Paul Milo

Content Producer

pmilo@dailyvoice.com

Paul Milo has worked as a reporter in northern New Jersey for more than 20 years, first for North Jersey Media Group / NorthJersey.com, then at Patch.com and at NJ.com / The Star-Ledger. He has written about a 106-year-old World War I veteran, the Sept. 11 attacks and a 15-year-old stock manipulator who was the youngest person ever civilly charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission, among many other stories. He has interviewed governors, presidential candidates and celebrities including Ryan Seacrest and comedian Kevin Hart.

In addition to his work for New Jersey-based outlets, he has also written for BeliefNet, Editor and Publisher, The Huffington Post, The Boston Globe and other publications, as well as freelance assignments for global chemical company BASF.

His first book, Your Flying Car Awaits, was published by HarperCollins in 2010. As part of the book’s promotional efforts he was interviewed by The New York Times and on WNYC radio’s The Brian Lehrer Show

Paul was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

Paul Milo's Contributions

UPDATE: Missing Newark Girl, 12, Found Safe UPDATE: Missing Newark Girl, 12, Found Safe
Update: Missing Newark Girl, 12, Found Safe UPDATE, Saturday afternoon: Olivia Martinez was found unharmed, Newark police said.  The Newark Police Department is asking the public's help locating a 12-year-old girl last seen Friday morning.  Olivia Martinez last known location was the Camden Street School around 8:15 a.m.  She is 5'4", about 110 lbs. with dark brown hair, brown eyes and a fair complexion. She was  wearing burgundy sweatpants with white stripes, black Jordan sneakers with a colorful shirt. She is known to frequent frequents the area of Georgia King Village and South 12th Street. Anyone with i…
Stubborn Kearny Chlorine Fire Under Control Stubborn Kearny Chlorine Fire Under Control
Stubborn Kearny Chlorine Fire Under Control Firefighters from New York, Jersey City, Newark and several other towns helped contain a blaze at a Kearny factory that went to four alarms and spewed a noxious plume of smoke across a broad swath of Hudson County.  The fire, at the Alden Leeds plant on Jacobus Avenue in industrial South Kearny, started at around 10 p.m. Friday and had climbed to four alarms by midnight before firefighters, including crews in fire boats, were able to bring the fire under control Saturday morning.  Alden Leeds manufactures pool cleaning products made of chlorine, complicating efforts to fight the f…
Oprah Donates $500K To Newark High School Oprah Donates $500K To Newark High School
Oprah Donates $500K To Newark High School Oprah Winfrey surprised students at West Side HIgh School during a visit Friday night, when she pledged a half-million dollars to fund a signature initiative started by the school's principal.  CBS 2 News reports that Winfrey was inspired to make the donation after she read about Principal Akbar Cook's "Lights On" initiative,  under which the school remains open Friday nights to give students an alternative to the streets.  Winfrey's donation will fund the program through the summer.  Cook gained national notoriety after he installed laundry rooms at the schoo…
Kearny Chlorine Plant Fire Shuts Skyway, Residents Told To Stay Indoors Kearny Chlorine Plant Fire Shuts Skyway, Residents Told To Stay Indoors
Kearny Chlorine Plant Fire Shuts Skyway, Residents Told To Stay Indoors UPDATE: The fire was brought under control Saturday morning after reaching four alarms.  The Pulaski Skyway in Kearny was closed in both directions after a manufacturing  plant went up in flames, stranding drivers on the roadway Friday night. The blaze, which hit at least three alarms overnight, broke out around 10 p.m. at the Alden Leeds plant, located on Jacobus Avenue under the skyway. The company makes chlorinated tablets and other chemical treatments for swimming pools.  Residents in Hudson County, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island were urged to shut their windows d…
1 Arrested, School Bus Driver Hurt After Slamming Into Jersey City Salon 1 Arrested, School Bus Driver Hurt After Slamming Into Jersey City Salon
1 Arrested, School Bus Driver Hurt After Slamming Into Jersey City Salon Police have arrested a motorist after an accident with a school bus and another vehicle in Jersey City Friday afternoon, police said.  The driver of the school bus and the other motorist were involved in a motor-vehicle accident that resulted in the bus plunging through a fence and into a salon at Jefferson and Baldwin avenues around 4 p.m., police said.  The driver of the school bus, which had no passengers, suffered minor injuries. The driver of the other vehicle was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, police also said. That driver's name was not immediately re…
DEVELOPING: Prosecutor Investigating Morristown House Fire DEVELOPING: Prosecutor Investigating Morristown House Fire
Developing: Prosecutor Investigating Morristown House Fire Personnel from the Fire/Environmental Unit of the Morris County Prosecutor's Office were investigating a structure fire in Morristown Friday afternoon, a prosecutor's spokesman said.  The fire occurred at a home on Columba Street around 3 p.m. The fire appears to have broken out outside the home, according to an initial, unconfirmed report.  Morristown fire officials could not immediately be reached for comment Friday afternoon. Police declined to comment, citing the investigation.  This story will be updated as more information becomes available. 
Irvington Man Found Guilty Of Several Drug Offenses Irvington Man Found Guilty Of Several Drug Offenses
Irvington Man Found Guilty Of Several Drug Offenses An Irvington man who was pulled over in Newark two years ago with large amounts of drugs in his vehicle has been found guilty of six narcotics-related offenses, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said Friday.  Keshawn Tucker, 44, whose prior criminal record includes carjacking and drug offenses, faces up to 10 years in prison due to the earlier convictions, the prosecutor's office said. Tucker is scheduled to be sentenced in August.  Tucker was stopped at Broadway and Montclair Avenue March 11, 2017, for a motor-vehicle violation. Tucker was arrested when police discovered he wa…
Major Street In Newark To Partly Close Sunday Night Major Street In Newark To Partly Close Sunday Night
Major Street In Newark To Partly Close Sunday Night A section of Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson Boulevard (the former Broad Street) in Newark will be closed Sunday night for the city's Ramadan Commemoration, Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said.  The street will be closed from Court Street to Lafayette Street from 6 to 10 p.m., Ambrose said. Drivers should plan an alternate route and allow extra time for traveling near the area. 
Young Mom From Belleville Needs Help After Stroke Leaves Her Partly Blind Young Mom From Belleville Needs Help After Stroke Leaves Her Partly Blind
Young Mom From Belleville Needs Help After Stroke Leaves Her Partly Blind Friends and family of a 27-year-old Belleville mother are raising funds on her behalf after she suffered a stroke that left her unable to work and pay for medical treatment.  Delilah Crespo is now blind in one eye, has lost use of one leg and has speech problems. Unable to work and not eligible for disability having just recently started a job, Crespo can't afford physical therapy her doctors say is necessary for her recovery.  "No one knows the full effect that this stroke will have on her. So we need to act fast to get her the help she needs," organizers of a GoFundMe campaign w…
Plainfield Man, 71, Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Young Child Plainfield Man, 71, Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Young Child
Plainfield Man, 71, Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Young Child A Plainfield man will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars after a jury in Union County Superior Court found him guilty of repeatedly assaulting a pre-teen neighbor.  Acting Prosecutor Jennifer Davenport announced Friday that the jury convicted 71-year-old Angel Flores of aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child following less than two hours of jury deliberations.  Plainfield police and Sgt. Brian O'Malley of the prosecutor's Special Victims Unit conducted an investigation which revealed that Flores -- known to his neighbors in the multifamily home…
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