By GABRIELLA DRAGONE PATERSON, NJ – On Tuesday, Mayor Andre Sayegh and the Paterson Municipal Council raised the Pan-African Flag to mark the start of Black History Month. “We celebrate and commemorate Black History Month, but like history, it should be celebrated from January 1 to December 31,” Sayegh said. “We celebrate leaders in our
By GABRIELLA DRAGONE PATERSON, NJ – Eva’s Village put on their “Big Blue” spirit as Giants legend and Paterson native Victor Cruz volunteered at the community kitchen on Friday. The event was a continuation of a longtime charitable partnership Eva’s Village enjoys with the New York Giants and included Cruz leading an effort to help
By Matt Arco New Jersey will distribute $7 million in federal aid to purchase equipment for police departments meant to combat gun violence, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Thursday. The money will be used to buy gunshot detection equipment, video cameras, and automatic license plate readers, which officials say aid police in quickly responding to shootings.
William Westhoven Morristown Daily Record MONTVILLE — Thinking of people living on the streets, shivering and suffering, was more than Rachel Sullivan could bear. So she took matters into her own hands. "No one is disposable," she said Friday while she and her husband, Neil, packed a U-Haul trailer with clothing and other essentials to
Joe Malinconico PATERSON — A successful performing arts program that has taught hundreds of Paterson children to play musical instruments over the past decade is undergoing a significant expansion. The Paterson Music Project, which has about 390 participants, is adding another 90 slots this year, officials said. Over the years, students in the program have
By GABRIELLA DRAGONE PATERSON, NJ – On Friday, The Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey introduced the Community of Caring: The Paterson Doula Cooperative. First Lady Tammy Murphy, along with other health officials, discussed the importance of the Cooperative and doulas. Doulas are trained to give emotional, physical and informational care
Joe Malinconico PATERSON — Bloomberg Philanthropies has awarded the city $1 million to launch a program officials say will provide hundreds of drug addicts with Suboxone, a medication that blocks opiates and reduces withdrawal symptoms. In a city with more than 1,700 opioid overdoses per year, the RealFix initiative is designed to provide addicts with
by: Andrew Ramos PATERSON, NJ (PIX11) — An American treasure sits amid crumbling concrete and mounds of debris in Paterson, New Jersey Hinchliffe Stadium is one of just a handful of ballparks still standing in the country that hosted Negro Leagues baseball nearly a century ago when players of color were barred from playing in
PATERSON, N.J. (PIX11) — A caravan of police, fire and public works tipped its hat to the foot soldiers on the frontlines in Paterson Friday. The city held an appreciation parade for their health care heroes on Friday after nearly two years of battling the ongoing health crisis that is COVID-19. Workers from the Paterson
Focus on Financial Counseling to Make Good Financial Decisions PATERSON, NJ – The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced it has committed $25,000 toward the financial empowerment of Paterson residents. The funding will be in the form of a grant to the Paterson Financial Empowerment Center (FEC), which was launched in June 2021. Through
