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Paterson Schools Bring Back Masks After Holiday Break
Multiple counties in New Jersey returning to inside mask mandates after holiday break. Brian Thompson reports.
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El Minuto 12/30 English Edition
All people entering schools and district buildings are required to wear a mask until further notice.
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3 Arrested in Gun Scare at JFK High School in Paterson
Starting Monday, everyone entering Kennedy High School will be subject to a security check following today’s incident which involved guns. Jen Maxfield reports.
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Gun Found During NJ High School Hallway Brawl; 3 Arrested Following Lockdown
School officials in a New Jersey district aren’t taking any chances after a gun scare forced a high school lockdown Friday and led to the arrests of two students. Starting Monday, everyone entering John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson will be subject to a security check. The change in safety protocol comes after a student allegedly brought a...
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Family of Missing NJ Man Seeks Charges Against Police Officers Who Saw Him Last
The family of a New Jersey man has been missing for nearly 10 months, vanishing the same night he was arrested, is seeking criminal charges be filed against the officers who brought him into custody.
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Students at This NJ High School Have Their Own Credit Union on Campus — With Perks for Good Grades
Financial literacy is at the heart of this rebooted on-campus bank. Erica Byfield reports.
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Paterson Prohibits Gas Sales to ATV and Dirt Bike Riders
New Jersey’s third-biggest city is revving up its crackdown against illegal dirt bikes.
NBC New York’s Brian Thompson reports.
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‘Toys of Terror:' NJ City Escalates Dirt Bike Crackdown With Gas Ban
New Jersey’s third-biggest city is revving up its crackdown against illegal dirt bikes. City leaders in Paterson approved a new ordinance in hopes of combatting growing concerns from dirt bikes, ATVs, and other illegal vehicles. That order will bar gas station attendants from putting gas into those rides. “I call them the toys of terror,” Mayor Andre Sayegh said...
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3 Wounded in Paterson Drive-By Shooting Expected to Survive: Mayor
Three people wounded Saturday afternoon in a drive-shooting on a Paterson street were being treated for non-life-threatening injuries, the mayor said. The gunfire erupted across North Main Street in the middle of the day, Mayor Andre Sayegh told News 4. All three of the victims were expected to make a full recovery. Sayegh also said three individuals had been taken…
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NJ Bus Driver Facing 42 Counts of Child Endangerment After Hit-Run Crash
A school bus driver is behind bars for allegedly crashing into a parked car while transporting students to a New Jersey high school. The Paterson man was busted Friday morning following a reported hit-and-run crash in Woodland Park, prosecutors said over the weekend. The bus was full of students bound for the Passaic County Technical Institute. Shortly before 9 a.m.,…
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NJ Man Vanishes After Encounter With Paterson Police Caught on Camera
A New Jersey man has been missing for nine months, and the last time he was seen was shortly after police in Paterson detained him. Now, two police officers involved in the case have been suspended. So what happened to Felix de Jesus?
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NJ Man Vanishes After Encounter With Police
The family of Felix De Jesus are still looking for answers after he vanished shortly after being detained by Paterson police, Pat Battle reports.
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Paterson Police Shoot, Kill Suspected Carjacker: Sources
Police investigating multiple carjackings in New Jersey opened fire, killing a suspected thief behind the wheel of a stolen car, law enforcement sources said. Sources involved in the case said police were checking out reported carjackings in Paterson near Van Houten Street and Straight Street Monday afternoon. Officers tracked down the suspect, and shots were fired soon after police arrived…
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Paterson School District Offers $7,500 Bonus to New Teachers Amid Shortage
The new school year barely kicked off, but Paterson Schools sees the impact of the teacher shortage the district faces. The district is more than 100 teachers short — with the majority of the vacancies in special education. Because of this ongoing issue, the Paterson Board of Education brainstormed to come up with a solution and recruit teachers to Paterson….
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Paterson Schools Offering Bonus For New Teachers
The school board in Paterson is offering a hiring bonus amid a teacher shortage, Pat Battle reports.
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5 Former NJ Cops Sentenced in Paterson Corruption Scandal
Five former Paterson, New Jersey police officers have been sentenced in federal court as part of a long-running corruption investigation. The five had all pleaded guilty and received sentences ranging from probation to 24 months in prison during proceedings in Newark on Thursday and Friday. The probe focused on officers who allegedly used excessive force, filed false reports and stole…
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NJ Fire Tracks Collide While Racing to Put Out Flames
Two fire trucks crashed in Paterson, New Jersey, racing to put out a fire and ended up causing their own emergency response in the process. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports.
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Fire Trucks Crash Racing to Put Out NJ Fire, 3 Firefighters Critically Hurt
A pair of fire trucks racing through a New Jersey city en route to put out flames scorching a downtown business collided, critically injuring three firefighters Saturday evening, city officials said. The two fire department trucks were responding to a fire on Main Street when they smashed into one another at Broadway and Straight Street around 5:30 p.m., officials said….
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4-Alarm Inferno Guts NJ Apartments, Leaving 9 Families Homeless
A raging fire in New Jersey gutted at least three apartments in multiple buildings early Thursday, though no injuries were reported. Firefighters in Paterson say they responded to the blaze on Marshall Street around 4 a.m. The fire started in one home and quickly spread to two others, intensifying to a fourth-alarm blaze, meaning additional reinforcements were needed, by daybreak….
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4-Alarm Fire Guts Homes in New Jersey
A fire spread to three separate homes in Paterson, New Jersey, early Thursday. Jessica Cunnington reports.