Lilisa Mimms Archives - New Jersey Globe

Paterson council race still too close to call

May 13, 2022 2:51 pmMay 16, 2022 1:09 am

The race for an open at-large seat on the Paterson City Council remains too close to call, with a huge number of ballots still uncounted – roughly ten times the margin between the two top candidates — and no winner...

A look ahead at May’s municipal elections

January 21, 2022 5:37 pmFebruary 1, 2022 10:14 am

It’s always election season in New Jersey. This May, voters in many of New Jersey’s biggest municipalities, as well as some of its smallest, will hold municipal elections to determine who will lead their towns for the next four years....

Bag of undelivered mail found in Paterson

June 17, 2020 10:24 amJune 17, 2020 9:01 pm

A video showing a large garbage bag mail full of undelivered found on a street in Paterson, NJ has triggered a U.S. Postal Service investigation, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The mail was discovered on June 7, and while...

Sayegh begins roads project to improve quality of life

August 9, 2018 12:56 am

PATERSON – Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh says that the city will resurface 23 streets between now and the end of the year as part of a plan to improve the quality of life in the state’s third largest city. Sayegh,...

Sayegh elected mayor of Paterson in huge win

May 9, 2018 4:25 amMay 10, 2018 12:21 pm

Andre Sayegh won a lopsided victory to become the next mayor of Paterson, winning the office on his third try with 41% of the vote in a six-candidate field. Sayegh, a 44-year-old councilman, becomes Paterson’s first Arab-American mayor in a...

Paterson teachers’ union backs Sayegh

April 10, 2018 11:28 pm

The Paterson teachers’ union has endorsed Andre Sayegh for Mayor in the May 8 non-partisan election. Sayegh was the choice for mayor after a three-day screening process last month, when a seven-member panel voted to endorse him. The Professionals for...