The Paterson Board of Education and host Board Commissioner Alex Mendez invites you a public forum for the community to receive information relative to:

• Bilingual Program
• School Choice
• Personnel

This is an opportunity for parents, educators and community members to be heard.

• Date: Thursday, August 26th, 2010
• Time: 6:30PM
• Location: Eastside H.S. Auditorium, 150 Park Ave., Paterson NJ 07501

Any questions, please call Alex Mendez 973-930-1436

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 23, 2010
Contact: Kristy Ranieri, (973) 762-1510
k.ranieri@circlepoint.com

Half-way Point Achieved: 50% of New Jersey Municipalities Register for Sustainable Jersey Towns across all 21 Counties Working to Attain Certification

Trenton, NJ (July 23, 2010) – Today Sustainable Jersey announced that 283 towns or fifty percent of the 566 municipalities in New Jersey have registered and are now working on attaining the municipal certification for sustainability. With the submittal of a town resolution and registration, the City of Paterson in Passaic County has the unique designation of being the 283rd town to register, pushing participation in Sustainable Jersey to the half-way point.

“Today we reached a true milestone. New Jersey is showing other states how to effectively implement sustainability programs from the local level. Half of our state’s municipalities are actively working on measurable programs and actions to become more sustainable,” said Fred Profeta, Chair of the New Jersey League of Municipalities’ Mayors’ Committee for a Green Future, one of the Sustainable Jersey program partners. “I am truly inspired by the leadership of New Jersey’s mayors and the dedication of the communities that are contributing to making New Jersey a national leader in sustainable change through the Sustainable Jersey program.” Continue reading »

The story of Weehawken resident Ismael Cid-Martinez, 23, already sounds a lot like the American Dream come true. Born in the Dominican Republic, he graduated from Weehawken High School and St. Peter’s College in Jersey City. A 2002 New Jersey State Champion bicyclist, he’s worked as a research assistant at the United Nations, and more recently has been working with Paterson’s 5th Ward Councilman Julio Tavarez.

But in June, Cid-Martinez’s fortunes took a huge leap forward. He was accepted into the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s (CHCI) Fellowship, a prestigious nine-month program working with top political players in Washington, D.C. Continue reading »

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 time period from $35.6 billion to $81.8 billion. In this case, green building is defined as building with resource use and employee productivity in mind. Continue reading »

On July 4, 1776, our forefathers declared independence from a power that threatened the safety and happiness of the people it governed. Today, we ask you to do the same.

Oil has destroyed the Gulf of Mexico and endangered the life, liberty, and happiness of those that rely upon it.  Declare your independence from dirty energy for a week this July 1-7 by following these three simple steps:

• Sign the Dirty Energy Independence pledge
• Show solidarity with the people of the Gulf Coast — Change your Twitter and Facebook profile pictures to our Dirty Energy Free avatar Spread the word!
• Tell 10 friends about the pledge

This Independence Day, as we celebrate and remember our past, let us not forget our future.

Small, but passionate crowds in Paterson and Hackensack on Thursday called on lawmakers to give illegal immigrants a chance to come out of the shadows and obtain legal status.

The demonstrators, who included a city councilman, clergy and Hispanic community leaders, said comprehensive immigration reform is long overdue, and more critical than ever as local and state officials — such as those in Arizona — move to implement their own immigration policies.

President Obama urged Congress Thursday to pass a reform bill. He called the system “fundamentally broken” and urged Republicans to join the effort.

But the demonstrators said Obama must move beyond words with the same determination he used to push health care reform.

“The immigration system as it currently exists is inefficient,” said Fernando Martinez of Passaic. A member of the Passaic County Coalition for Immigration Reform, he joined in the march that began outside St. John the Baptist Cathedral and traveled several blocks before returning to the church. Continue reading »

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, you could call it a local problem.

In other words it should be a call to action for every community in this country to find cleaner, sustainable energy solutions. If this disaster teaches us anything, it is that long-term reliance on fossil fuels is a costly endeavor, a threat to national security and filled with peril. The days of unlimited oil supply are behind us, or at least fading fast.

That said, and as the nation looks at long-range initiatives to address energy needs, states and municipalities can make sensible, conservation-minded changes on their own. They needn’t wait for a clear signal from Washington that may or may not be coming anytime soon.

In Paterson, credit two city council members who seem to realize this, and are showing a willingness to lead and be proactive along these lines. Councilmen Andre Sayegh and Julio Tavarez, two of the council’s newest and most, how to put it, “energetic” members, are introducing resolutions they believe will be the first steps in encouraging the city and its residents to go “green.” Continue reading »

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