PATERSON, NJ- The eight sitting members of the Paterson Board of Education interviewed five candidates on Monday to fill the ninth seat at their table through the rest of 2017.

The vacancy of the Board came as a result of former commissioner Flavio Rivera’s May 8 election to the Paterson City Council.

Each of the five prospective appointees, including a recognized local education ...

PATERSON, NJ- Earlier this year Mikayla Cater, a junior at Garrett Morgan Academy and a member of the Paterson Youth Council, had a chance to visit Harvard, Yale, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The experience, she said, showed her and her 40 travel mates from all across Paterson  that "no matter where you come from you can go to Ivy League colleges.

Now, thanks to a ...

PATERSON, NJ- More than 2000 Paterson children danced, jumped, climbed, and bounced in Eastside Park on Thursday as the city’s youth summer day camp participants enjoyed a “Fun Day in the Sun.”

Under the watchful eye of city Recreation Director Benjie Wimberly, the children who have attended camps all across Paterson throughout the summer also had the chance to play video ...

TOTOWA, NJ - The Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders, the Passaic County Sheriff's Department and the Department of Senior Services will present a free five week Senior Police Academy this fall. The academy will be held Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 from 8:45 a.m. to 12 noon at the Department of Senior Services, 930 Riverview Dr., Totowa.

Topics will include fraud, scams and identity ...

PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ - A Career Resource Event and Job Fair will be sponsored by the School of Continuing and Professional Education at William Paterson University and the Passaic County One Stop System on Friday, Aug. 24, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1600 Valley Rd., Wayne.

Companies invited to attend represent the following industries: healthcare, transportation, security, material management, ...

PATERSON, NJ- Bringing clean and filtered water to Paterson’s downtown, creating a light rail system that can move people around the city and beyond, and installing solar energy powered charging stations at bus stops were a few of the ideas proposed at a recent gathering at the Paterson Art Factory.

While all presented with research to back them up and in ways befitting of leading ...

Real Estate Salesperson Licensing Class

Become a NJ Licensed Real Estate Salesperson!

Passaic County Community College

Center for Continuing Education

& Workforce Development 

Pre-Requisites to obtaining a Real Estate Salespersons License:

Must complete 75 hours of instruction from a school approved by the New Jersey Real Estate ...

TRENTON, NJ— Some county college students around the state could attend classes in 2019 for free thanks to a pilot program launched by Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration Monday.

The program, the Community College Innovation Challenge, is the first phase of the governor’s initiative to provide two years of community college free for students across the state. It was officially ...

Amel Hassan is a Paterson high school student and participant in the Ramapo College Upward Bound Math-Science Program. 

We are grateful to Amel for sharing her experiences learning about the negative impact of plastic bags and participating in the Paterson Museum’s Eco-Chic 2 Program:

At the beginning of this year, I was invited by UBMS-Ramapo College Professor Dr.

PATERSON, NJ- The Paterson Board of Education has announced that it will conduct interviews to fill the seat left vacated by former Commissioner Flavio Rivera’s recent election to the Paterson City Council. 

Rivera was one of three people elected to the city council on May 8 and subsequently sworn in on July 1.

In order to be considered individuals must submit a letter of ...