PATERSON When the trail of a narcotics investigation led Paterson police to a 30-unit apartment building at 146 Hamilton Ave., they picked up the phone and asked the owner for help.
Soon afterward, detectives on Monday raided an apartment in the building, where a drug ring allegedly stashed its cocaine and heroin, completing a bust that resulted in 15 arrests, police said. As part of the operation, detectives seized a loaded gun, more than 1,000 heroin packets, about 150 vials and baggies of crack cocaine and $8,184 in cash, police said.
“I’m always happy to help the police,” said the landlord, Charles Florio, Paterson’s most prominent and prolific real estate investor.
PATERSON The trees and shrubs growing from Hinchliffe Stadium’s crumbling grandstand sparkled with springtime green as officials on Wednesday conducted a ceremonial groundbreaking for the reconstruction of the historic ballpark.
Mayor Andre Sayegh has touted the $94 million project, which also will include a 315-space parking garage and a six-story, 75-unit senior citizen apartment building, as being crucial to Paterson’s revitalization efforts. The rebuilt stadium would have 7,800 seats.
Three former major league baseball players Harold Reynonds, CC Sabathia and Willie Randolph attended the ceremony in tribute to Hinchliffe’s national landmark status as one of the last two ballparks still standing from the segregated Negro Leagues of the mid-20th century.