Newark, New Jersey
1936 - 2025
Formidable Editor, Dedicated Public Servant, and Lover of Life's Details. C. Richard Paduch, a longtime managing editor of The Herald-News in New Jersey who later traded the newsroom for city hall, passed away on February 2, 2025, surrounded by family at his home in Warren, R.I. A newspaperman...
Read MoreI worked with Dick at the City of Passaic N.J for several years and we quickly became dear friends. Dick was a fine man who combined confidence, honesty, hard work and intelligence. In fact he was the smartest individual at Passaic City Hall and I was working there for 25 years. I am grateful that he was part of my6 life . my prayers to his wife Alice and the entire Paduch family
Ed Routel
September 08, 2025
A MAN OF HONOR AND INTEGRITY ALONG WITH HIS REPORTERS, MOON MULLINS AND PHIL CHEN! WE DID SOME GREAT INVESTIGATIVE WORK AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME AND POLITICAL CORRUPTION!!! THE HERALD NEWS WON AN OUTSTANDING JOURNALISM AWARD FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING!!! 2 REPORTERS AND A STATE POLICE DETECTIVE WORKING OUT OF A "SECRET OFFICE" IN THE WILLOW BROOK SHOPPING CENTER!!! GOD BLESS YOU RICHARD!!!
JIM CHALLENDER
February 07, 2025 | Work
He was a great man and a good friend. I have enjoyed working with him in East Hanover. Stan Belenky
Stan Belenky
February 07, 2025
