Enlighten Me: UD student journalist explores the story behind Newark’s first tattoo shop

Kyle McKinnon

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Delaware Public Media

For years, tattoo shops were kept out of Newark, essentially blocked by city code.

But that changed recently, thanks to the efforts of one determined tattoo artist who led the push to rewrite the rules.

In this edition of Enlighten Me, University of Delaware senior and Delaware Public Media intern Jack Silverberg reports on the story behind Newark’s first legal tattoo parlor and the woman who made it happen.