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Lambert Castle is home to the Passaic County Historical Society.

Take a look at this castle in New Jersey, a gem from the Gilded Age

Lambert Castle in Paterson is undergoing a full restoration.

Richard Cowen

Authorities in Passaic County are investigating after a five-car collision killed a 52-year-old pedestrian Wednesday morning, officials with the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office said.

N.J. driver hits, kills pedestrian in 5-car crash

The crash happened Wednesday morning in Passaic County, officials said.

Matthew Enuco

Views of the Samuel R. Donald Elementary School building in Bloomingdale from 1918, the year it opened, and 1938.

N.J. town to close 107-year-old school amid changes to others

Blomingdale voters granted approval Tuesday to $22.6 million referendum.

Rob Jennings

Paterson Healing Collective director Liza Chowdhury leads a meeting with her staff as Jessica Becerro, left, and Teddie Martinez listen. Liza Chowdhury, is a formal parole officer who heads the Paterson Healing Collective, a nonprofit dedicated to assisting gun violence victims.. Wednesday, October 20, 2021. Paterson, N.J.

N.J. couple files lawsuits against Paterson nonprofit for retaliation

Former employees allege that the Paterson Healing Collective's director falsified statistics and misused over $76,000 in the organization's funds.

Deion Johnson

Nicola Domenico Colangelo, of Woodland Park, was riding between moving cars when he collided with an SUV about 4:20 p.m. Monday at Rose Place and McBride Avenue, authorities said.

N.J. high school freshman ID’d as bicyclist fatally struck by SUV

Nicola Domenico Colangelo, 14, a freshman at Passaic Valley Regional High School died Monday.

Anthony G. Attrino

Darris Jacobs, a housing inspector for the city’s Division of Community Improvements in Paterson, claimed his supervisor created a hostile work environment by cursing, yelling, insulting, and bullying him.

Judge tosses Paterson housing inspector’s whistleblower lawsuit

Darris Jacobs, who has worked as a housing inspector for the city’s Division of Community Improvements since 2013, filed suit in July in Passaic County Superior Court.

Anthony G. Attrino

Technology has added complexity to the current threat landscape.

N.J. faces alarming threats in an unsettling extremism climate, officials warn

New Jersey faces maybe the most complex constellation of threats in its history.

Spencer Kent

A 14-year-old bicyclist died Monday in Woodland Park when he collided with an SUV, authorities said.

14-year-old bicyclist killed after colliding with SUV in N.J. town

The fatal crash occurred about 4:20 p.m. Monday in the area of Rose Place and McBride Avenue in Woodland Park.

Anthony G. Attrino

A Paterson man has been indicted on federal firearms charges after authorities found dozens of illegal weapons, including 3D-printed gun frames, machine gun conversion devices, and silencers in his residence, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Feds uncover stockpile of illegal weapons in Paterson home

Paterson resident Mikhail Gouldson is charged with multiple federal firearms offenses after investigators found dozens of illegal guns, ammunition, and 3D printing equipment.

Anthony G. Attrino