Tarik Robinson is a lifelong Patersonian. He attended Paterson Catholic H.S. where he lettered as a varsity basketball player for three years. After graduation he attended a Junior College in Maryland (Harford CC) and then transferred to Ventura College in California, where he eventually garnered many Division I scholarships as a basketball player and selected [...]

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Pedro Rodriguez was born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, on November 25th, 1976.
Since his childhood, he demonstrated a strong leadership, dedication to serve others, good sense of humor and passion for baseball.
His parents instilled in him, the importance of education as a foundation in life Being part of a middle class family, it [...]

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Ups and Downs
By Juana M. Ortiz
   
I was borne and raised in the Dominican Republic. In 1972 a couple of months after I was born, I was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. According to the doctor, the left side of my brain was affected due to the delay during labor.
    I didn’t have the opportunity to attend [...]

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Maurice was born in Paterson, NJ on September 12 1995 to Maurice Thompson Sr. and Diane Pittman. He grew up in Paterson and attended School #28, Dr. frank Napier Jr. School of Technology and is currently attending Garret Morgan Academy.
Maurice worked hard and was very serious about his education so much so, that he was [...]

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Valerie Collado was born on December 5th 1984 to Agustina & Moises Collado at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Paterson, NJ.
She is a graduate of Passaic Catholic Regional Grammar School & Clifton High School.  She has a Business Administration Degree from Dover Business College.
She has work for PNC BANK as a Financial Sales Consultant in Paterson, [...]

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Joanne Bottler was born on September 18, 1953 to Florence A. & Joseph S. Bottler at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Connecticut.  The family relocated to New Jersey in 1957.
Joanne is a graduate of Holy Trinity Grammar School & Pope Pius XII High School – both located in Passaic.  Additionally, she attended Rutgers University and received [...]

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At 7 years of age, Eddie saw a community of heroic individuals force themselves into a burning building to attempt to save the lives of his siblings trapped in their apartment. Others gathered around him and his parents to catch his 2 older brothers as they jumped from a blazing 3rd floor apartment window, the [...]

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In keeping with our new policy of featuring young leaders from the Paterson community, this month we feature another exemplary young man: Marcus Dantzler.
Marcus is a sophomore at Paterson Catholic High School where he is part of the basketball team and the track team.  He says he one thing he loves about Paterson is the competition [...]

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Greyson P. Hannigan, Esq. was appointed to the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders On June 2, 2008.  He is married to Bertha, a counselor and 22 year resident of the City of Paterson and John F. Kennedy High School graduate.  They have two sons, Trevor (6) and Sebastian (3).  The Hannigan family resides in [...]

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This month our featured personality is Angel Villalongo (He is the third Villalongo we have featured here) His name was submitted by his aunt and Godmother, Rosie Gonzalez.  Here is what she had to say about Angel:
I just wanted to tell you a little   about my Godson which is also my nephew, Angel Villalongo.
Not only [...]

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