Paterson defeated an ordinance that critics said would criminalize homelessness by imposing fines and jail time for camping in public places.

PATERSON — The woman knocking at the Paterson fire headquarters window was frantic. In her arms was her four-month-old daughter, who was choking. Her skin was turning blue from the lack of oxygen.

An overnight fire damaged an abandoned Paterson high school early Thursday morning. Firefighters responded to the old St. Mary's High School on Sherman Avenue overnight for reports of a fire.

The new warming center at the Salvation Army building at 545 West Broadway also is smaller than the old one, which was at the Paterson Housing Authority’s community center at 60 Temple St. The ...

Paterson firefighters were able to quickly contain a fire in a vacant high school building early Thursday morning. Firefighters were called to the former St. Mary's High School and found fire on ...