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PATERSON — In an effort to salvage a $7.2 million boondoggle, city officials are now pursuing plans to convert a South Paterson industrial building into a public safety communications center.
The city’s original goal had been to use the building as a hub for local entrepreneurs who wanted to start catering companies and other food-related businesses but lacked cooking facilities. That plan — which stretched across the administrations of four different mayors — stalled as costs far exceeded the original $3 million estimate, officials said…

