Police say Edwin Mejia, 28, had smoke pouring from his minivan hood and oxycodone packaged for sale inside.

Rev. Angela Fields, a native Patersonian who once experienced homelessness herself, will lead the city's response for at least three years.

The victim was alert and conscious as crews rushed them to a Paterson trauma center from Westervelt Avenue.

Jose Fermin trained an accomplice to fake the zoning director's signature while climbing the municipal pay scale himself.

A federal lawsuit says three open-air reservoirs serving northern New Jersey have gone uncovered since 2009, risking lead and parasite contamination.