Paterson News

An undocumented immigrant from Poland was charged with murder Friday in the fatal January shooting of a clerk at a Garfield convenience store, authorities said.

A woman and her aunt are recovering from several stab wounds today after the niece's boyfriend went on a bloody rampage and tried to escape arrest by jumping from a second-story window, police said.

An unusual defense involving a psychiatric syndrome known as "flight or fight" will be permitted in the upcoming robbery trial of a Paterson man, a state judge ruled Thursday.

Paterson Schools Superintendent Donnie Evans said the district will open two to three additional alternative schools in coming weeks for intensive discipline and instruction for disruptive students.

Police pulled a body out of the Passaic River this afternoon after it was spotted about 11 a.m., officials said.

Authorities say a man beat and stabbed his girlfriend and her aunt in northern New Jersey Tuesday.

What the...? Did I get a ticket for THAT!? Actually, no, you just got a 'gentle reminder' from your friendly neighborhood former accounting teacher, Phil Arnone who patrols Knickerbocker Avenue in Paterson, New Jersey.

Two men were stabbed and six people arrested after police broke up a large street fight in Paterson early Sunday.

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Paterson's Mayor, Jose Torres presented Space Port founders Elvira and Jim Grau with The Mayor's Award for outstanding civic contribution at a special private pre-grand opening event attended by the Mayor and Paterson's City Council.

Firefighters on Saturday morning battled a blaze for more than an hour that gutted a two-story wood frame house on 20th Avenue.

WOODLAND PARK, N.J. - A decades-long conflict among residents of a small New Jersey community over what their town should be called has been resolved - for now, at least.

A Paterson man was sentenced to 23 years in state prison Friday for killing a drug dealer who he owed $1,200 because he feared the dealer was out to kill him first.

Woodland Park will remain Woodland Park. Voters who wanted to change the name of the northern New Jersey town back to West Paterson have lost.

Police are investigating the theft of 60 city-owned manhole covers that had been stockpiled at an E. 16th Street public works yard.

An 18-year-old man was critically injured in a drive-by shooting on East 18th Street last night, police said.

Space Port located in Center City Mall in Paterson, New Jersey is becoming the most popular destination for teens and young adults to seek employment.

A Passaic police officer indicted in September on counts of aggravated assault and official misconduct in connection with a confrontation with a city resident was arraigned in state court in Paterson Monday.

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.