Councilman Anibal Ramos Jr. credited the quick thinking of a maintenance crew at Forest Hill Terrace for saving a small dog today that had been thrown into a dumpster.

The dog, a Shih Tzu, was spotted by the crew this morning while they were cleaning the grounds on the property in Newark’s North Ward.

Councilman Anibal Ramos Jr. today released a letter that he sent to the City Engineering Department requesting that it reconsider bike lanes on Mount Prospect Avenue.

Here is the letter:

Mayor Ras J. Baraka signed into law a municipal ordinance that bans smoking within municipal parks and recreation facilities and within 50 feet of a municipal building’s entrance, exit, windows, or ventilators, today, at Kasberger Field, in the City’s West Ward.

At the ceremony, he was joined by the Municipal Council sponsors of the legislation, North Ward Council Member Anibal Ramos, Jr., and Council Member-at-Large Carlos M. Gonzalez, community members, and tobacco-free activists.