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The following corrections and clarifications have been published on stories produced by NorthJersey.com's newsroom:
May 2021
A story about a lockdown at the Bergen County Jail on May 7 was updated to correct the type of contraband correction officers said they found.
April 2021
Carlos Merino, a candidate for Hackensack City Council, has voted in the last three rounds of city elections. This information was incorrect in a story that examined the voting records of Hackensack City Council candidates.
February 2021
The number of deaths was misstated in an article about a World War I monument on Feb. 7. There were 20 million.
January 2021
A story on Page 2L on Jan. 20 about hip-hop artist A Boogie Wit da Hoodie was incorrect. Chubb Insurance Company filed a lawsuit to recoup an insurance claim it paid to the owners of a home where the artist once lived.
Jon Hanson is the chairman of the New Jersey Hall of Fame. An article on Jan. 4 about Passaic's Wonder Team identified him incorrectly. The same article also had an incorrect date for the end of the team's winning streak. It ended Feb. 6, 1925.
December 2020
A story on Dec. 22 about COVID-19 vaccinations among staff at St. Mary's General Hospital in Passaic included an incorrect number of staff members there who died of COVID-19 during the pandemic's first wave. The correct number is three.
A story on Dec. 15 was incorrect. The U.S. Supreme Court vacated a lower court decision in favor of New Jersey's COVID-19 restrictions on religious worship.
November 2020
A boys soccer headline on page 6S on Nov. 10 was incorrect. Ramsey High School defeated Clifton in a regular-season game on Saturday.
October 2020
In an Oct. 26 story, the name of the Hackensack schools superintendent was incorrect. He is Robert Sanchez.
An Oct. 19 story about a standoff in Northvale was incorrect. Authorities did not specify where the suspect kept a weapon.
A story about loopholes found in school bus safety laws that appeared in the Oct. 11 edition incorrectly identified a hospital, mentioned by state Sen. Joseph Lagana, where a victim of the 2018 Paramus school bus crash was taken. It was St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson.
A story about the opening of an Aldi supermarket in Totowa that appeared on Page 3L on Oct. 15 was incorrect. The store opened on the site of a former office supply store.
Communications between former Schools Development Authority CEO Lizette Delgado-Polanco and Pete Cammarano, the former chief of staff for Gov. Phil Murphy, were between August and December 2018. A story that ran on Page 1A on Thursday misstated the time frame in which they communicated.
September 2020
A story on page 3L about retired Paterson public safety workers getting pensions tied to their World Trade Center recovery efforts incorrectly identified Raymond Cusack. He is a retired Paterson firefighter.
A story about the state budget that appeared on Page 1L on Sept. 9 was incorrect. The projections included revenue from Gov. Phil Murphy's proposed tax increases.
August 2020
A Wanaque home sale listed on Page 1R on Aug. 8. was incorrect. 39 Bergen Ave. sold for $335,000.
In a story in the Aug. 6 Community News: Fair Lawn man struck and killed by car, Fair Lawn Police said Yuri Berger died of his injuries at St. Joseph's University Medical Center but Berger died on scene, according to his daughter.
July 2020
A story on Page 1LF on July 23 about New Jersey artists who belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame incorrectly identified Lesley Gore's hometown. Gore is from Tenafly.
June 2020
A story on Page 1L about the New Heritage Diner incorrectly stated the restaurant's address. It is on River Street in Hackensack.
A June 10 story about an "Evening of Solidarity" in Ridgewood contained several errors. Nate Burleson's wife is Atoya Burleson. Atoya Burleson's father was injured in an incident with police but survived.
May 2020
A story on May 22 about a New Jersey Treasury proposal misstated the amounts of payments the Murphy administration wants to delay for pensions, school aid and NJ Transit.
A story on Page 1A about FedEx workers at Newark Liberty Airport incorrectly stated the number of complaints filed with OSHA. There have been 24 complaints closed by the agency as of April 22. The story also should have indicated that it was Clara Newkirk's supervisor who received an email regarding her exposure.
April 2020
A caption on Page 5S on April 1 was incorrect. Nazier Mule, who was pictured, has not committed to a college. Kyle Teel is the baseball player who committed to play at the University of Virginia.
March 2020
A story on Page 5L on March 20 about the appointment of a new Saddle River councilman was incorrect. Councilmen Eric Jensen and Paul Schulstad did not admit that they had a conflict as a result of action filed by Patriot Farm.
February 2020
A story on Feb. 18 about a New Jersey Transit driver charged in a man's death incorrectly stated which town the suspect and victim were from.
A story on Feb. 25 about the coronavirus misstated how many cases were confirmed in the United States.
January 2020
A story on Jan. 26 about the Ringwood Ambulance Corps officers being sworn included a photo and caption from a previous year's ceremony.
In a letter to the editor published Tuesday, a writer misidentified the military's justice system. The system is called the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
A story about revisions to the Hinchliffe Stadium renovation plan incorrectly stated the expected date of completion for the project. Construction on Hinchcliffe Stadium is expected to be completed in July 2022.
December 2019
An earlier version of a story on the 2010s decade in review on state politics mischaracterized an election. Mikie Sherrill won the Congressional seat in 2018 that had been held by Rodney Frelinghuysen.
A story on Page 3L misidentified the winner of Old Tappan's seat on the Northern Valley Regional School Board. The winner was Kathy Fable with 170 votes.
November 2019
A story about the final annual Thanksgiving Day football game to be played between Clifton and Passaic incorrectly stated the last time Clifton made it to sectional finals. Clifton last won the championship in their section in 2006.
September 2019
A story about a tax break received by Senior Towers Urban Renewal of Paterson through a PILOT program incorrectly stated the vote taken at the Paterson City council meeting. Councilman William McKoy voted against the PILOT.
A story about the Paterson school district stripping routes from a bus company incorrectly stated the value for the nine routes being pulled from the contract. The corrected value provided by the Paterson school district is $477,116.
August 2019
A story about Paterson teens building a community garden mis-stated the relationship between New Jersey Health Initiatives and the Robert Wood Foundation. New Jersey Health Initiatives is the statewide grantmaking program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The photos also were credited to the wrong person. Denise Banaag, coordinator of NJCDC’s Great Falls youth group, provided the photos.
A story about Paterson's Head Start program had the number of nonprofit organizations in the Paterson Alliance incorrect. There are 70 nonprofits in the alliance.
July 2019
A story about Paterson’s troubled special education program listed an incorrect estimate for the number of special education students for the coming school year. The district estimates 3,903 students will need special education services.
June 2019
A story about Paterson parents opposing a charter school relocation incorrectly listed the landlord or the school's building. The Diocese of Paterson owns the building.
May 2019
A story about two people with measles not being allowed to fly incorrectly listed the locations of some of the New Jersey measles cases. The three North Jersey cases are in a single Passaic household.
A story about a Denville principal who was charged with attempted sexual assault of a former student incorrectly listed Paul Iantosca's job. He is principal of Valleyview Middle School.
A story on cuts to the Paterson School district's budget that was published May 13 on Page 1A had an erroneous byline. The story was written by Joe Malinconico of the Paterson Press.