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George and Agnes Hayek will be honored at the St. Joseph Regional School annual dinner, dance, and auction scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., Saturday, March 3, at Perona Farms in Andover Township.

The mild winter hasn't been great for ski resorts or businesses that plow snow, but it's had one unexpected benefit: North Jersey residents are suffering less from the flu, experts say.

Citing his teaching experience and unique qualifications, the members of the Passaic County Education Association today endorsed Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr.

A 28-year-old Prospect Park man was in critical conditionafter being hit numerous times with a baseball bat during a fight early Saturday morning on Manchester Avenue, police said.

PATERSON - Detectives who are investigating an armed robbery of a bodega have released surveillance video of the holdup in the hope of gathering new leads from the public.

"The convergence of three roadways into one, bad timing and excessive speeding," said Sumana Mitra, Passaic County senior assistant prosecutor, in enumerating the three elements that conspired to kill two people and injure three others in Paterson .

After nine years as a fugitive, Artemio Tepale was sentenced Friday to just three years in prison for the gang-related street shooting of an 18-year-old man on Passaic 's Howe Avenue on Oct.

For Art's Sake committee members present at February 8 kick-off party: Co-chairs Jenny Reinhardt and Patricia A. Bell, guest curator Ann Schaffer, Elisa Zachary, Laura Schaffer, Kelly J. Deere and Lacey Rzeszowski.

A Bayonne man has been arrested on charges he exposed himself to what he believed was a 12-year-old girl, using a webcam, officials said yesterday, adding the arrest came only hours after he was hired as a Rutherford school teacher.

PASSAIC - The children's room of the city's main public library has been closed indefinitely following the collapse of a plaster ceiling in the 82-year-old building.

New Jersey is among 10 states for which the Obama administration has lifted the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind law, according to a story on nj.com . New Jersey gained the federal government's blessing to implement its own reform program by submitting a detailed blueprint on how it would improve students performance in struggling ... (more)

And although he is no doubt making more than a few tongues wag with the new campaign, no one could be happier about the steamy pics than his ex-wife, "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Brandi Glanville.

PATERSON, NJ Despite the steadfast efforts of historic preservationists, the demolition of the 19th century portion of the Royle Mill began Wednesday afternoon.

PATERSON, NJ The City Council Tuesday night rejected its president's proposal to appoint someone on an interim to basis fill the empty seat that became vacant last month when Benjie Wimberly left to become a state assemblyman.

WAYNE - A township resident was killed in a car accident last Saturday after the vehicle he was riding in crashed into a tree, according to a press released issued by Wayne Police Sgt.

Hours after he signed a contract to become a teacher at Rutherford High School, a Bayonne man was arrested for exchanging explicit messages over the Internet with a Passaic County Sheriff's officer posing as a 12-year-old girl, authorities said.

An assistant surgeon did not deviate from the accepted standards of care in treating a 23-year-old Clifton woman who died hours after what was supposed to be routine gall bladder surgery, a Superior Court jury found Wednesday.

Officials have evacuated a dorm on the Rutgers-Newark campus while the FBI searches for potentially hazardous substances Wednesday following a student's arrest.

PATERSON - A demolition crew began tearing down an embattled 130-year-old mill Wednesday, ending a last-ditch campaign by activists to save a building that once had been deemed eligible for listing as a national landmark.

The self-esteem issues that I took with me, and the abandonment issues caused me just to attach myself to any guy along the way to try to fill that void.