RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING Sponsored by President LaMonica R. McIver 1. Felisbella R. Santos, on her retirement after thirty-four (34) years of public service with the City’s Office of the City Clerk 2. Maximo Antonio del Rosario 3. Grupo Manía 4. Centro Social Loja de NJ, on celebrating its 30th Anniversary in honoring La Santisima Virgen del Cisne in the City of Newark 5. Individuals honored as the first four (4) Commissioners of the City’s Caribbean Commission Sponsored by Council Member Patrick O. Council 6. James Edward Sedgwick, Jr. aka “Kaboobie”, Ceremonial Street Dedication, held on Friday, August 4, 2023 7. Mattie Lou (Vice) Williams, on her 100th Birthday Celebration 8. Newark Community Health Centers, on celebrating its 36th Anniversary of Excellence, held on Friday, August 11, 2023 Sponsored by Council Member Carlos M. Gonzalez 9. Richard Roman, honored for fifty (50) years of promoting Salsa music Sponsored by Council Member Luis A. Quintana 11. Ashley Ortega 12. Individuals honored during the Women’s Conference 2023, United Clergy of the Oranges and Vicinity 13. Individuals honored during the 2023 USA Taekwondo National Championship, Gold Medalists 14. Individuals honored during the Ecuadorian Flag Raising, held on Saturday, August 12, 2023 15. Individuals honored for graduating from the Accelerated Nursing Program at New Jersey City University 16. Musical Groups presenting at Los Barranquiteños Art and Music Festival, held on Saturday, August 19, 2023 17. Carmen “Ñaña” Morales, Ceremonial Street Dedication, held on Friday, August 26, 2023 18. Individuals honored of Makina Baseball Newark for making 1st Place in the Baseball Competition Sponsored by Council Member Anibal Ramos, Jr. 19. Alphonse Mattia, on his 80th Birthday Celebration 20. Individuals honored during the 2nd Precinct Annual Youth Event “Superheroes and Villains”, held on Friday, August 25, 2023 21. Janette Toribio Ravelo 22. Juana Edmond, honored during the Dominican Parade Gala, held on Friday, August 25, 2023 23. Shino Aguakate, honored during the Dominican Parade Gala, held on Friday, August 25, 2023 24. Individuals honored during the Dominican Flag Raising Ceremony, held on Thursday, August 31, 2023 Sponsored by Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree 25. Individuals of the Newark South Ward Clergy Interfaith Alliance honored during its Community Spiritual Engagement, held on Saturday, July 19, 2023 26. DJ Nicky Siano, honored during the Lincoln Park Music Festival - House Music Day “A Celebration of Dance”, held on Saturday, July 29, 2023 27. Brother Seakah Ben Saygbachee honored as “Father of the Year (2023-2024), during the Destiny House of Prayer Newark’s “Father’s Day Program”, held on Sunday, July 30, 2023 28. Sherece Hill, Co-Director of Ailey Camp Newark 29. Ivy Hill Neighborhood Association, on celebrating its 40th Year of Community Activism, on Saturday, August 12, 2023 30. Chief Apostle, Antoine Obery and Leading Lady, Andrea Obery, of United Deliverance Tabernacle’s on its “Annual Black and White Ball”, held on Monday, August 14, 2023 31. Wilhelmina Holder, Ceremonial Street Dedication, held on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 32. Reverend Lisa Weathers, on her Retirement Celebration, after twenty-five (25) years of public service at the Essex County Juvenile Detention Center, held on Saturday, August 19, 2023 33. Pastor Matthew Peay, on his 9th Pastoral Anniversary, of Friendship Ministries, Inc. 34. Kevin Miller, CEO of Revive BHM and Companies 35. Individuals honored during the 17th Annual in Loving Memory of Shakil Williams “Community Health Event”, held on Saturday, August 26, 2023 36. Melba Moore, Ceremonial Street Dedication, to be held on Friday, September 8, 2023 37. Bishop Dr. Clive and Reverend Annette McBean, on their 34th Pastoral Anniversary, at Praise Temple Church of God, to be held on Sunday, October 1, 2023