Joe Malinconico Paterson Press PATERSON — Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday added $20 million to an existing $130 million state tax credit package that city officials are using for such projects as a new visitor center at the Great Falls and the reconstruction of historic Hinchliffe Stadium. Murphy said increasing the allocation of tax credits
Joe Malinconico Paterson Press PATERSON — A city-based nonprofit group has gotten $160,000 from a state COVID-19 relief program to provide more than 30 businesses in the Great Falls area with grants of up to $5,000. The businesses will be able to spend the money to cover rent payments or other bills, to buy equipment
By TAPINTO PATERSON STAFF 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
By Emily Young PATERSON, N.J. - Up to 3,500 turkeys and more than 1,000 holiday food boxes are being distributed at Father English’s Community Center in Paterson to local nonprofits throughout Passaic County. “New Jersey is projected to see a 56 percent increase of food insecurity," Carlea Milton-Sturdivan of the Community Food Bank Of New
Hannan Adely Henry Raad was celebrating the Feast of St. George with his family when a Western Union messenger knocked on the door of their Mill Street home in Paterson. In 1944, it was a knock no one wanted to hear. “He threw a telegram on the table and ran out of the house like
Joe Malinconico Paterson Press PATERSON — The state has awarded a $750,000 historic preservation grant to a city nonprofit group planning to convert the former First Presbyterian Church of Paterson on Main Street into a youth performing arts center. The Paterson-based New Jersey Community Development Corporation previously secured $800,000 in financing through the state neighborhood
Richard Cowen NorthJersey.com On the morning after a whirlwind election, Paterson's political leaders wiped the dust from their sleep-deprived eyes and put aside their differences long enough to cut the ribbon on a newly refurbished park in the Riverside neighborhood. "We declare victory against violence. We declare victory against undisciplined activity," Mayor Andre Sayegh told
By TAPINTO HACKENSACK STAFF HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The Alfred N. Sanzari Family Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving communities across northern New Jersey, has awarded $30,000 in grants to the first five recipients of its inaugural grant program: Alpine Learning Group, Inc. -- Based in Paramus, Bergen County’s comprehensive resource for families living with
By STEVE LENOX PATERSON, NJ - Politicians, business leaders, members of the clergy, educators, and others with a variety of titles joined together by the dozens on Tuesday to honor the life and longtime service of Manuel Martinez Sr. No matter the role they played, or formal connection they had to Martinez, who passed away
PATERSON, NJ – U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), and Mayor Andre Sayegh today highlighted a $3.4 million Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The grant will help Paterson coordinate with local medical and social service
