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Another Paul Ryan vulnernability: Education cuts
Obama is campaigning today in Ohio, where he is giving a speech right now hitting Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan on education. He‘s highlighting Romney’s suggestion that students worried about tuition costs should “shop around” or borrow money from their parents, and slamming the Ryan budget’s cuts to education funding, Head Start, and Pell grants. [...]
At Passaic County sheriff’s drill school, 54 kids learn what it takes to become cops
Nick Stobe thought it was going to be like the TV show “Scared Straight,” with tough drill instructors in his face, yelling. But the 13-year-old from North Haledon couldn’t have backed out of going to the Passaic County Sheriff’s Junior Police Academy even if he wanted to. “My mom was going to send me anyway,” Stobe said, [...]
Thousands gather in Clifton park to mark the end of Ramadan
Several thousand Muslims from Bergen and Passaic counties, around the state, and places as far away as North Carolina packed a local park Sunday morning to pray and celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the end of the holy month of Ramadan. There were so many worshipers that three different outdoor prayer services were held to accommodate the crowds [...]
GOP Platform To Call For Constitutional Ban On Abortion: Report
Draft language for the 2012 Republican Party platform includes support for a constitutional ban on abortion without specifying exclusions in the cases of rape or incest, according to CNN. The news comes amid ongoing controversy surrounding Rep. Todd Akin’s (R-Mo.) suggestion that victims of “legitimate rape” rarely get pregnant. The GOP Senate candidate running against Sen. Claire McCaskill [...]
PATERSON REGULAR REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION ANNOUCES LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AND ITS VISION FOR THE PARTY
PATERSON REGULAR REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION ANNOUCES LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AND ITS VISION FOR THE PARTY Asks Leaders to Commit To Building The Party in Paterson PATERSON, NEW JERSEY – June 11, 2012 Paterson Regular Republican County Committee Co-Chair Carlos Pagan This evening the Paterson Regular Republican Committee held their reorganization meeting. The new slate of officers, [...]
Pascrell’s home turf came up big in 9th Congressional District race
Just how dominating was Bill Pascrell Jr.’s showing in Passaic County during Tuesday’s battle for the Democratic nomination in the newly redrawn 9th Congressional District? CHRIS MONROE/SPECIAL TO THE RECORD Ana Guillen is one of 90 voters who made it a unanimous win for Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. in Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Clifton’s 4th [...]
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Catharine Leach is married and has two boys, age 2 and 8. She has a good job with a federal contractor and smokes pot most every day. While she worries that her public support for marijuana decriminalization and legalization could cost her a job or bring the police to her door, [...]
Intel shows Iran nuclear threat not imminent
(Reuters) – The United States, European allies and even Israel generally agree on three things about Iran’s nuclear program: Tehran does not have a bomb, has not decided to build one, and is probably years away from having a deliverable nuclear warhead. Those conclusions, drawn from extensive interviews with current and former U.S. and European [...]
Bloods member gets 60 years for ordering fatal street shooting
A Bloods street gang member was sentenced to 60 years in state prison Friday for ordering a 15-year-old beginner in the gang to rob and fatally shoot a man in Passaic as the victim sat in his car. KEVIN R. WEXLER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Donald Thomas 24, of Passaic was sentenced Friday in Judge Raymond A. Redding’s courtroom in [...]
State calls on Paterson officials to return $82,000 in overtime pay
Some of the same Paterson officials who received thousands of dollars in overtime for responding to Hurricane Irene were paid close to $30,000 in extra pay long before the storm — and now they must give all that money back. The state Department of Community Affairs ordered the reimbursement in a letter to city officials [...]
Herman Cain Suspending 2012 Campaign For President
Herman Cain announced on Saturday that he is suspending his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. The news comes in the wake of Cain being accused of having an extramarital affair and sexual harassment charges from more than a decade ago resurfacing. The former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza has vehemently denied any wrongdoing amid the [...]
Herman Cain Affair Allegation: GOP Hopeful Meeting With Wife Gloria Amid Uncertain Candidacy
ATLANTA (AP) — Rapidly becoming a mere footnote in the presidential race, Herman Cain sent mixed signals Friday on whether he would abandon his beleaguered White House bid on Saturday after a woman’s allegation of an extramarital affair. He said he would make a “major announcement” on whether he would press on – at an [...]
