Briniah Torres never visited the Great Falls. When her school took a field trip to the Great Falls National Historical Park last week she was amazed to find such a place existed in her hometown.
Summer jazz concert series kicks off at Passaic County Courthouse Plaza
The music of Duke Ellington greeted visitors to the Passaic County Courthouse Plaza in Paterson as a series of summer jazz concerts at the renovated public space kicked off on Tuesday afternoon.
Eva’s Village fashion show raises $187,000 for Paterson charity
For the second year in a row, the Eva’s Village raised a record-setting amount of funds for its charitable work through its fashion show called “Behind the Seams.”
Muslims usher in Ramadan with lantern lighting in South Paterson
Dozens of Muslims gathered at the South Paterson Park just before sunset on Friday to usher in the holy month of Ramadan with a lantern lighting. The 17-foot lantern, called a fanous in Arabic, was lit up wishing the city’s large Muslim community a happy Ramadan.
Revamped self-guided tour app for Paterson Great Falls launched
The popular “Mill Mile” mobile application providing self-guided tours of the Great Falls National Historical Park with narrations from the likes of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Brian Williams received a revamp with the addition of two new stops at the historic Hinchcliffe Stadium and S.U.M. Great Falls Power Plant from the students of John F. Kennedy…
Paterson looking to restore trolley service
The Paterson Parking Authority is considering restoring the Paterson trolley service in the South Paterson area as part of its proposed garage project by St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center.
Paterson girls make it to McDonald’s Gospelfest
Tabia White has been dancing to gospel music at least once a week for the past two years with a group of about two dozen local girls who call themselves the “Divine Cry.” In late April, she and her fellow group members performed in front of the City Council to the Tasha Cobbs’ song “Sense…