Paterson

Five former employees of Broadway Respite and Home Care have been convicted and sentenced for offenses involving the abuse of two individuals who attended the daycare facility for adults in Paterson.

A town that once boasted one of the biggest Italian-American populations in New Jersey has eliminated Columbus Day as a school holiday.

A man from North Jersey will be spending almost four years in prison for distributing fentanyl.

Authorities say a Passaic County man has been sentenced to 95 months in prison for coercion and enticement of a minor and for illegally re-entering the United States after previously being deported.

From 2017 to 2019, the percentage of teenagers who said they had vaped nicotine in the past year spiked among eighth graders from 7.5% to 16.5%.

Iris Tolentino also stabbed her 17-year-old son in the arm, police said, adding he was holding a bathroom door closed when officers arrived.

In what Paterson's mayor called an "alarming act of domestic violence," a 7-year-old child was killed Saturday morning after being stabbed.

A Wayne couple is prison-bound for stealing more than four-and-a-half-million dollars in a food stamps fraud scheme, according to federal prosecutors.

Two Paterson police officers were charged by federal prosecutors with filing a false report in connection with the brutal beating of a young man in December.

The fire burned for hours and also destroyed several businesses.