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Paterson, New Jersey is located in Passaic County. Zip codes in Paterson, NJ include 07522, 07514, and 07502. The median home price in Paterson is $171,000 which is roughly $112/per square foot. More Paterson information.

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11 hrs ago | Asbury Park Press

Candidate takes 7 years to explain his spending

It took an independent candidate for governor nearly $432,000 in taxpayer funds to get 1 percent of the vote in the 2005 election -- then nearly seven years to finally tell the state how he spent the funds.

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Sun May 19, 2013

The Alternative Press

Patersonians Give Back to the Community

In a large parking lot next to a vacant building, a disc jockey played old school music while volunteers passed out clothes and food.

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Sat May 18, 2013

The Alternative Press

Man Shot During Street Fight

According to the Paterson Police Cease Fire Unit, the 21-year-old victim was shot in the right buttock shortly after 4 a.m. Saturday morning near 16th Avenue and Rosa Parks Blvd.

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The Jersey Journal

Man shot after parking car in Paterson

The 22-year-old exited his vehicle onto East 26th Street between 9th and 10th avenues when a gunman approached and opened fire at about 2:15 a.m., authorities said.

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Fri May 17, 2013

The Alternative Press

Paterson Athletes Recognized At Great Falls Rotary Dinner

At its fourth annual Beef Steak Dinner Fundraiser Wednesday night, The Paterson Great Falls Rotary Club honored nine athletes and sports greats from Paterson who have given back to the city in various ways.

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The Alternative Press

Paterson Councilman Tells Woodland Park To Bring It On

For decades, law enforcement from Paterson's offspring cities, Woodland Park, Prospect Park and Elmwood Park have notoriously been branded as profilers of urban drivers entering their towns.

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The Alternative Press

Paterson Celebrates the Arts: 5th Annual ArtWalk, Paterson Falls Film ...

Beginning this Saturday, May 18, Paterson's rich art scene will be open for the public to visit the Great Falls Historic District, the National Historic Park, and various art exhibits in some of Paterson's untouched Mills.

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Thu May 16, 2013

Philly.com

Relative of 2d missing boy from 1972 comes forth

A relative of a boy who disappeared in 1972 from an orphanage outing in Burlington County has come forward to help investigators solve the cold case.

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Wed May 15, 2013

Patch.com

3 Bernards Residents Were Victims of Identity Theft

Three Bernards Township residents were among the more than 70 people who made reports to 30 police departments within the last year or so that they were the victims of identity theft, prompting a statewide investigation that led to the arrest of 11 people earlier this month, authorities said.

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TheAlternativePress.com

Fanwood Poetry Reading May 21

FANWOOD, NJ The Carriage House Poetry Series will present distinguished poets Maria Mazziotti Gillan and Leslie Heywood reading their works onTuesday, May 21st at 8 pm in the Kuran Arts Center on Watson Road, off North Martine Avenue, adjacent to Fanwood Borough Hall.

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Patch.com

Man Struck and Killed by NJ Transit Train Tuesday

A man was struck and killed by a NJ Transit train Tuesday night, Wayne Police reported.

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New Jersey State Police

Bones From Death 40 Years Ago Identified as Missing Boy From Orphanage

Bass River Township, Burlington County, N.J. - The New Jersey State Police, in partnership with the Cook County, Illinois Sheriff's Office, and the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification have identified human remains that date back to a missing juvenile case from 1972.

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Wall Street Journal

Why More Young Kids Cheat at School

It's natural for parents to react with horror when told their child cheated in school, but new research reveals the line between right and wrong in the classroom is often hazy for young children.

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Tue May 14, 2013

NorthJersey.com

Paterson man charged as alleged drug dealer

PATERSON - A city resident was arrested Tuesday afternoon and charged with selling crack cocaine and heroin after law enforcement authorities watched him make a drug sale, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said.

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NorthJersey.com

Remains found in Burlington County ID'd as those of Paterson teen missing since 1972

Bones that were found in a park in Burlington County in 2000 have been identified as those of a teenager who went missing during a camping trip with other children from a Paterson orphanage more than four decades ago, authorities said Tuesday.

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New Jersey Herald

Mother Nature paints ring around the sun

Photo by Amy Paterson/New Jersey Herald - A halo around the sun is seen behind the Veteran's Memorial on the Newton Green.

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NJ.com

Elmwood Park man accused of sexually assaulting underage girls arrested in Pa.

An Elmwood Park man suspected of sexually assaulting two underage girls was arrested in Pennsylvania Sunday after being on the run for more than a week.

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NorthJersey.com

Paterson student wins state prize for poem inspired by Holocaust film

PATERSON Rosa Parks high school freshman Elizabeth Dronette had mixed feelings after seeing a documentary about a Holocaust survivor with dementia.

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NorthJersey.com

Paterson police look for clues to Wanaque man's death

Paterson police are looking to toxicology testing by the State Medical Examiner's Office to determine how a Haskell man died last Friday morning at just 23 years of age.

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Mon May 13, 2013

NorthJersey.com

Paterson police special operations nets $5,000 in narcotics

PATERSON - City police confiscated more than $5,000 worth of drugs, arrested 23 people, impounded 28 vehicles and seized a stolen shotgun on Saturday during the deployment of the "Special Operations Unit,'' according to Police Director Glenn Brown.

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