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Paterson Firefighter Bringing Cheer Tops Last Week's News In Passaic County

PASSAIC COUNTY, N.J. -- It was a crazy week as fifth-graders made plans to harm Clifton High School, a dad took off with his daughter and poll workers are being dragged into court. 

Paterson firefighter Beth Fournier and Luis Vega deliver stuffed animals to patients in the ER on Christmas Eve.

Paterson firefighter Beth Fournier and Luis Vega deliver stuffed animals to patients in the ER on Christmas Eve.

 Photo Credit: Beth Fournier
Cindy Capitani

Here’s what else went on in Passaic County in The Week in Review.

  • Poll workers are being accused of misconduct in Wayne, prompting about 15 voters to file a petition Thursday morning in Superior Court in Paterson.
  • A group of Clifton fifth-graders concocted a plan on paper stating they planned to cause damage to the high school. The Passaic County Prosecutor's Office will determine how to deal with the five juveniles.
  • Have a safe New Year’s night out while raising money for a scholarship fund at XO Lounge in Wayne. Money raised benefits the Marcus Ruta Scholarship Fund in Hawthorne.
  • "Safe and sound!" is how New Jersey State Police put it Tuesday evening after troopers on the Garden State Parkway in Clifton stopped a Bronx man who they said abducted his 3-year-old daughter after stabbing her mother.
  • A Paterson firefighter is going beyond the call of duty and raising money for the March of Dimes. Firefighter Beth Fournier is selling stuffed elephants, "Eduardo," for $20 to benefit the charity.

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