PATERSON — After declaring “a mass casualty event,” emergency management officials shut down the city's high school commencement ceremony on June 23 as 166 attendees, including graduates and family ...

A celebration for hundreds of graduating seniors turned into a heat-related emergency Monday afternoon, as soaring temperatures forced officials in Paterson, New Jersey, to abruptly cut short the ...

Dozens of people were treated for heat-related illnesses after lining up outside Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson for high school graduations, New Jersey officials said. It happened as students' family ...

Several New Jersey high schools are changing start times and making adjustments to their outdoor graduation ceremonies as residents endure another day of intense heat. The changes come one day after a ...

Despite the record-breaking heat wave earlier this week, outdoor graduation ceremonies for the Freehold Regional High School District went ahead on Wednesday afternoon and evening, resulting in a few ...

TRYING TO BEAT THE HEAT. SO THESE SEATS OUT HERE ARE FOR OUR SPECTATORS, GUESTS, THOUSANDS EXPECTED TO SHOW UP IN THE HEAT FOR GRADUATIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY IN THE ROSEVILLE JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL ...

An evening of pomp and circumstance at the UA’s 150th Commencement Ceremony lost some of its showiness when students tried to cope with an evening of unbearable heat and overcrowding that left many of ...

Even though dozens of people needed medical treatment during the morning ceremony, Paterson Schools Superintendent Laurie Newell made the decision to go ahead with the afternoon portion. Graduates in ...