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5 Best Restaurants in Paterson, New Jersey You Need to Try Before Everyone Else Finds Them
Paterson, New Jersey — a city where the Passaic River tumbles over Great Falls and the streets pulse with the music of many tongues, where old textile mills stand beside vibrant bodegas, and the air is alive with the scent of shawarma, empanadas, and fried chicken. Here, the city’s heart beats in the laughter of Dominican families on stoops, the quiet pride of Turkish grocers, the dreams of Palestinian bakers, and the hustle of newcomers drawn by the promise of something better. Paterson is a patchwork — of old-timers and new arrivals, of poets and shopkeepers, of students and dreamers, all weaving their stories into the city’s living fabric.
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At This New Jersey School, You Learn to Carve and Burn Designs Into Wood
Twelve years. That is how long one student has kept returning to a single New Jersey classroom to turn plain blocks of wood into art. The lessons start with something surprisingly humble. Before anyone carves a single curve, they learn how to sharpen their tools. Then come the gouges, the...
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Queen Latifah goes back to Newark to build the homes her city needs
Long before the Oscar nomination, the Emmy and the Grammy, before “Ladies First” turned a teenager into a cultural force, Dana Owens, a.k.a. Queen Latifah, was a Newark kid learning the rhythm of her neighborhood’s corners and stoops. Decades later, she went back to those same blocks, this time carrying blueprints.
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A Mahjong Club in Montclair is Building Community, One Tile at A Time
Three years ago, Montclair residents Maya Polton and Marlene Lewis both signed up to learn how to play mahjong at Temple Ner Tamid. They didn’t know each other, and neither knew much about the game. Today, they’re business partners, running the Montclair Mahjong Social Club, which has taught more...