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Berdnik fields his transition team
Full story: Politickernj.com Passaic County Sheriff-elect Richard Berdnik today announced the formation and the leaders of his transition team, which will review the operations of the Sheriff’s Department and will make recommendations to the sheriff-elect by Dec. 31. The transition report will serve as the foundation for Berdnik’s promised 90 day evaluation of the Department [...]
15 charged in alleged heroin distribution ring in Paterson
Police arrested 15 people Saturday, accused of operating a heroin distribution network out of Paterson. The arrests come on the heels of a six-month investigation by the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office and the Paterson Police Department, said officials. Ronald Carrasquillo, 41 of Clifton, and Ronald Fontanez, 31 of Paterson, were allegedly running a narcotics trafficking [...]
Paterson police searching for gunman who killed city man
Full Story:Northjersey.com Elvin Pardo became the latest Paterson resident to be killed by a gun when he was shot to death inside a McBride Avenue apartment Saturday night. COURTESY PHOTO Pardo was with five other people inside the apartment when the gunman arrived. Pardo, 19, was shot once in the abdomen in front of five [...]
Paterson man fatally shot in apparent drug-related robbery.
Paterson man fatally shot in apparent drug-related robbery.
Feds Want $1.3 Million from Paterson in Violations.
PATERSON — City officials are fighting off a finding by the federal government that the city’s Department of Community Development mismanaged $5.5 million under former Mayor Joey Torres’ administration.
Smugglers flood N.J. with guns.
Full Story:NorthJersey.com Interstate 95 and its connector highways earned that nickname as the favored route of gun smugglers who bring inexpensively purchased firearms from East Coast states with lax gun-control laws into strict states like New Jersey. That reality is just one of the obstacles authorities face in trying to keep illegal guns off the [...]
Lautenberg, Pascrell, Jones Announce $750,000 Federal Grant to Build New Community Center in Historic Paterson.
PATERSON, N.J. – U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) today joined U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-NJ-08), Paterson Mayor Jeffrey Jones and others to announce a $750,000 federal grant for a restoration project to convert the vacant Rogers Storage Building in Paterson’s historic district into a new conference center for school children and community events.
Chairman Currie: Spagnola’s a GOP operative.
PATERSON – In the face of Passaic County Democratic Committee Chairman John Currie’s personal choice of a candidate this afternoon, former Paterson Police Chief Larry Spagnola won’t back down from his own quest to win the party’s nomination.
Currie selects Berdnik as his choice to run for sheriff in Passaic County.
PATERSON – Passaic County Democratic Committee Chairman John Currie unveiled Clifton Police Det. Lt. Richard Berdnik as his choice for sheriff this afternoon inside the county administration building.
Jury awards former Paterson cop $550,000 in lost earnings and distress.
Monday, August 23, 2010 Last updated: Monday August 23, 2010, 7:55 PM BY JOHN PETRICK The Record STAFF WRITER A jury awarded $550,000 to a former Paterson police officer Monday to compensate her for lost wages and emotional distress after she was fired in 2006 because of a medical condition. Michele Sedeyn, 31, of Woodland [...]
Another Paterson man killed by NJ Transit train.
Full Story:NorthJersey.com PATERSON — A city man was fatally struck by a NJ Transit train late Saturday. The incident occurred west of the Paterson station on the Main Line, not far from where another man was killed by a train a week ago, according to a spokeswoman for the transit agency. Mark Popewiny, who would [...]
Paterson Native Victor Cruz is making a name for himself with the NY Giants.
Victor Cruz for a 64-yard touchdown pass to give the Giants a 17-16 lead over the Jets. The ball went over the shoulder of the defender and Victor Cruz stretched out and
NJ Transit strikes and kills man in Paterson.
said. The victim, whose name was not released, made no attempt to get out of the way after the train engineer applied emergency brakes and sounded his horn, NJ
Man killed when SUV flips on Route 80 near Paterson.
said. John C. Everhart, 21, of Bethesda, Md., driver of the 1996 Ford Explorer, was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger, Elliot Day, 18, of Kensington,
State Senator Girgenti tops Democrats’ list of hopefuls for Speziale’s spot.
Girgenti, the veteran lawmaker from Hawthorne. No one would ever accuse the low-key Girgenti of having the public-relations panache of Speziale, whose abrupt
Great Falls gets a little TLC from the neighbors.
Full Story: NorthJersey.com PATERSON — When the Great Falls recently became a national park, a push to improve its image followed. DON SMITH/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Villalona and Jonathan Grullon picking up debris from Great Falls National Park and the surrounding area Saturday. With that in mind, a group of local teens — the newly formed Great [...]
Henry Sosa: The reasons for my immigration and education involvement.
On October 23 2009 I received the visit that no immigrant ever wants to receive. While I was taking an early college class, I received a call from my house that 3 immigration officers had been to my house looking for me, and had left a business card for me to call them back immediately. [...]
Paterson man shot and killed during anti-crime block party.
Full Story:NorthJersey.com PATERSON – A 39-year-old city man was shot in the head on a crowded street Tuesday night during a National Night Out block party, and police are still searching for his killer. Robert Godfrey, also known as “Strong,” was lying dead in the street when police arrived at 74 Godwin Ave ., shortly [...]
Charges against Paterson officer involved in shooting dismissed
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 BY JOHN PETRICK The Record STAFF WRITER A state judge Tuesday dismissed charges of official misconduct and aggravated assault pending against a Paterson police officer in connection with her shooting the father of her two sons amid an altercation last year. Attorney Anthony Iacullo of Nutley, representing Police Officer Latrenta Grayson, [...]
Authorities: Murdered Garfield woman was targeted; man, 19, charged in fatal shooting
BY JOHN PETRICK AND MEREDITH MANDELL The Record STAFF WRITERS The fatal shooting of a Garfield woman early Sunday was no accident, authorities said as her suspected killer – who’d been released on bail last week on three attempted murder counts – was charged by police in her killing. Boyer, 29, was talking with a [...]
Advisory commission to the Great Falls is named
Saturday, July 17, 2010 Last updated: Saturday July 17, 2010, 9:06 AM BY MEREDITH MANDELL Herald News STAFF WRITER PATERSON — Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-Paterson, has announced the local residents who will serve on the advisory commission to the Great Falls National Historical Park. Ken Salazar, the U.S. secretary of the interior, appointed the [...]
Historic Paterson.
The City of Paterson, located on the Passaic River in New Jersey was once one of the mightiest industrial cities of the United States. It has a rich history as the Nation’s first planned industrial city, as well as containing some of the country’s oldest textile mills and businesses. In 1792, Alexander Hamilton formed an [...]
Paterson Museum.
. Paterson Museum – Thomas Rogers Building, 2 Market Street, Paterson – Owned and maintained by the City of Paterson, the Museum was organized in 1925. Its first exhibit, displayed in the assembly room of the Danforth Public Library, consisted of natural history objects donated by local residents. Two years later, the growing collection was [...]
