
'Child life specialists' at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Paterson focus on emotional care

'Child life specialists' at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Paterson focus on emotional care
(Bobby Brier; NJ Spotlight News)Thirty teenagers graduated from Safe Summer Teen Club, a program designed to teach them coping skills

Mahwah Township is taking the Ramapough Lenape Nation to court. The issue: ancient land use versus modern conservation law. Losses in the Legislature and on ...

Customized, family-style meals are made and delivered to places where Christmas-like miracles are wished for year-round: pediatric cancer units.

The Binder Autism Center from St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital put together a bowling league for children on the autism spectrum after realizing the kids needed ...

A new wrinkle in prison reform. Phasing out private, for-profit operations not up to the task. Can government succeed where corporations fail? Paying it forward. ...

Commuters take the mike to fight a proposed 9 percent transit fare hike. NJ Transit gets an earful about delays, breakdowns and the rush hour ...

After Down's syndrome, 22q is the most common genetic abnormality, caused by a missing section or deletion of chromosome 22.

One and a half billion in pension funds. Awaiting payments. The Meadowlands loses. Newark gains. But the big winner is... The governor on affordable housing. ...

St. Joseph's in Paterson follows up with children who underwent cancer treatment to help with any side effects that appear later in life.