N.J.-- History was made Tuesday in one New Jersey city. Paterson swore in its first African-American deputy fire chief. Michael Hall said he was never the kind of kid who grew up wanting to be a ...

PATERSON, New Jersey (WABC ... become the first African American deputy fire chief. "Being the first is a honor, it really is," Deputy Fire Chief Michael Hall said. Hall has been with the ...

A New Jersey city has made a historic appointment. According to CBS New York, Tuesday marked Michael Hall’s swearing-in as the first Black deputy fire chief in Paterson, and his proud family was ...

PATERSON — Alex Alicea, Paterson’s new fire chief, will be paid $225,000 ... Davila blamed the decision on the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, which oversees Paterson’s finances ...

Administration officials said the New Jersey Department of Community ... grew up in the city and would become Paterson’s first minority fire chief. City Hall: Paterson council wants acting ...

That’s because current Fire Chief Michael Postorino will retire effective Sunday. .He has worked for the Paterson Fire Department since 1989, and stands to receive a $232,000 severance payment ...

PATERSON — Most of the City Council is calling for Mayor Andre Sayegh’s administration to increase its proposed salary for the acting fire chief ... by the New Jersey Department of Community ...

PATERSON, New Jersey (WABC) -- With the cold weather ... by putting somebody in the water," said Paterson Deputy Fire Chief Michael Hall. "So that person goes in the water, they lay inside the ...