Senator Girgenti Thanks Residents for Donations to Hurricane Irene; Still a Great Need for Food Donations
Senator John A. Girgenti (D-35) of Hawthorne today thanked the many residents from around the State who donated clothing and other essential items to the victims of the recent hurricane and flooding. Girgenti opened his Hawthorne district office as a drop-off location for donations last week. The clothing collected was picked up and distributed throughout [...]
Passaic County food pantry overwhelmed by flood victims
The past two weeks of flooding have wreaked havoc on Passaic County‘s largest food pantry for the needy. “After the Labor Day weekend we normally see about 20 families a day. Right now we’re seeing 50. We’re packed from nine in the morning until 2:30 every afternoon,” said the Rev. Patricia Bruger, executive director of [...]
Barbershop worker slashed in Clifton
CLIFTON — Police are looking for a man who slashed a barbershop worker from his face to his chest in what investigators believe was a random act of violence. The 20-year-old employee at a Lexington Avenue barbershop was closing up just after 10 p.m. Tuesday when a man in his 20s walked in and slashed [...]
Christie wows ‘em at Koch convention with Sweenie & Oliver Comments
In late June, Gov. Chris Christie flew to Colorado and motored out to Vail, where he gave the keynote speech to a group of wealthy conservative donors shepherded to the playground of the rich and famous by David Koch. Koch along with his brother Charles is the owner of Koch Industries and a founder of [...]
Paterson to bring ‘innovation zones’ to 17 schools
BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN STAFF WRITER The Record Print | E-mail Paterson’s underperforming schools would be the focus of an ambitious plan this year to bring “innovation zones” aimed at boosting student achievement scores by double digits. Schools Superintendent Donnie W. Evans outlined the plan at Wednesday’s Board of Education workshop. The plan calls for [...]
Clifton police seek suspects in two stabbings
BY MARLENE NAANES STAFF WRITER The Record Print | E-mail CLIFTON — Police arrested an 18-year-old and are seeking another suspect in two stabbings that happened during a brawl that broke out after a house party this weekend, authorities said. The brawl stemmed from a comment made about someone’s song selection during the house party [...]
3 hurt by early morning gunfire in Paterson
PATERSON — Paterson police responded to two shooting incidents early Sunday morning that left a man and two women with non-life-threatening leg wounds. Police say they responded at 1:06 a.m. to gunfire at 16th Avenue and Carroll Street and found a 20-year old woman who was shot in the right shin. About two hours later, [...]
Obama views Irene’s flood damage in Wayne, Paterson
President Obama offered sympathy and encouragement to flood victims in Paterson and Wayne on Sunday and promised all victims of Hurricane Irene that federal help would be there “even after the cameras are gone and attention is somewhere else.” President Obama hugs a resident of Fayette Avenue in Wayne. TYSON TRISH/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Paterson residents greet [...]
Woman robbed at red light in Paterson
PATERSON — A robber jumped out of his car at a red light, punched the woman in the car behind him and stole her purse early Thursday morning, police said. The woman had just stopped behind a white Honda at the traffic light at Broadway and East Main at 3 a.m. when the man jumped [...]
Mayor Jones, Parks Service chief, meet for first time
Saturday, August 20, 2011 BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN STAFF WRITER The Record Print | E-mail Paterson Mayor Jeffery Jones met Friday with the regional director of the National Park Service in their first direct negotiations over the details of the Great Falls National Historic Park. The two men met for just over an hour with [...]
Cassandra Lazzara Campaign Kickoff to Victory Coctail Reception
John Currie Passaic County Democratic Chairman cordially invites you to KICKOFF TO VICTORY Cocktail Reception for Cassandra Lazzara for Assembly
Fire that burnt through Totowa attic blamed on unattended candle
BY MATTHEW KADOSH STAFF WRITER Passaic Valley Today Print | E-mail TOTOWA – Although authorities are still investigating the cause of a fire that gutted the attic of a one story home at 51 Norwood Terrace Monday afternoon, a woman who lives in the home blames the fire on a candle she left unattended. The [...]
Paterson man dies trying to break into his own apartment
PATERSON — A 29-year-old man died after he broke a window outside of his apartment and cut an artery in his arm, during an argument with a woman inside who had locked him out, police said. The 29-year-old man was trying to get inside the Main Street apartment after the woman locked him out of [...]
