hosted canal boats, steam railroads, electric interurbans, and automobiles through the years. It is named for the black hand petroglyph that was found on the cliff face by the first settlers to the area. Black Hand Sandstone is a resistant rock that also forms the backbone of the Hocking Hills region.
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