Mold can cause adverse health effects Editors: FEMA’s Sept. 18 News Release NR-030, “Cleaning Up Mold – How To Get Rid Of It,” serves as a sidebar to this release. NEPTUNE, N.J. –– Mold is an ever-present problem following storm flooding and can be a significant health risk if care is not taken, state and [...]
Herald News: Letters, September 20, 2011 Although Paterson’s Department of Public Works employees are not considered essential, they are very vital to the day-to-day operation of our city. This fact has been evident in the aftermath of the flooding from Hurricane Irene. I commend our traditional first responders, police and fire for [...]
These posters are splattered around our city without regard. The individuals that promote these events damage public property, are not from our city and do not care about our quality of life. It’s time that the authorities go after these individuals. Note: photo taken at corner of ellison st and Madison ave.
Photos from the Keep Paterson Clean Project on April 2011. The next one will be on May 14th! More pics coming soon!
The Paterson Department of Public Works will begin enforcing the City’s “Emergency Snow Removal” Ordinance. This will allow the city to clear main thoroughfares that are used by emergency vehicles as well as to keep these main arteries moving. However, in order to make this process easier for the residents, DPW will be focusing on [...]
Think the trend of businesses making green office renovations is just a passing fad? Not according to the latest issue of EL Insights, which reports that the U.S. green building market value will balloon from $71.1 billion now to $173 billion by 2015. Commercial green building is expected to grow by 18.1% annually during the same [...]
First of all, let’s get something straight: The ruinous oil spill spreading all manner of havoc in the Gulf of Mexico is not just President Obama’s problem, and it’s not just BP’s problem. Indeed, it’s not even only a regional problem but a national problem. In fact, if you want to go one step further, [...]
Should NJ Government employees reside in our wonderful state? Well, many of our legislators feel they should and this is why they have introduced Senate Bill 1730 and General Assembly Bill 2478. These two bills would make it a requirement to reside in New Jersey in order to work for New Jersey. And I wholeheartedly support both [...]
On January 6, 2010, several newspapers published articles with titles like “no more aid for struggling cities”, “Christie will cut state aid” and the like; furthermore, in the body of these articles our Governor was quoted stating “You better budget based upon what you can raise”, “don’t look to Trenton” and “We don’t have the [...]
For the last several months I have been requesting from the Administration of the City of Paterson that the residents and business owners of the 5th Ward receive the same benefits and attention as folks residing and doing business in other wards. However, the administration has chosen to ignore my requests on behalf of our [...]
