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‘A Real Field of Dreams’: Paterson, Baseball Greats Pitch MLB Game in Negro Leagues Stadium Paterson’s mayor wants Hinchliffe Stadium to host an MLB game. Why he and others think it could, and should, happen.

By Gary Phillips The children at Paterson Public School Number Five could see no trace of the stars that used to shine on the other side of Liberty Street. For more than two decades, the students only witnessed negligence when they looked at Hinchliffe Stadium through their classroom windows. Shattered glass littered the National Historic

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12-Year-Old Student Author from Paterson Seeks Support to Attend Writer Symposium, Book Signing in California

By GABRIELLA DRAGONE PATERSON, NJ - An online fundraising effort is underway to help a Paterson student take a trip to California. However, for Leilani Fermin, the trip will be about much more than visiting the tourist attractions the West Coast has to offer. The 12-year-old student-author at Public School No. 16 is the only

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Black History Month: Historian Pushing Hard To Get Paterson, N.J. Underground Railroad Stop Officially Recognized

By CBSNewYork Team PATERSON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — February is Black History Month, and part of that history comes to us from New Jersey’s third-largest city, via the Underground Railroad. CBS2’s Nick Caloway has more on a historian trying to preserve memories of the past. “There are 60 Underground Railroad sites in the state of New

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Paterson board approves $6 million plan for food distribution center in city’s 5th Ward

Joe Malinconico PATERSON — A Mexican produce distributor currently based in Passaic has gained approval to construct a $6 million distribution center at a 7-acre site in Paterson’s 5th Ward. The company, GroMex, has been operating on First Street in Passaic for at least two decades and plans to continue running a wholesale business there.

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Paterson NFL Great Victor Cruz Makes Giant Contribution to Eva’s Village

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

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N.J. giving police $7M for equipment to help fight gun violence, Murphy says

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.

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‘I want every child to have what my child has’: NJ mom starts project to help those in need

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

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First Lady Tammy Murphy Helps Launch The Paterson Doula Cooperative

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

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