PATERSON, NJ - Healthcare giant St. Joseph’s Health will pay the City of Paterson more than $6 million over five years under a settlement negotiated by the Administration of Mayor Andre Sayegh and approved by the City Council earlier this week.

Sayegh took to Facebook to tout the legislative body’s approval of the agreement which settles litigation that has been in the works since ...

PATERSON, NJ - Mayor Andre Sayegh has announced that “out of an abundance of caution” he will be working from home through the weekend after being exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19.

In a statement Sayegh said that he is asymptomatic and that a rapid test he took on Thursday was negative. 

Sayegh tested positive for coronavirus in April and ran the city ...

NEW JERSEY -- During last week's General Election, New Jersey voters approved the ballot question to extend the existing $250 property tax deduction to all honorably discharged veterans, rather than just those with active wartime service or involvement in certain peacekeeping operations.

Previously, only New Jersey veterans who served in one of 14 ...

WASHINGTON, DC - Beginning today, Veterans Day, and going forward, Gold Star Families and U.S. military veterans will receive lifetime passes to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including national parks, wildlife refuges and forests, the National Parks Service said.

"The free access program is a way to thank America’s veterans and Gold Star families for their ...

PATERSON, NJ -  Eligible businesses in the Great Falls Neighborhood of Paterson have until December 2 to apply for grants of up to $5,000 as part of funding awarded to the New Jersey Community Development Corporation (NJCDC) to promote the continued recovery and revitalization of neighborhoods in the wake of COVID-19.

The Great Falls Promise Neighborhood consists of a 95-block radius ...

PARAMUS, NJ - Bergen New Bridge Medical Center is hosting a Veteran Recruitment Hiring Fair on Thursday, November 12.

Operation Bergen New Bridge Serve Again is underway at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, 230 East Ridgewood Avenue, Building 6 - Auditorium, Paramus, from 1 to 6 p.m.

The fair is open to veterans, spouses and reservists for diverse employment opportunities, including ...

PATERSON, NJ - 100 JFK High School families will enjoy an even more special Thanksgiving this year following a special food distribution last week that included a free turkey and a bag of non-perishable food items.

The effort, Michael Hill, Principal of Operations at JFK said, is part of a continuous effort to make food available to families is in need, an initiative in partnership with the ...

HAWTHORNE, NJ - The Hawthorne Pride Alliance concluded a successful clothing drive Saturday, acquiring dozens of donated packages destined for the Essex county-based Reaching Adolescents in Need Foundation (RAIN) which provides a shelter for displaced and homeless LGBT youth, many of whom have been rejected by their own families with nowhere else to go. 

The Pride Alliance noted that ...

PATERSON, NJ  – An effort that has already seen the distribution of 1.7 million to Paterson students since classrooms closed in March is again expanding, Superintendent Eileen Shafer announced Monday.

Starting on Monday, November 23, Paterson Public Schools will be providing meals to the city's public school population of nearly 30,000 students seven days a week. The pickup ...

PATERSON, NJ  - The Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology (PCSST) JROTC Lion Battalion announced that it has once again earned the highest unit qualification possible for SY 2020-2021, first awarded during the last school year. The most sought-after unit award is the Honor Unit with Distinction (HUD – Gold Star) rating.  

"Our Lion Battalion Cadets work ...

TRENTON, NJ — The COVID-19 pandemic has not relented on New Jerseyans since March, claiming loved-ones, putting families in financial ruts, and setting change the fabric of the holiday season to come. 

With three days to go until Thanksgiving, Gov. Phil Murphy shared resources for those feeling overwhelmed.

“We recognize that with everything that we have already endured, ...

PATERSON, NJ -  As Paterson continues to endure a spike in COVID-19 cases, residents in New Jersey’s third largest city are being urged to rethink their Thanksgiving Day plans.

Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh reiterated guidance handed down by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy: Avoid traveling and celebrate at home with members of ...

PATERSON, NJ - An additional $20 million in tax credits is set to be made available to projects being built with the support of the Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant (ERGG) program. In June 2019, the City of Paterson received $130 million in tax credit funding through the state Economic Development Authority.

The move came Monday in the form of Governor Phil Murphy’s conditional ...

PATERSON, NJ - Long a thorn in the side of area residents due to how easily it has been accessible to vandals and others participating in unneighborly activity, the Allied Textile Printers (ATP) site will soon be fenced in, according to a statement issued by Mayor Andre Sayegh.

“We are grateful to the EPA for funding the work that will allow us to further ensure the safety of ...

PATERSON, NJ - Weekend violence continued early Sunday with the shooting of a 26-year-old Paterson man in the area of Pearl Street and Rosa Parks Boulevard.

According to Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora, the shooting took place at approximately 6:04 a.m. The victim arrived at Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center seeking treatment ...

WAYNE, NJ – Wayne Police Detective Captain Dan Daly is asking for the public’s help in solving an aggravated assault case that happened just outside the Willowbrook Mall on Sunday, November 8.

According to Daly, “four juvenile males were walking on the sidewalk in the area of the Willowbrook Mall food court when a passenger in a passing silver, or grey sedan fired multiple, ...

TRENTON, NJ –A joint investigation by the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice and the Paterson Police Department has led to the arrest of Michael Maresca, 32, a Hasbrouck Heights resident accused of illegally trafficking firearms in Paterson, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced Friday.

“In the midst of a pandemic, our detectives are doing all they can to address the ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - 31-year-old Paterson resident Nathaniel Dickerson turned himself in to detectives with the Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit Monday and was officially charged with assault by auto for his involvement in a September crash that caused serious injury to his passenger.

On the night of the incident that took place in the area of 910 Tonnelle Avenue in North ...

TOTOWA, NJ - Due to the sharp increase in confirmed cases of COVID-19, the Totowa and West Paterson Fire Departments have canceled the 2020 Holiday Lights Parade for the safety of the community and the first responders who organize and participate in the event. 

Organizers of the parade considered multiple options as a substitute for the parade, but could not find a solution that ...

PATERSON, NJ – As a difficult year draws to a close, the Paterson NAACP wants local teens to feel inspired, uplifted and motivated during these challenging times.

The local chapter plans to resume hosting the Afro Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO), a national contest that encourages African American high school students to aspire to excellence in more ...

RANDOLPH, NJ- An early goal by senior captain Joe Reed helped spark the Randolph boys’ soccer team to a 3-0 victory over the JFK Knights in the NJSIAA State Sectional Championship on Saturday at DaSilva Field in Randolph.  

“Getting the first goal of the game so early reassured us that we could win this game,” said Reed. “Obviously we couldn’t ...

CLIFTON, NJ - In over 100 minutes of nail-biting competition, the John F. Kennedy High School varsity boys soccer squad defeated Clifton after scoreless regulation play, two overtime periods, and penalty kick drama, as the final shootout was captured 3-1 by the Knights.  

What made the gratifying victory even more monumental was that Clifton came into the contest as the defending New ...

BLOOMFIELD, NJ-- Bloomfield resident Rick Wright has recently written two books that, literally, are for the birds. 

While that connotation is usually negative, in this instance it's a perfect description of the local author's latest work. Wright's Custom Bird Guides series introduces birdwatchers to the best local birding sites and a wide selection of the most common, ...