Brian LoPintoSpecial to the USA TODAY Network Major League Baseball recently announced that the Negro Leagues will be elevated to Major League status. While this elevation was long overdue, it certainly emphasizes the importance of the African American experience in baseball. Major League Baseball stated: “With this action, MLB seeks to ensure that future generations
By MARK RENFREE PATERSON, NJ – It’s Pillar time in the Silk City as the Christian college opens its newest location in the renovated Beaux-Arts building. The downtown seat of the school’s operations in Paterson marks a new era for not only the college and its students, but the building as well. Built in 1814
By ED RUMLEY PATERSON, NJ - Paterson Public Schools administrators and teachers joined local officials and area residents Wednesday afternoon to publicly recognize the successful return of authority of the District. Held outside the district’s headquarters in order to observe social distancing protocol, participants braved chilling temperatures and gusty winds to recognize many who have
By Adam Clark | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com New Jersey’s takeover of Paterson Public Schools is officially over, three decades after the state seized control of the troubled district. The state Board of Education voted Wednesday to fully return local control to the city school board. The vote, mostly a formality, concludes a two-year
By KIMBERLY REDMOND PATERSON, NJ – Paterson is mourning the loss of Carnie P. Bragg, Jr., a well-known resident who touched the community in many ways. Bragg, the Senior Director of Carnie P. Bragg Funeral Homes, passed away December 29, at the age of 81. In a message posted online, the Funeral Home said, “He
By Emily Young PATERSON, N.J. - “In Paterson, the long wait is over,” Mayor Andre Sayegh said Monday. After receiving 300 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, Paterson began inoculating those that fall within the 1A category: health care employees, emergency first responders and EMS from the Paterson Fire Department. Paterson Fire Chief Brian McDermott
Ed Rumley Special to the USA TODAY Network PATERSON — Derrick Etienne Jr. grew up playing soccer at Paterson’s Buckley Park, the start of a career that landed him in the Major League Soccer championship game last month. Etienne scored a goal in that contest, which his team, the Columbus Crew, won 3-0 against the
Ed Rumley Paterson Press As workers and volunteers prepared takeout meals for hundreds of residents and local community members at Paterson’s Eva’s Village, a special visitor stopped by on the day before Christmas. One of the Silk City’s favorite sons, former New York Giants’ star wide receiver Victor Cruz, donated a gift of $11,000 to
Mayor Andre Sayegh was the man in the red suit Thursday at the New Jersey Community Development Corporation's holiday party. Watch the CBS News Clip Here.
Ed Rumley Special to the USA TODAY Network PATERSON — Their families came to the United States from three different parts of the world: one from Egypt, another from Jamaica and the third from Peru. In their new country, their lives have been marked by struggles. One family had its heat and electricity turned off
