Nine-acre Nat Turner Park offers area residents state-of-the-art athletic field, running track, green spaces, playground, and amphitheatre NEWARK, N.J., July 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mayor Cory A.

The federal Environmental Protection Agency awarded $60,000 to an environmental group this week to show residents and municipal officials what they can do to restore the health of the Passaic River.

By JENNIFER H. CUNNINGHAM, STAFF WRITER High levels of phosphorus in the Passaic River are wreaking havoc on the waterway's already contaminated ecosystem.

By JENNIFER H. CUNNINGHAM, STAFF WRITER CLIFTON It's a bucolic oasis, surrounded by urban sprawl and just a stone's throw away from Route 21.

By VIRGIL DICKSON, SPECIAL TO THE RECORD LITTLE FALLS For many residents, renaming the 12-acre Alfieri Tract as the Passaic County Peckman Preserve was more than a title change. It signaled the end of a lengthy battle with a developer who wanted to build 25 homes in an area prone to flooding.