Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka and Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose announce that cooling centers and public pools throughout the City of Newark will be open this weekend to accommodate residents during the forecast heatwave.
According to reports from Weather Optics, two upper-level ridges of high pressure will combine this week into one large dome of high pressure over the Eastern US late this week. Both have already resulted in scathing 100-degree temperatures in the southern third of the continental US, primarily in the desert Southwest and the southern Plains.
This broad region of high pressure will gradually expand late this week into early next week, sparking a dangerous heatwave that may last through the July 4 holiday for some areas.
Newark officials say due to the latest forecasts, predicting temperatures reaching above 90-degrees this weekend, seniors and other residents are welcome to visit one of the available cooling centers or public pools during the following times and locations:
**COOLING STATIONS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS**
**Bethany Baptist Church Senior Center, 275 West Market Street** (entrance: 58 Hartford St.) – M-F, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
**Kenneth Gibson/Sharpe James Aquatic Recreation Center, 226 Rome Street** – M-F, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m./Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
**Vince Lombardi Center of Hope, 201 Bloomfield Avenue** – M-F, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m./Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
**Nellie Grier Senior Center, 98-104 Maple Avenue** – M-F, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
**COOLING STATIONS FOR ALL RESIDENTS**(Recreational Centers and Public Pools)
**John F. Kennedy Aquatic Cente**r, 211 West Kinney Street, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m./Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
**Hayes Park West, 179 Boyd Street**, M-F, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m./Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
**Kenneth Gibson/Sharpe James Aquatic Recreation Center**, 226 Rome Street – M-F, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m./Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
**Rotunda Recreational Center, 75 Clifton Avenue**, M-F – 9 a.m. to 7 p.m./Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
**Saint Peters Recreational Center/Bo Porter Sports Complex**, 378 Lyons Avenue – M-F, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m./Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
**Boylan Recreational Center, 916 South Orange Avenue** – M-F, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m./Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
BE SAFE NJ AND STAY COOL!
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