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The Bedford Hills Correctional Facility EHU, as well as every other rehabilitative program, should be supported without question.

New hires get their full bonus after teaching for two years.

The City Council refused to sign off on a significant portion Mayor Andre Sayegh’s plans for Paterson’s funding from the federal COVID-relief program.

With the deadline looming for candidates in the upcoming Paterson mayoral election, only two people have submitted signed petitions to run.

Paterson Public Schools, the fourth-largest school district in New Jersey, will move entirely to remote learning for two weeks after the holiday break as the...

Experts say students are in a mental health crisis. A big increase in federal money means schools can spend on services.

Almost 3,200 teachers reported for work in-person on Tuesday as Paterson education officials took their first major step toward normalcy.

PATERSON — The first wave of 675 school district employees will be getting COVID-19 vaccines next week as city education officials remain undecided whether to resume in-person classes this academic year. The district last week sent emails to all 3,909 employees letting them know about the availability of the voluntary vaccines for educators, said Superintendent Eileen Shafer. About 1,200 said they would get inoculations and the rest did not respond, she said. Shafer said the 675 appointments ...

The Paterson Board of Education has authorized Superintendent Eileen F. Shafer to continue remote learning in public schools through at least May 3.