Passaic News

The Mental Health Clinic of Passaic held its 5th annual beefsteak dinner and tricky tray fundraiser on May 4, at the Brownstone in Paterson .

Executive Director of the Passaic River Coalition: Bill Pascrell has been nothing but a champion for the future of the Passaic River Justin Myers, Campaign Manager for Pascrell for Congress, blasted Steve Rothman for producing and broadcasting another completely false and misleading ad, this time on broadcast television.

On the morning of March 14, 1887, three young men sat in a small back room looking at their finished work.

Here are a few video outtakes from the events I covered on Monday, starting with this scene on the Union Avenue Memorial Bridge between Rutherford and Passaic.

Scan the obituaries in today's paper - or any day - for sobering proof that the Greatest Generation is dwindling fast.

Locicero Resigns from Council Tom Locicero resigned from the Borough Council Tuesday, after the state Department of Community Affairs ruled that his work presents a conflict of interest with his position on the council.

A war has erupted among North Jersey's water suppliers amid the clashing realities of rising demand and chronically depleted reservoirs.

NORTH HALEDON - Environmental testing has confirmed that 23 wells in the borough are contaminated with a carcinogenic chemical, but the source and extent of the pollution remain unknown, according to the state environmental agency.

Imam Mustafa El-Amin answers a question as he stands with Nadia Kahf, second right, attorney with the Council on American-Islamic Relations in New Jersey, and Mohamed Younes, right, of Passaic, in Trenton.

A 1973 Dodge Challenger put together by a group of auto enthusiasts from New Jersey may soon be making appearances at the New Jersey State Fair, Chatterbox Drive-In and other venues.

CLIFTON - Lifelong Clifton resident Doreen Delancy-Williams has been voted into her sixth term on Clifton's Advisory Board of Recreation.

The borough's streets were sprinkled with bicycles as dozens of students pedaled to Tenafly High School and back to mark National Bike Month.

Assemblyman Gary Schaer, the Democrat from Passaic, trying to simplify and understand the arcania of the state budget, asked the Legislature's top budget analyst if using the term "cushion" - a rainy day stash that an average person might use for emergencies - would serve as an adequate analogy to understand the role of a "surplus" in the state ... (more)

It's part of the everyday routine of many Latino immigrants living in Passaic - to pause for a moment at the outdoor shrine of the Virgin Mary.

Farmers' markets are multiplying like rabbits. Once a rarity found primarily in towns such as Ridgewood and Ringwood , this year will see 20 different weekly markets across North Jersey.

It's part of the everyday routine of many Latino immigrants living in Passaic - to pause for a moment at the outdoor shrine of the Virgin Mary.

NORTH HALEDON - The Passaic County Freeholders on Tuesday night rejected a measure that would have reimbursed the state for more than $210,000 in unauthorized overtime paid to two executives of the county's Workforce Development Center.

Police arrested a 29-year-old who is behind a series of burglaries across northern New Jersey, Paramus Police Chief Christopher Brock said.

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. today announced a $1,530,304 federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response program grant for the City of Passaic's Fire Department.

A Paramus social worker admitted Monday to submitting fraudulent time sheets to her employer, the Youth Success Network in Passaic, for counseling services for troubled young people, Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa said.