PATERSON, NJ – Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be in Paterson this week assisting residents that were impacted by the recent floods brought on by Hurricane Ida.

Paterson was part of an emergency declaration issued immediately following the storm that dumped as much as seven inches of rain in the area and led to the rescue of more than 250 residents ...

PATERSON, NJ - Marking the occasion as an opportunity to remember all of the lives lost on September 11, 2001, including Paterson native Kenneth Lira whose mother gave an emotional address, as well as an opportunity to remember the bravery of those that ran towards the Twins Towers just hours after plane crashed into them, eventually sending them both crumbing to the groud, Mayor Andre ...

CLIFTON, NJ — Passaic Valley Water Commission (PVWC) has created a Water Delivery Hotline to assist elderly or home-bound customers during the ongoing Boil Water Advisory. Elderly or home-bound residents can request delivery of bottled water by calling the hotline at 862-304-6232, Monday to Friday between 7:30 am and 6:30 pm.

Torrential rainfall from the remnants of ...

PATERSON, NJ - A steady flow of residents streamed through Cobb Park Monday, and, bypassing a press conference during which Mayor Andre Sayegh urged those impacted by flooding from Hurricane Ida to seek federal assistance, made their way to a group of Paterson police officers and firefighters distributing cases of bottled water. 

The effort, Paterson Police Deputy Chief Ronald Van Kluyve ...

PARAMUS, NJ — It was a somber occasion that brought county officials and frontline workers together to remember the 20th anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attack. As speakers noted the attack changed America forever, they opined for September 12, 2001, when Americans forgot their differences and came together to help and comfort each other.

Deborah Visconi, New Bridge CEO, remembered an ...

PATERSON, NJ - As Americans came together in communities all across the nation to honor the nearly 3,000 innocent victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, approximately 150 volunteers joined together under the NJCDC banner to turn a day of mourning into a day of service.

“Twenty years later, the impulse to do something to commemorate 9/11 is as strong as ever, and ...

PATERSON, NJ  – Students at the new Joseph A. Taub School will be in their classrooms for the first time on Monday, September 27, district officials have announced. Teachers were due in the school building Friday to set up, they said. 

The announcement from Paterson Board of Education President Kenneth Simmons came during an online meeting about facilities held earlier this ...

PATERSON, NJ  – Zooming between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is an asteroid about two miles wide. When it is closest to Earth, it is 141 million miles away. But now the asteroid bears the name of someone who is much closer to Paterson Public Schools.  

The asteroid is called 107396 Swangin, named after PANTHER Academy Planetarium Manager Gary Swangin, and how the honor ...

CLIFTON, NJ – The Passaic Valley Water Commission (PVWC) has begun flushing water mains in Clifton, Passaic, Paterson, Prospect Park and Woodland Park. The flushing is needed because, earlier this month, remnants of Hurricane Ida caused torrential rainfall to overflow the banks and contaminate the New Street Reservoir.

The 52-million-gallon reservoir has been ...

PATERSON, NJ - While the setting and circumstances may have been much different from previous times he received the cheers of a champion, Arland Macasieb left St. Joseph’s University Medical Center under a hail of applause from well-wishers including his family, doctors, nurses, and others that tended to his care since he arrived in the Emergency Room there after a horrific bicycle accident ...

PATERSON, NJ - Gunfire from multiple shooters rang out in the area of Presidential Boulevard and West Broadway Saturday afternoon, sending one man to the hospital with a non-fatal gunshot wound, police say. 

According to Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora, members of the Paterson Police Department responded to the area where the ...

PATERSON, NJ - A series of three investigations into illegal drug sales led to the arrests of 10 individuals, including six from outside of Paterson, on Monday. Four guns and large amounts of a variety of narcotics were also recovered.

In one investigation, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale described, members of the Paterson Police Department’s Narcotics Division initiated ...

PATERSON, NJ - A 19-year-old Paterson man believed to be responsible for the September 11 shooting death of Elijah Wilson, 20, is under arrest.

According to Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora,Rasheed Thomas, is charged with Murder, Possession of a Handgun for an Unlawful Purpose, and Unlawful Possession of a Handgun.

As previously ...

PATERSON, NJ - A 19-year-old Paterson man was arrested soon after shots rang out in the area of Presidential Boulevard and West Broadway Saturday afternoon, law enforcement officials have announced.

As previously reported, at approximately 4:43 p.m. members of the Paterson Police Department were dispatched to the area on a report of shots fired. On their arrival police found a potential crime ...

PATERSON, NJ - If visiting soccer officials had any concern about how much enthusiasm there was for the sport in New Jersey they could have extended their trip for a few days to see it up close. On Saturday night hundreds of fans filled the stands at Bauerle Field to watch Aysab FC take on the P-Town Warriors in the Bangladeshi American Soccer League (BASL) championship.

While it ...

PATERSON, NJ — Enzo Arjona threw two touchdown passes to Kyle Major as undefeated Northern Highlands defeated Paterson Eastside, 14-6, on Saturday.

Arjona threw a 29-yard TD pass to Major as Northern Highlands (4-0) built a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. Amir Smith scored on a 4-yard run for Eastside (3-1) in the second quarter, but the Ghosts' try for a two-point conversion was no ...