Daysi Calavia-Robertson
Multimedia Journalist and Columnist at The Star-Ledger
Multimedia Journalist and Columnist at NJ.com
Columnist @starledger & @njdotcom, former @Newsday reporter. Tweets, links are my own. Retweets 🚫endorsements. Nicaragüense/Española, 305 till I die.
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1 week ago |
nj.com | Daysi Calavia-Robertson
No truer words have ever been spoken than “time flies when you’re having fun!” And for me, the past year has gone by in what feels like a blink of an eye. That’s, of course, because I’ve spent my days sending reels, memes, and local restaurant recs in “My Group Chat”— a WhatsApp group NJ.com launched last May for young (and young-ish!) people of color in our state. And trust me, with nearly 300 members — and counting! — there’s always something to talk about.
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1 week ago |
nj.com | Daysi Calavia-Robertson
A black bear was spotted wandering near Mercer Mall in Lawrence on Monday morning, township police said. Lawrence police received a call early Monday about a bear sighting in the area of Quakerbridge Road in the Mercer County town, according to a police dispatcher. Anyone who sees the bear should report the sighting to the Lawrence police. Officials advise people who encounter the bear to stay away from it.
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1 week ago |
nj.com | Daysi Calavia-Robertson
A 23-year-old Raritan man has been charged with possessing and distributing child sexual abuse materials, officials said. Joseph Vega Ramirez was arrested last week after detectives executed a search warrant at his home, the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday. Vega Ramirez is charged with distribution of child sexual abuse materials, a second-degree offense, and possession of child sexual abuse materials, a third-degree offense.
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3 weeks ago |
nj.com | Daysi Calavia-Robertson
Monica Roxana’s nephew, 25-year-old Wilfred E. Caguach López, was on his way to deliver a meal in Roselle Park Saturday when he was unexpectedly detained by federal immigration agents. Now, he’s locked up alongside “serious criminals” at Delaney Hall — the Newark immigrant detention center where Mayor Ras Baraka was forcibly arrested Friday. “I don’t understand how or why this happened,” Roxana tells me tearfully in Spanish. “My nephew’s never, ever done anything to hurt anyone. He’s a good person.
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3 weeks ago |
nj.com | Daysi Calavia-Robertson
Just hours ago, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was forcibly arrested by ICE agents in combat fatigues. The scene, outside the Delaney Hall immigrant detention facility in Newark, was Hollywood movie-esque and overly dramatic. Was this some kind of publicity stunt by a man running for governor, as his Republican opponents quickly charged? Was ICE out of pocket for arresting him, especially in the way they did? Both things can be true.
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