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Before he died in 2004, James M. Thornton Sr. asked that his ashes be dispersed where his loved ones lived in New Jersey and Florida. Instead, Stephen K. Finley allowed [...]

An argument between a Newark woman and her boyfriend ended Sunday in a four-alarm fire at their apartment building that left the man hospitalized in critical condition and at least [...]

With less than a month before Passaic County's juvenile detention center in Haledon is to close, officials say there are no concrete plans for the facility once it is vacant. [...]

Most North Jersey towns increased their tax revenue by more than 4 percent last year -- blowing past a state-imposed cap designed to slow the growth of the nation's highest [...]

Passaic County's Sheriff's Department is the only one in the state that operates its own ambulance squad. In most other counties, the sheriff's officers do what civilians do in an [...]

CLIFTON -- Fire Station 2 closed Saturday with an early morning ceremony befitting a fallen comrade, after months of negotiations and pleas to the City Council to rethink this year's [...]

At about 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 15, William Feuge left his room on the second floor of the Lincoln Park Intermediate Care Center, put on a green jacket and a [...]

WAYNE -- No one knows how Michael 'Angelo' Ramos died but on Wednesday his image was projected on a large screen as a health advocate told Ramos' classmates at Passaic [...]

Granulated sugar spilling from plastic bags in a police evidence room was just one of the things that unraveled what would have been a perfect crime. So obvious was the [...]

PATERSON -- A Passaic County sheriff's officer shot a Bergen County man Friday as the man drove toward him in a failed attempt to flee authorities serving a warrant, authorities [...]

PATERSON -- With signs and chants of 'Save Our Children,' more than 50 people gathered in front of the Passaic County Administration Building on Wednesday to protest plans to close [...]

Passaic County's effort to shut its youth detention center as a major cost-saving measure took a big step forward Tuesday as freeholders authorized a plan to house its youth offenders [...]

A Montclair lawyer who had worked in the Clinton administration has been nominated by President Obama to be deputy labor secretary, the latest of several Garden State nominees. The president [...]

HALEDON -- Perhaps the most ironic item in Borough Administrator William E. Close Jr.'s office is a large, framed photo of Mickey Mantle, the legendary Yankees slugger who once said [...]

The global reach and flexibility of the Internet is fueling brisk growth in online college classes, and those numbers are expected to grow as the recession encourages workers to continue [...]

Passaic County officials jumped the gun in sending layoff notices last week without state approval, possibly jeopardizing a critical cost-cutting plan aimed at saving taxpayers millions of dollars during the [...]

For New Jersey's 21 counties, the road to economic recovery is the road itself. Officials in Bergen and Passaic counties are waiting to hear what items on their wish lists [...]

LITTLE FALLS -- Pledging to win three freeholder seats, former Passaic County Republican Chairman Michael Mecca introduced a slate of fresh-faced candidates Tuesday. At a gathering of 250 at a [...]

Passaic County Clerk Karen Brown's announcement on Tuesday that she would not seek reelection will spare Democrats from becoming embroiled in a battle among three candidates seeking the party's June [...]

State officials are negotiating an exit strategy for Passaic County Prosecutor James Avigliano that could pave the way for the first Hispanic woman to be appointed to the county's top [...]

A fire Friday morning in an illegal basement apartment at 215 Crosby Ave. killed a 22-year-old man, the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office said. Kazi Saddam Hussein was found in bed [...]

Gone but never forgotten. Those words on Friday became a commemoration for Michael Angelo Ramos, the 17-year-old Passaic County Technical Institute student who died suddenly this week after lifting weights [...]

Michael Angelo Ramos was planning a Valentine's Day celebration with his girlfriend and counting the days until his 18th birthday. Then, he died suddenly at Passaic County Technical Institute this [...]

WAYNE -- Passaic County Technical Institute students on Wednesday grieved for a senior who died the day before in the weight room. But as they reacted to online news reports [...]

A volunteer ambulance squad's need for help has set local agencies and businesses jockeying for the chance to back up its daytime skeleton crew and pick up additional revenue. After [...]

