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Standing on the same ground where 14 months ago they celebrated an apparent vicitory in their imam's battle for permanent residency in this country, advocates for Mohammad Qatanani Friday appealed for support as his case heads back to the court that granted him that short-lived triumph.

A 19-year old Passaic man was shot to death during a fight outside a party at a partially-abandoned Paterson factory building early Saturday morning, Paterson police said.

Three people were indicted on child cruelty charges for allegedly cutting a 7-year-old girl - the daughter of one woman involved - and performing animal sacrifices in the child's presence during a religious ritual, authorities said today.

TRENTON, N.J. - The lengthy deportation case of an influential New Jersey Muslim leader has been sent back to the immigration judge who handled the matter for a rehearing.

WOODLAND PARK -- Provisional ballots could determine whether a northern New Jersey town changes its name for a second time.

North Jersey heads to the voting booths today to vote for governor, dozens of state Assembly seats, a statewide open-space referendum, and countless municipal and county contests.

Finishing his morning coffee with three friends - like him, all retirees and registered Republicans - Leonard Reisner let it slip that he would be voting to re-elect Jon S. Corzine, the Democratic incumbent governor.

A Ridgefield Park man has been arrested and charged with groping women at two stores in the borough, police said Sunday.

PATERSON Two stabbings early Sunday morning capped off a violent Halloween weekend in the city.

Did you know that the inventor of the first modern submarine was a Paterson teacher? John P. Holland of Liscannor in County Clare, Ireland, immigrated to Paterson in 1872 and taught music and art at the city's St.

Standing in Mary Ellen Kramer Park overlooking the Great Falls in Paterson, ita TMs impossible to imagine the sensation Sam Patch must have felt in 1827 when he jumped from the cliff face and plunged 80 feet into the turbulent water below.

Police had a night of violence to deal with when four men were shot in one part of town and two men were stabbed in another at approximately the same time.

In this undated photo provided by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson, N.J., Rev.

Authorities chased an armed suspect who refused to stop for police and shot at him as he got out of his vehicle, a report on WABC-TV said.

Gov. Jon S. Corzine said Thursday that a scaled-back version of his financial restructuring plan, which flamed out last year, could be revived in a second term.

ORDINARILY, WE do not believe adding more school administrators is a good idea. Public schools are too often top heavy.

Paterson's Eastside High School will get a second principal this week as part of an initiative to increase safety in the school, a report in The Record said.

NJ CENTER FOR BOOK HONORS WALT WHITMAN HOUSE IN NOV. 6 EVENT Bestows Literary Landmark status on poet's Camden home CAMDEN - One of Camden's most famous residents, the celebrated poet Walt Whitman, resided for the last eight years of his life at 328 Mickle Street, a modest, two story house he purchased with the proceeds from his landmark ...

Sunda Croonquist, the stand-up comic and proud Paterson native, had just finished an interview with RadarOnline.com about the Heene family of "balloon boy" fame, whom she knew well when they lived in Los Angeles.

A 48-year-old Passaic man pleaded guilty in state court Monday to child endangerment after authorities say he exposed two young boys to pornography and liquor.