BY Joe Malinconico September 2, 2021 PATERSON — Using jackhammers and electric saws, Paterson firefighters cut a hole through the pavement of a city bridge Wednesday night to rescue a man trapped beneath the roadway in the rising waters of the Passaic River, officials said. As Ida lashed the city, firefighters employed an unusual strategy to
BY Steve Lenox August 27, 2021 PATERSON, NJ - Just by entering New Jersey Institute of Technology this fall Micah Demarest is already well on his way to achieve something no one else in his immediate family has yet, to obtain a college education. He’s also got another goal, to graduate debt-free. “I took
BY Joe Malinconico August 16, 2021 Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh spent most of last week at an education conference in New Mexico, an event that featured expert panels on teacher evaluations, recruitment, diversity and compensation. Sayegh was the only mayor and only official from New Jersey invited to attend the three-day conference, sponsored by
BY Andrew Ramos Aug 17, 2021 PATERSON, N.J. — The City of Paterson is celebrating a milestone, reaching a final Census count of nearly 160,000 residents, increasing its population by more than 13,000 — or 9% since 2010. The accomplishment now designates Paterson a First Class City in the state, bringing with it a
By STEVE LENOX August 6, 2021 PATERSON, NJ – Mayor Andre Sayegh is hoping his efforts to improve educational outcomes in the City of Paterson will get a boost following his selection as a Hunt-Kean Leadership Fellow, an initiative of The Hunt Institute founded in 2001 by former North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt. Launched
August 9, 2021 The Paterson Division of Health began administering the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to young people on Monday morning. Vaccination are being done “On Demand” at the Board of Health at 176 Broadway from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. No appointments are needed. Any person eligible for the vaccine can
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
