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Reader Suggest Two Week Exchange Program with Paterson Schools for Ridgewood Kids

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Ridgewood NJ, after the recent protests in Ridgewood several readers suggested  that Ridgewood Schools set up and exchange program with  the Paterson Schools system . If “rich white kids”  want to protest and speak for African Americans  who are struggling what better place to spend some quality time than Ridgewood’s neighbor “Silk City” or Paterson  . We are sure a two week immersion program will do wonders .

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Hinchliffe Stadium One of the Last Remaining “Negro League” Ballparks Renewal Project To Begin in September

Hinchliffe Stadium in disrepair
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Paterson NJ,  The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA) board to advance the comprehensive community redevelopment of the Hinchliffe Stadium neighborhood in Paterson by approving funding to build a $29.1 million, 75-unit affordable senior housing development, the Murphy Administration announced.

Hinchliffe Stadium stands as a relic of a working-class city proud of its baseball heritage and teeters on the precipice of revival. Paterson, New Jersey, lays claim to this storied facility, once the renowned site of Negro League games, but it is hardly the only visual hallmark for the metropolis known as “Silk City” because of its bygone silk industry.

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