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New Student Sex Charges Filed Against Kennedy Teacher
March 5, 2013PATERSON, NJ – A 50-year-old Paterson teacher already accused of offering a student money for sex now faces additiona...
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Keepin’ It Real: YES Academy Students Hear Their Own Lives In Talk From Motivational Speaker
March 5, 2013PATERSON, NJ – Mablean Gomez wanted to cry. Shaquast Thomas got goose bumps. Nadira Forbes and Jeremiah Ro...
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City Program for Home Loans In Limbo, Awaiting Council Approval
March 4, 2013PATERSON, NJ – For the first time in more than two decades, the City of Paterson is not providing assistance to folks...
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Library Board Tries Different Approach In Addressing Children’s Use of Violent Video Games
March 3, 2013PATERSON, NJ – After coming under criticism from an anti-censorship group, the Paterson Free Public Library has chang...
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Where Are the February Property Tax Bills? Not Quite in the Mail Yet
March 3, 2013PATERSON, NJ – For the second year in a row, the calendar has flipped into March and the City of Paterson has not yet...
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Shooting For the Stars: PANTHER Planetarium Targets State-of-the-Art Projection System
March 1, 2013PATERSON, NJ - Imagine visiting the rings of Saturn, traveling amongst billions of galaxies or descending to the very bottom of the oc...
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The Mayor’s Reaction to State’s Demands: “We’re Going To Do Our Part.”
March 1, 2013PATERSON, NJ – Mayor Jeffery Jones called the state’s latest demands on Paterson an “opportunity” f...
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State Says Mayor and Council Would Face 25-Percent Pay Cuts If They Engage in “Reckless” Fiscal Behavior Next Year
February 28, 2013PATERSON, NJ – While awarding Paterson more Transition Aid than the city had expected, the state also is p...
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Manna From Trenton! State Boosts Paterson’s 2013 Aid Award, Cutting Budget Deficit Below $1 Million
February 27, 2013PATERSON, NJ – The state on Wednesday sent Paterson some good news – the city’s Transition Aid award will be $2.4 mi...
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City Council Takes Another Swing at Overtime Repayments
February 27, 2013PATERSON, NJ – The City Council once again is trying to force municipal officials to repay overtime that t...
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Fiscal Détente: City Council Approves Temporary Budget As Administration Admits Mistake
February 27, 2013PATERSON, NJ – In contrast to the war of words that erupted last week, the City Council and administration...
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City School District Expects Number of Tenure Cases To Increase By Almost Double Next Year
February 26, 2013PATERSON, NJ – City education officials are expecting an increase in the number of teachers they will try to fire in ...
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School District Spending About $100,000 on Legal Department Offices
February 26, 2013PATERSON, NJ – City education officials have spent close to $100,000 on office renovations for Paterson Public School...
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Paterson Looks For Open Space Rebound; Officials Plan $2 million Application After Getting No Funding Last Year
February 25, 2013PATERSON, NJ – Despite ongoing uncertainty about the city’s eligibility, municipal officials are planning to ap...
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Not the First Time! Accused Teacher Faced Student Sex Charges in the Past
February 25, 2013PATERSON, NJ – The math teacher accused of offering a Kennedy high school student $50 for sex previously h...
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As Overtime Costs Rise, Paterson Has Yet to Enact Reforms Proposed A Year Ago
February 25, 2013PATERSON, NJ – A year after the City Council issued a 30-page report from its overtime hearings, most of the reforms ...
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Update: Kennedy High Teacher Accused of Attempted Sex With Male Student
February 25, 2013PATERSON, NJ – A veteran teacher at Kennedy High School was arrested Saturday night on charges that he offered a student $50 for...
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Fight Involving Two City Cops Costs Paterson $25,000
February 23, 2013PATERSON, NJ – The City Council last week approved a $25,000 payment to settle a lawsuit filed by a man in his 50s who said two ...
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Budget Showdown: Will the Mayor Attend Next Week's Council Meeting?
February 22, 2013PATERSON, NJ – In Paterson’s ongoing budget brawl, some City Council members are calling for Mayor Jeffery Jone...
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Cable Conflict: City Officials Say Cablevision May Have Violated Franchise Agreement
February 21, 2013PATERSON, NJ – City officials say they believe changes in the operation of the municipal television studio stemming f...
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City Students Show Off Their Talents in Black History Month Performance
February 21, 2013PATERSON, NJ – With songs of freedom, poems about strength and music with spirit, students from Paterson Public Schoo...
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Suspect Identified in 2012 Shooting in 4th Ward
February 21, 2013PATERSON, NJ – City police have charged a 19-year-old Paterson man with attempted murder in a shooting that happened ...
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Update: Mayor Sees Vindication in State's Warning of City Shutdown
February 20, 2013PATERSON, NJ – State officials on Wednesday warned that Paterson would have to begin issuing layoff notices and alerting vendors...
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Suspect Arrested in Last Month's Murder Outside Market Street Funeral Home
February 20, 2013PATERSON, NJ – Authorities on Tuesday arrested a 23-year-old Jersey City man and charged him with murder in connectio...
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The Mayor Strikes Back: Threatens Defamation Lawsuit Against the City Council’s “Cycle of Lies”
February 20, 2013PATERSON, NJ - In a blistering response, Mayor Jeffery Jones said the City Council acted like a “lynch mob” on Tuesday nig...