Passaic News

Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Mila Jasey, Patrick Diegnan, Connie Wagner, Ralph R. Caputo and Angelica M. Jimenez to encourage more of New Jersey's teachers to take part in educational leadership roles recently gained legislative approval by the full Assembly.

PASSAIC - A homeless man was arrested Friday after he allegedly beat and robbed another man in a fast-food restaurant, authorities said.

PATERSON A group of Paterson children are learning a different way to see life through the lens of a camera.

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for most of northeast New Jersey and southern New York, including Bergen, Passaic and Essex counties until 7:45 p.m. A watch means severe weather is possible during the next few hours, while a warning means that severe weather has been observed, or is expected soon.

Ridge High School lacrosse player Gavin Kirkwood jumps on the bubble formed on the field as heavy rain poured down from the sky during a lacrosse match in Basking Ridge.

But it's a safe bet to say that Passaic , with some 70,000 people living in fewer than 20,000 households, is not a place where a great deal of money tends to accumulate: The median household income is a scant $30,363, according to the most recent census estimates, making the hardscrabble industrial city the fifth-poorest among New Jersey's 566 ... (more)

A detective from the state Division of Criminal Justice carries boxes of evidence out from TGI Friday on Route 3 West in Clifton.

At 2:05 p.m., a River Road business owner reported the theft of a 4-foot floor fan, TV parts, car batteries, a propane cylinder and ladder poles from their building.

Sherif Samaan and his wife Ashgan George, the owners of Deli Five Stars on Central Avenue in Jersey City, discovered Monday that a customer from their store won a $1 million prize in Saturday's Powerball drawing.

Americans for Prosperity, the state's leading grassroots, free-market organization is blasting a proposal to bail out municipalities when they lose a corporate headquarters from their community.

A goat believed to have escaped en route to a slaughterhouse snarled the morning commute along one of the busiest roadways in northern New Jersey Tuesday, leading police on a nearly two-hour chase.

Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Charles Mainor and Tim Eustace to create uniform reporting requirements to log and track abandoned, discarded or seized firearms was approved 51-27 Monday by the Assembly, giving it final legislative approval.

Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Gilbert "Whip" L. Wilson, Gordon Johnson, Connie Wagner, Pamela R. Lampitt, Benjie E. Wimberly, Annette Quijano and Celeste Riley to create a task force charged with making recommendations to improve security and makes schools safer received final legislative approval Monday and now heads to the ... (more)

Nutley police pursued the driver of a stolen car into Newark where they arrested him after a foot chase through the city, authorities said.

Legislation Assembly Democrats Tim Eustace and Connie Wagner sponsored to make clear participation by New Jersey residents in contests of skill does not constitute unlawful gambling was approved 78-0 Monday by the Assembly.

NEWTON - A Passaic County detective was legally drunk and had been drinking at a winery just before he unsuccessfully tried to navigate his vehicle down the steepest slope at the Mountain Creek ski resort, according to court papers.

The Wayne Valley Indians won their first Passaic County track and field title Wednesday by defeating Passaic Tech 116-94, NorthJersey.com reported .

The streets around Lake Mohawk were closed to automobile traffic by yellow-shirted township police officers as young girls in bright green t-shirts and adults, many in similar white tees, ran around along the asphalt.

Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrat Benjie E. Wimberly to create a specialty license plate for the fraternal organization, Omega Psi Phi was released today by the Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee.

Defeated Passaic mayoral candidate Jose Sandoval, wearing striped tie, was among a group testing voting machines Friday.