BY Tom Moran August 1, 2021 Paterson’s old roads are crumbling, its gutters are clogged with litter, and its sidewalks are home to addicts with nowhere better to go. Metal grills cover vacant storefronts in the heart of the downtown, one after another. Roughly one in three people here was poor even before the
BY Joe Malinconico July 27, 2021 PATERSON — City officials are installing artificial turf at Putnam Oval field, where the Eastside High School girls softball teams play their home games, as part of a $1 million improvement project scheduled to start next week. In conjunction with the work, the city is renaming the facility on
July 17, 2021 PATERSON, NJ- Since 2006 the Paterson Youth Council (PYC) has claimed the mantle as the “premier voice for emerging leaders ages 15 to 18 who live and/or go to school in Paterson.” Facilitated by the New Jersey Development Corporation (NJCDC), the members are highly visible throughout the city taking part in community
By KYLE NARDINE July 3, 2021 PATERSON, NJ - While COVID-19 caused the event to go from its traditional in person celebration to a virtual one, the impact of The New Jersey Community Development Corporation (NJCDC) and Paterson Public Schools’ 7th Annual College Sendoff was in no way diminished. With only 11 percent of
BY Andrew Ramos Jun 23, 2021 PATERSON, N.J. — The city of Paterson and the way it responds to emergencies got a colossal upgrade Wednesday. The city unveiled its new, state of the art centralized communications center where it will consolidate and centralize all emergency communications throughout the city from one site. Those transfers
By STEVE LENOX June 22, 2021 PATERSON, NJ - When two local teens fell through ice on the Passaic River in 2016, members of the Paterson Fire Department were there quickly to save their lives. The rescue, Paterson Fire Chief Brian McDermott said Monday, might not have been possible except for several factors, all
BY Steve Lenox June 14, 2021 PATERSON, NJ - Paterson individuals and families with low and moderate incomes now have new advocates- in the form of trained FEC counselors- to help them manage their finances, pay down debt, increase savings, establish and build credit, and access safe and affordable mainstream banking products. On Monday
June 8, 2021 BY Joe Malinconico PATERSON — Yubelly Vasquez thought about moving her family far away from Paterson, to a place less dangerous. But her daughters pleaded with her to stay in the city because they didn’t want to leave behind the Paterson Music Project (PMP). Vasquez now considers the decision to remain
June 2, 2021 PATERSON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — The city of Paterson schools will soon be seeing more green. It was selected as one of 10 cities in the nation to bring green spaces to school grounds as part of a national program. The initiative aims to improve children’s health and wellbeing through a green schoolyard
BY Ed Rumley May 26, 2021 PATERSON — Two Paterson eighth graders have made it to the finals of a nationwide history contest. Nuha Choudhury and Christina Salazar, students at the Paterson Academy for the Gifted and Talented, advanced from the New Jersey statewide National History Day contest earlier this month. The 14-year-olds created
