September 12, 2008
PATERSON-- U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) today announced that the House Committee on Appropriations approved $300,000 for Wayne Township to improve its emergency communications capabilities.
The funding will allow Wayne Township to replace its current twenty-five year old radio system with new interoperable radio and communications system. The funding was included as a line item by Pascrell in the Justice Department’s annual Congressional funding bill.
September 11, 2008
WASHINGTON—With the start of a new school year, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) was pleased to announce that schools in Pompton Lakes and South Orange will benefit from new federal grant funding awarded through the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. The grants were awarded under the COPS Secure our Schools program for a total of $24,719.
September 10, 2008
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) today announced that the Department of Justice has awarded the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) with a $254,889 federal grant to continue developing childproof smart gun technology.
September 9. 2008
WASHINGTON— U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) today joined with U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC-06), Rep. Joes Wilson (R-SC-02), Ed Comeau, the publisher of Campus Firewatch, Shawn Simons, a survivor of the tragic Seton Hall fire and others to launch the 2008 National Campus Fire Safety Month.
September 8, 2008
PATERSON-- U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) today joined Montclair Mayor Jerry Fried, Fire Chief Kevin Allen and others at the Montclair Fire Department Headquarters to announce a $68,000 FIRE grant that the Department will use to advance its technological capabilities.
September 5, 2008
PATERSON—Following years of work on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to modernize the Route 23/80/46 interchange, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) commended the NJ Department of Transportation (NJDOT) for completing improvements on one of New Jersey’s most traveled interchanges. The ramp from I-80 West to 23 South, which was opened today, marks the completion of a project that will dramatically improve road safety and ease congestion on one of the New Jersey’s most traveled interchanges.
September 3, 2008
PATERSON—Major General Glenn K. Rieth, the Adjutant General of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs today visited the National Guard Recruiting Center in Paterson to honor U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) with the prestigious Charles Dick Medal of Merit.
The Charles Dick Medal of Merit is awarded by the New Jersey National Guard and National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) to individuals who have distinguished themselves as outstanding Americans.
September 3, 2008
PATERSON—U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security today announced that police in the cities of Paterson and Passaic have been awarded over $100,000 in federal grant funding from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program.
