Although Paterson Mayor Jose Torres was on vacation and residents called for the council to hold a no-confidence vote on his leadership, members of the ...
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Calls to oust Paterson's mayor after approving his budget that would raise tax levies without raising taxes. The heat's on to explain that new math. ...
Gov. Christie held a forum in Wall Township to tell residents the benefits of his proposal for school aid, which he is calling the Fairness ...
What do you call a tax hike that's a tax cut? Trenton horse trading. Would hiking the gas tax while cutting the sales tax generate ...
Violent crime meets "operation swift justice" in Paterson. Local and state law enforcers plan to blanket "silk city" for a zero-tolerance approach to crime. If ...
Operation Swift Justice, a multi-agency effort to target Paterson's crime hotspots, will begin with the holiday season and will continue into the new year.
Jerry Speziale, Paterson Police Director, agreed to take on the job of interim police chief for Hazelton, Pennsylvania, population 25,000, about 100 miles west of ...
A new health initiative for thousands of New Jersey troops who served in war and suffered the consequences of post traumatic stress, but could the ...
In Paterson, street level gang violence has reached critical mass. The community is finally saying stop. Will it work to end a generations-long blood feud? ...
Basketball star Armoni Sexton was killed in a drive-by shooting in Paterson, highlighting the decades-old rivalry between the Fourth and First Wards. Officials are working ...
Congressman Bill Pascrell and Mayor Jose Torres were two of the speakers at Paterson's Memorial Day service.
Fixing the pension system. Who will "pay the price"? Fighting the NJ Transit fare hike. Still trying to rebuild. Fighting FEMA red tape. And growing ...
Three Democratic mayors and community activists want to stop NJ Transit from raising fares as has been proposed.
Christie's entitlement reform proposals. His push to push back the retirement age. The imperatives to act on cleaner air. Thirty-four million reasons to act fast ...
The Pew Research Center has found non-Hispanic whites make up less than 50 percent of the population in Cumberland, Middlesex, Passaic and Union counties.
For Menendez, an army of supporters. For Revel, the fifth time's the charm. Regulating those jitney buses for safety's sake. How good a deal is ...
Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi calls Democrats' support of Sen. Menendez after his indictment hypocritical because they rushed to judgement about Gov. Christie after the GWB scandal.
Fifty bucks for besting the PARCC test? Efforts to postpone using the results for years. Atlantic City's crisis call for creativity. And losing a jazz ...
Members of the House voted to fund the Department of Homeland Security with restrictions on President Obama's immigration executive order, which Democrats don't agree with.
Cops on the beat taking extra precautions. Begging's banned. Is poverty a crime? Is Mercedes-Benz hitting the road? Preserving an historic ball field. And hospitals ...