This month our featured personality is Angel Villalongo (He is the third Villalongo we have featured here) His name was submitted by his aunt and Godmother, Rosie Gonzalez.  Here is what she had to say about Angel:
I just wanted to tell you a little   about my Godson which is also my nephew, Angel Villalongo.
Not only […]

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Michael Ruiz is a young Domini-Rican American in his senior year at John F. Kennedy High School.  Michael has been part of various extra curricular programs at Kennedy and plans to become a firefighter after graduating from high school.  Michael is a proud Patersonian that plans to stay in the city to be a positive […]

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Mr. Ruben Maldonado is a former Paterson Public Schools teacher, a superb father, a committed husband and kind hearted individual.  Currently, Ruben is fighting vasculitis and Columbia University Hospital.  The disease has caused damage to his body but not his spirit.  Our prayers are with him and his family.
His colleagues had a fundraising event on Sunday, […]

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Originally from North Carolina, Willie Mae and Sterling Allen moved to our wonderful city of Paterson in the 1960s.
He attended Spaulding High School in Springhope, North Carolina and she attended Eastside High School (no, not our Eastisde) in St. Paul, North Carolina.  At the time she attended Eastside HS, the school was a segregated all black […]

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Passionate. On Purpose. Positive. Personable. Professional. Paterson Pride.
The “P” in his professional title as a Chiropractic Physician stands for Pagan, but Dr. “P” embodies everything mentioned above and more. Born and raised in our great city of Paterson, this successful young Doctor is the first son of Miguel & Herodia Pagan. Dr. Miguel Pagan Jr., […]

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Ms. Elis Rodriguez was born in Ranchete, Dominican Republic and migrated to the United States in 1986.  She attended Public School Number 15 and after graduating she attended Eastside High School.  Elis feels that even though Eastside has a bad reputation, she enjoyed her time at the school and graduated with about 25 more credits […]

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Donald Whitaker was born in Paterson, New Jersey on March 12, 1975. He attended Dale Avenue, PS #10 and PS #18 elementary Schools.  He graduated from Eastside High School He continued his studies and attended Technical Career Institute for H.V.A.C. in New York N.Y. Additionally,  He attended Passaic County Community College to study business communications.

Mr. Whitaker has been an active member of […]

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Sharon Easton was born in Paterson to Edward and Vernice Rountree and is the eldest of three. She has a brother Edwin and a sister Priscilla.  She attended Paterson Public School # 4 and John F. Kennedy High School.  Also, she attended Passaic County Community College and Bergen County Community College.
 
She has two daughters Rontai […]

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Lisandra was born in Santiago, Dominican Republic in August 16th, 1969. She moved to US when she was 16 years old.  That year was her senior year in high school and she attended Eastside H.S; which at the time was going through very hard times. According to Lisandra Eastide “was definitely an experience” because she […]

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Gina was born in Camden, South Carolina.  She moved to Paterson, New Jersey at the age of five.  She attended Paterson Public School No. 8 on Chadwick Avenue and after graduation went on to Eastside High School.  She attended Eastside for four years graduating in 1983.  According to Gina “Eastside was a tremendous experience – […]

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