Paterson
A city in Passaic County, New Jersey — population 144,801 as of 2020.
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In Photos: 2026 Hispanic Heritage Month Flag Raising
On Wednesday, Sept. 16, Montclair State University held a flag raising ceremony at the Student Center Flagpoles in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Montclair State is a designated Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), with 45% of its student body identifying as Hispanic.
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WRNJ Radio
September 14‘Once-in-a-generation’ rainfall recorded in North Haledon as heavy rain hit New Jersey
NEW JERSEY — A stalled weather front and slow-moving area of low pressure produced extreme rainfall across parts of New Jersey on Sunday morning, with one Rutgers University weather station …
GeneralIn and around Paterson
See & do
- Amc Clifton Commons Theater
- American Federation of Musicians
- Aspen-Hamilton Apartments
- Atlantis
- Baurle Field House
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Paterson by the numbers
- Area
- 8.41 sq mi (21.79 km²), 0.29 sq mi water
- Median age
- 33.3
- Households
- 49,865
- Persons per household
- 3.2
- Median household income
- $55,997
- Median house value
- $360,100
- Office
- MAYOR
- Address
- 155 MARKET ST, PATERSON, NJ 07505