Households running on shoestring budgets know that saving a dollar is just as important as making a dollar, and some levels of government are applying the same logic by cutting [...]

Tina Umstead and Marge Burgos have teenage sons in serious trouble. The boys were charged with murder two months ago after an incident on Robert Street in Paterson that left [...]

PATERSON -- The Passaic County Jail is out to teach its inmates some hard lessons -- in math, English composition and possibly computer science. Those subjects could be offered at [...]

Construction officials say Preakness Healthcare Center's expansion is nearly complete, but additional contract changes continue adding millions of dollars to what was originally contracted. The Passaic County freeholders in December [...]

The man accused of a deadly shooting rampage at a Clifton church in November tried to take his own life at the Passaic County Jail on Tuesday, authorities said. But [...]

A mortgage broker, a public defender and a co-owner of a community newspaper are among the Democrats emerging as hopefuls to run for Passaic County freeholder this year. Even though [...]

Thousands of tax appeals have been filed in Passaic County in recent years, and local officials say the trend is expected to continue as government expenses increase, the housing market [...]

Members of the Islamic Center of Passaic County joined thousands of demonstrators in Washington, D.C., on Saturday to protest the Bush administration's failure to support calls for a cease fire [...]

WOODLAND PARK -- Responding to a local horse owner who complained, Passaic County Health Department officials cited the Garret Mountain Equestrian Center's new manager for violating state regulations by allowing [...]

Ronni D. Nochimson, whose loyalty to the Republican Party in 2004 cost her the Passaic County clerk's post she had held for 10 years, wants her old job back -- [...]

Tahesha Way, who was picked from obscurity less than three years ago to fill a vacancy on the Democrats' Passaic freeholder ticket, on Monday was elected freeholder director -- the [...]

Months after a number of Passaic County Jail inmates and officers were stricken with a drug-resistant staph infection, officials have confirmed new cases among inmates. Bill Maer, spokesman for the [...]

Noel Moreira was pretty sure Wednesday she would be having a New Year's Eve baby. Instead, her daughter, Vivian, entered the world at 12:01 a.m. at Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center [...]

A domestic argument ended with the stabbing death of a 49-year-old man on Wednesday and the arrest of his girlfriend, police said. Daryll Brown was pronounced dead in his apartment [...]

After a year of laws that put the public under greater scrutiny, statutes going into effect in 2009 will demand greater accountability from those who serve the public, including health [...]

This time last year, Passaic County department heads were told to sharpen pencils and swing axes over their payrolls as they planned the 2008 budget. This year is much quieter, [...]

Authorities knew what they were looking for when they searched the Totowa home of New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress, but they didn't expect to find a suitcase filled [...]

WAYNE -- Two weeks after Passaic County freeholders filled a nearly $2 million budget gap for the Sheriff's Department, Sheriff Jerry Speziale promoted 11 officers and hired 11 people on [...]

Passaic County officials want to extend a $10 million line of credit to local communities, school districts and fire departments to buy dump trucks, street cleaners and other big-ticket items. [...]

David Letterman couldn't make a North Jersey homeowner laugh at this Top 10 list. Passaic, Bergen and Morris all ranked in the nation's Top 10 counties with the highest median [...]

A year ago, as Passaic County employees crowded into public meetings protesting budget cuts and layoffs, the most outraged called for county administrator Anthony De Nova's resignation. For De Nova, [...]

NORTH HALEDON -- Legions armed with show shovels and snow-blowing machines took to the sidewalks Sunday in an effort to ward off fines from municipal officials. 'If you don't have [...]

PASSAIC -- Richard Cedena watched helplessly from a coffee shop window on Tuesday as firefighters battled a four-alarm blaze that ultimately destroyed the meat processing business where he worked. 'Right [...]

After years of reliance on jailhouse revenues, Passaic County has decided to end its practice of housing out-of-county inmates to raise cash. The Passaic County administration gave notice to the [...]

Police arrested the manager of junior welterweight champion boxer Kendall Holt on Friday night and charged him with conspiring with a former Passaic County sheriff's officer to sell cocaine. Henry [...]