Passaic County News

Members of the Bergenfield High School Marching Band head up Prospect Avenue during last year's Memorial Day in Bergenfield.

On May 24 at 9:11 a.m., Patrolman Nick Varcadipane observed a woman walking in traffic in the area of 845 Riverview Drive, a busy four lane road.

Almost 2,000 students graduated from Berkeley College marking a new high. Dario A. Cortes, PhD, President of Berkeley College, announce that students from Morris County recently received degrees from Berkeley College.

PATERSON Detectives from the Passaic County Sheriff's Office arrested 11 women on prostitution charges Thursday in a sweep intended to rid neighborhoods of activities that act as a magnet for crime.

CLIFTON - Next fall marks the fourth consecutive year a City elementary school will utilize a state grant that benefits low-income areas by providing students with free fresh fruits and vegetables in an effort to promote healthy eating habits.

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Paterson resident Cynthia Bascope was charged with selling counterfeit merchandise out of a former meat store on Crooks Avenue.

Montville police say the arrests of three people in connection with an alleged burglary at Condurso's Garden Center in the township could help solve thefts from other garden centers and floral shops in Morris and Passaic counties.

New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa, right, looks on as Michael Halfacre, chief of the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, talks about an investigation dubbed 'Operation Swill.' One establishment allegedly replaced scotch whiskey with rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring.

North American Partners in Anesthesia , a specialty anesthesia and perioperative management company has announced New Jersey Anesthesia Group has joined NAPA.

The Passaic Valley Water Commission on Wednesday adopted a modified version of a controversial plan to drain its open-air reservoirs on Garret Mountain and replace them with concrete tanks, beginning in 2015.

Police say a Tinton Falls man arrested Wednesday and charged with lewdness and child sex offenses believed he was holding chat sessions with a 12-year-old girl on the Internet, but the conversation actually involved undercover Passaic County sheriff's detectives.

PATERSON - Georgios Spyropoulos, the man accused in a plot to have the owner of the famed Tick Tock Diner tortured, robbed and killed last month, walked out of the Passaic County Jail this afternoon after posting bail, officials said.

If local motor-heads want to make a killing selling tires or fixing axles and suspension systems, they'd do well to set up shop near Starke Road in Carlstadt or West Railway Avenue in Paterson .

Members of Centenary College Social Responsibility Class Raises Funds for the Salvation Army.

CLIFTON - A Paterson woman was arrested Tuesday for selling knock-off designer handbags out of a fake Halal butcher shop, authorities said.

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 .

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

A Hillside police officer writes a ticket to a driver who wasn't wearing a seat belt in this Star-Ledger file photo.