Paterson News

A New Jersey ex-convict behind the wheel of a van that overturned on an Illinois freeway, killing five passengers returning from a California ministry gathering, had his driving privileges suspended last year for administrative reasons, motor vehicle records show.

PATERSON - Two 18-year-old women were robbed at gunpoint at 4:30 pm on Thursday while they were walking near the corner of Albion Avenue and Henry Street, according to police.

PATERSON - An illegal immigrant is being held on $50,000 bail after authorities discovered he fraudulently obtained a driver's license.

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

The city council and the director of the Department of Health and Human Services have yet to agree on how licenses should be distributed to applicants seeking to operate food-vending vehicles.

PATERSON - Gov. Chris Christie received the endorsement of the Democratic council president of Paterson today in a move that is likely to give Christie a small boost in a city where he received only 11 percent of the vote in 2009.

Jubilant residents of South Paterson, N.J. - aka "Little Ramallah" - raised a Palestinian flag at City Hall this weekend, reportedly the first time the flag has flown over an American city.

It sounds like something from a "CSI" episode, but it's not fiction. And though the story has no link to the area The Observer covers, you never know.

"When Paterson residents continue to be overburdened by exorbitant taxes, crime and gun violence, an influx of drugs and users in our communities, dilapidated schools and diminishing school funding, the Governor making a second visit to use Paterson as a platform for political posturing or finger-pointing is an insult.

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.

On May 2 in Paterson, singer Jon Bon Jovi, center, stands next to Pamela Sanquini, left, whose son Matthew overdose at the age of 20, and Jill LaZare, right, whose daughter Brooke overdose at age 23, as they listen to Gov.

PATERSON - Arab-American leaders say a City Hall ceremony Sunday that honored Palestinian-Americans and raised their native flag was a sign of their growth in the area.

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

Governor Chris Christie speaks at the New Jersey Law Enforcement Memorial Service honoring men and women killed in the line of service at the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove, N.J. on Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

A New Jersey mother has sharply criticized the praise heaped on Angelina Jolie for her decision to undergo a double mastectomy, saying the procedure isn't realistic for ordinary working women.

Inside a cavernous 19th-century factory that once contained the largest jute rope and carpet maker in the country, Paterson 's artistic community is hoping they've finally found a home.

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.

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

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.

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.