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High-Ranking Gang Leader Sentence to 15 Years in Prison
May 29, 2012NEWARK, N.J. – The leader of the Fruit Town and Brick City Brims set of the Bloods street gang was sentenced on ...
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Update: Man Arrested in 2nd Ward Shooting
May 29, 2012PATERSON, NJ – City police on Sunday arrested a 45-year-old man in connection with a shooting that happened hours earlier in the...
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Evans Takes No Action on Rothman School Speech
May 25, 2012PATERSON, NJ – Schools Superintendent Donnie Evans has decided to take no action regarding Rep. Steve Rothman’s...
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Suspects Weigh Plea Deal in Cop Killing Outside Strip Club
May 24, 2012PATERSON, NJ – The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office has offered plea bargains to two suspects in last Novembe...
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Summer Road Enforcement Crackdown in Passaic County And Throughout NewJersey
May 24, 2012TRENTON – With the busy summer driving season kicking off this weekend, officials and agencies throughout New Je...
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Jones Attends Rothman Event in Bergen County
May 24, 2012PATERSON, NJ - Mayor Jeffrey Jones traveled to Wood-Ridge in Bergen County on Wednesday to attend a campaign event for Rep. Steve Roth...
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The Third Pascrell-Rothman Debate
May 23, 2012The two congressmen running in the 9th District's Democratic primary held their third debate Wednesday night. A story on ...
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PatersonPress.com wins Best Independent Online News Publication
May 23, 2012PATERSON, NJ - The Citizens Campaign has announced that PatersonPress.com was recognized by New Jersey Society of Professional Journal...
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PolitickerNJ Examines Rothman's "Paterson Strategy"
May 23, 2012PATERSON, NJ - Last weekend, Rep. Steve Rothman gave a speech at New Roberto Clemente School during the opening day of the Math ...
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School District Taking New Approach Toward Ineffective Teachers
May 23, 2012PATERSON, NJ - Paterson principls would have no longer have to accept teachers in their schools whom they don't w...
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AG and Muslim Leaders to Meet Thursday on NYPD Surveillance
May 21, 2012The Attorney General plans to meet with New Jersey Muslim leaders on Thursday to discuss the New York Police Department con...
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Officials' Financial Disclosure Forms Will Be Available Electronically
May 21, 2012For the first time, New Jersey's local elected and appointed officials financial disclosure forms will be available electronically...
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DOT $ For Repaving Five Paterson Streets
May 21, 2012PATERSON, NJ – Five city streets will be repaved using a $489,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportat...
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Update: Blue Nissan Altima in Drive-By Shooting in 1st Ward
May 18, 2012PATERSON, NJ - Someone in a blue Nissan Altima that was speeding down Jefferson Street fired several shots at group of youths gathered...
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Waiting For a Quorum: MUA Holds Monthly Meeting
May 16, 2012PATERSON, NJ - After waiting more than 90 minutes to achieve a quorum, Paterson's Municipal Utilities Authority held it...
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Sheriff Collects 282 Guns During Buyback
May 16, 2012PATERSON, NJ - The Passaic County Sheriff’s Department collected 282 weapons during its recent gun buyback program, o...
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North Jersey Auto Mall Targeted in Consumer Suit by AG's Office
May 15, 2012PATERSON, NJ – A judge has ordered a 6th Ward used car dealership to disclose damage on the vehicles it puts up for s...
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Pascrell, Rothman Debate Their Voting Records
May 15, 2012PATERSON, NJ - In a debate at Montclair State University on Monday night, the two Democratic congressmen running in the 9th district a...
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Star-Ledger Deems Rothman Attack Ad Untrue
May 14, 2012PATERSON, NJ – The Star-Ledger’s PolitiFact New Jersey has determined that Rep. Steve Rothman’s campaign ...
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Which Congressman Brings Home More Bacon?
May 14, 2012PATERSON, NJ – The two Democratic congressmen battling in the 9th district Democratic primary both maintain they have...
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Goow Challenging Akhtaruzzaman's Residency, Say He was Ineligible to Run for Council
May 12, 2012PATERSON, NJ - Councilman Aslon Goow is planning a court challenge contesting that the man who beat him in Tuesday's 2n...
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Pascrell vs. Jones?
May 12, 2012PATERSON, NJ - An article on PolitickerNJ.com says Rep. Bill Pascrell may run for mayor again in 2014 if he loses his Democratic congr...
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Paterson School District Fails to Report Administrators' Leave Pay
May 12, 2012PATERSON, NJ - Paterson was one of many school districts around New Jersey that failed to comply with a state law requiring...
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Robberies in Four Different Paterson Neighborhoods
May 9, 2012PATERSON, NJ - City police are investigating four apparently unrelated robberies that happened over a 28-hour period stretching from M...
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Pascrell Announces Upward Bound Grant For 50 Paterson Students
May 8, 2012WASHINGTON, DC – Fifty Paterson High School students will be able to participate in an Upward Bound program at Montclair State U...