Paterson on Tuesday let freedom ring once as community and political leaders gathered at the Huntoon-Van Rensalier Underground Railroad memorial on Broadway for installation of the freedom bell.
Jamaicans celebrate Paterson street naming with fanfare
It was ‘one love’ in Amistad Park on Saturday as Jamaicans gathered with city and state officials to rename a section of Vreeland Avenue to “Jamaica Way.”
Paterson liquor store sold winning $50,000 lottery ticket
A liquor store sold a winning lottery ticket worth $50,000, according to the New Jersey Lottery.
Despite pandemic, Great Falls saw record number of visitors
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the Great Falls National Historical Park in Paterson saw record number of visitors in 2020, according to National Park Service data.
Origin and growth of Black History Month
Sankofa is a word in the Twi language of Ghana that literally translates “fetch it go back and get it or “it is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten.”
Paterson celebrates Kamala Harris’ historic victory
Stacey Coleman and her sisters in the local Alpha Kappa Alpha were ecstatic when they learned about Kamala Harris’s historic victory.
Paterson man hasn’t voted for decades because of criminal record. He just registered to vote in November.
41-year-old Qayyum Montgomery has never voted in his entire life because of his entanglement in the criminal justice system.