PRESS RELEASE New Jersey Foreclosures Up Only .95% Over Q4 2007, and Down 34% from Q3 2008; Essex, Bergen, Union and Monmouth Counties Had the Most New Foreclosures in Q4 2008 PropertyShark.com released its quarterly report covering first-time residential foreclosures in New Jersey for Q4 2008. New Jersey Foreclosures were up only .95% over Q4 2007, and were down 34% from Q3 2008; Essex, Bergen, Union and

New Jersey's jobless rate jumped to its highest level in 15 years last month, triggering worries that the drain on the state's unemployment insurance fund will trigger automatic payroll-tax increases for businesses. The 7.1 percent unemployment rate was a full point increase over the 6.1 percent rate in November and just barely less than the national average of 7.2 percent, Gov. Jon Corzine and state Labor

The State of New Jersey is holding two forums to help people "preserve" their homes.  However, none of them are in the vicinity of Paterson - one is in Newark and the other one in Mount Laurel.  If you like some assistance, you are going to have to take the ride one of these places.   According to the release from the State, the "goal for these forums

In a letter directed Corzine’s chief counsel , Kenneth Zimmerman, AG Milgran wrote: “You have asked whether the Department of Education’s (Department) proposal for a new school funding formula, if enacted, would meet the requirements of the Thorough and Efficient Clause of the New Jersey Constitution. N.J. Const., Art VIII, §4, ¶1. Our office has spent considerable time analyzing that issue as the Department was developing

The Paterson Police is in the process of increasing the size of our Police force, so if you were interested in becoming part of Paterson’s finest; then this is your chance.  To become a Paterson Police officer you have to an US citizen, have a high school diploma, be 18 to 35 years old and be resident of the city of Paterson.  According to the State