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By GABRIELLA DRAGONE
August 26, 2022
PATERSON, NJ – The views available at the Paterson Great Falls this weekend will be out of this world, literally. On Sunday, August 28, the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park will be an official NASA host site for celebrating some of the first images taken by the James Webb Space ...
PATERSON, NJ - 72 teaching positions have been filled since June, reducing the district’s total vacancies by 30%, Paterson Public Schools officials announced earlier this week. Superintendent of Schools Eileen F. Shafer delivered the information as she gave the School Readiness Report atthis ...
PATERSON, NJ – A 29-year-old Willingboro man was found in the area of North Main Street and Clinton Street on Wednesday suffering from multiple non-fatal gunshot wounds, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora announced. According to a statement, at ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey's back-to-school sales tax holiday begins Saturday, August 27 and runs through Monday, September 5, 2022. The state's 6.625% sales tax will be waived on selected items purchased both in-store and online during the 10-day period. “For many families and educators, there ...
PATERSON, NJ - Paterson Public Schools officials on Wednesday conferred diplomas on 98 high school graduates who completed their requirements for graduation this summer. The number is nearly triple the number of summer graduates in 2019 when the district revived its summer graduation ...
CAMDEN, NJ – Nine-year-old Gabriel Rodriguez was playing in a trash-strewn East Camden lot when he fell and sliced open his knee on the glass of a discarded big-box television. Seven stitches closed the wound. Thirty years later and still scarred, Gabriel is now Camden County Police Chief ...
CLIFTON, NJ - Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr., the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, unveiled a new report from the Subcommittee Wednesday that he said details widespread executive profiteering, stock buybacks, and gas gouging by large oil companies awash in ...
PATERSON, NJ – In need of school supplies for the upcoming school year? Beyond the Classroom has you covered. On Wednesday, Mayor Andre Sayegh and the owners of the supplies store, Paterson residents Jayvon and Brittany Blackmon, cut the ribbon on Paterson’s first and only classroom supply ...
PATERSON, NJ – This summer, the City Planning Institute, in partnership with the New Jersey Community Development Corporation (NJCDC) held a three-week program where students in the City of Paterson learned about City Planning, Civic Engagement and Urban Design. The program, which was held ...
PATERSON, NJ – On Tuesday, Mayor Andre Sayegh, Executive Director of the Paterson Housing Authority (PHA) Irma Gorham, and project developer Israel Roizman celebrated the grand opening of Paterson’s Riverside Terrace. The $92 million project that has been 12 years in the making, is now open and ...
PARAMUS, NJ - The Garden State Plaza is going to be transformed from its current state as a retail shopping outlet to a mixed use complex, including 550 luxury apartments via a one-acre ‘town green’ for residents, visitors, and shoppers, as well as a ‘main street’ outdoor district featuring ...
HAMILTON, NJ — New Jersey's Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness (NJOHSP) has updated its disinformation portal to include information about monkeypox. The NJOHSP says it now includes information that is causing confusion among New Jerseyans, including misleading videos and conspiracy ...
PATERSON, NJ – Paterson police made nine arrests and took five guns off the streets between August 16 and August 19, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale announced. On Tuesday, August 16, Speziale reported, detectives observed a suspected narcotics' transaction take place between a male who ...
PATERSON, NJ – A 14-year-old Paterson boy was behind the wheel of a car which contained three loaded weapons when police stopped it early Monday morning, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale announced. According to a statement, at around 1:00 a.m. detectives were conducting surveillance in the ...
PATERSON, NJ – Mayor Andre Sayegh and Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale provided an update on what they called another successful weekend operation targeting illegal dirt bikes, motorcycles, and ATVs. The aptly entitled “Operation Confiscation," which has now taken 21 illegal vehicles off ...
PATERSON, NJ - A 29-year-old Paterson man died from a gunshot wound after he was transported to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center late Saturday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora announced. According to the pair, an off-duty Paterson ...
PATERSON, NJ - Paterson's proud Puerto Rican community gathered around City Hall on Saturday to celebrate the 50th annual raising of the Caribbean island's flag. Leading the ceremony this year was Councilwoman-at-Large Maritza Davila and Fifth Ward Councilman Luis Velez, both proud Puerto ...
PATERSON, NJ - Paterson Public Schools officials, Board of Education President Kenneth L. Simmons, and members of the Hovey family gathered at 11-27 16th Avenue and Straight Street – home of Alexander Hamilton Academy – on Thursday to celebrate the completion of the district’s purchase of the ...
LITTLE FALLS, NJ - Two Paterson teenagers were killed in an automobile accident in Little Falls Friday night. According to Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Deputy Chief Brian Prall, members of the Little Falls Police Department responded to a call regarding an automobile accident ...
PATERSON, NJ - An 18-year-old man was struck by a bullet and a 12-year-old suffered a graze wound in a shooting in the early hours of Saturday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora announced. According to the law enforcement duo the incident took ...
PATERSON, NJ – Governor Phil Murphy made his way back to Paterson on Friday to highlight the investments made in the community through the state budget he signed and went into effect on July 1. As part of the Fiscal Year 2023 budget agreement, Paterson will receive over $50 million, which ...
PATERSON, NJ – Two deceased bodies, a male and a female, were found inside a vehicle with apparent gunshot wounds Friday morning, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora announced. According to a statement, the two bodies were found in the area of ...
PATERSON, NJ – As summer comes to a close, the Passaic County One-Stop Summer Work Experience Program is getting ready to end. The program is for those with special needs, are pregnant, have been in trouble with the law or are a foster care child and come from a low-income household. From July ...
PATERSON, NJ – A new store has made its way to Paterson as Mayor Andrè Sayegh and business owner Shoroq Alhussein cut the ribbon at the newest female-owned business, The Zèna Company. Zèna provides its customers with modern modest designs ranging from casual to evening wear and is located at ...
PATERSON, NJ – Over 1,400 Paterson youth and close to 370 staff filled Eastside Park on Thursday to close out the Summer Day Camp season of the Paterson Division of Recreation. The celebration has been hosted annually for 20 years and provided carnival games, rides, food, refreshments, and music ...
PATERSON, NJ – Three Paterson men were arrested in the area of Essex and Madison Streets and charged with numerous narcotics trafficking related offenses, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnick announced. According to a statement, detectives observed a male, later identified as Nahdir ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - Governor Phil Murphy was at Hudson County Community College (HCCC) Wednesday to announce the launch of the New Jersey Pay It Forward Program – a first of its kind workforce development program that furthers what Murphy has called his ongoing commitment to helping residents obtain ...
LITTLE FALLS, NJ - In a surprise announcement Wednesday morning, the New Jersey Jackals professional baseball team announced that they will no longer call Yogi Berra Stadium home. Yogi Berra Stadium is located on the campus of Montclair State University. The team will continue the 2022 ...
PATERSON, NJ – In honor of Sergeant Christian Bueno-Galdos, a Paterson resident who lost his life on his second tour in Camp Liberty, Baghdad, Iraq, Mayor Andre Sayegh and Sixth Ward Councilman Al Abdelaziz renamed Columbia Avenue between Michigan Avenue and Buffalo Avenue “Sgt. Christian ...
CHICAGO, IL -- Kraft Heinz has announced a voluntary recall of approximately 5,760 cases of Capri Sun Wild Cherry Flavored Juice Drink Blend beverages after cleaning solution was found in a factory's production line. On Friday the company said that the issue was discovered after they received ...
