Cuts to funding not stopping Nutley Family Services Bureau

NUTLEY — A funding scare notwithstanding, Nutley Family Services Bureau is still functioning, reports executive director…

KPD: With ‘friends’ like these: Jeepers!

KEARNY — At 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16, KPD Officer Philip Finch responded to the report of…

Bloomfield cop shoots suspect dead, ECPO investigating

BLOOMFIELD — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating a police-involved shooting in Bloomfield that left…

KID FOR OTHERS: 7-year-old Kearny boy sells juice & lemonade to buy lunches for first responders

KEARNY — Brandon Marrero is your typical 7-year-old, a perpetual motion machine who looks comfortable in…

The battle vs. opioids continues

Education Awareness on Drug Dependency (EADD), a Kearny-based volunteer grassroots group, is continuing its campaign to…

New firefighter hired, but not without dissent

KEARNY — The Town of Kearny has hired a new firefighter whose appointment was opposed by…

HCPO: Giordano died from natural causes

JERSEY CITY — The official word from Hudson County authorities is that former Kearny Second Ward…

New early childhood care center coming to Harrison

HARRISON – A new child care facility is setting up shop in Harrison. The Harrison Planning…

Chisari elevated to construction official

KEARNY — Kearny has a new construction official. Anthony Chisari, who has worked for the town…

Fall festivities planned

  KEARNY — The Town of Kearny has slated a Block Party Celebration for Sunday, Oct.…

TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN

THE FIRST TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN IN 99 years — well, it’ll almost be a…

Pesky fire was difficult to locate: KFD

KEARNY — A kitchen fire in an apartment at 824 Kearny Ave. Friday, Aug. 4, was…

Honoring a long-ago local hero

BELLEVILLE — This Friday, Aug. 11, marks the 155th anniversary of the death of Capt. Henry Benson,…

Thanks to Doyle, river cleanup rolls on for quarter century +

KEARNY — Years ago, Carol Jean Doyle was doing research in the Kearny Museum and happened…

New junior high inching closer

LYNDHURST – The Lyndhurst Board of Education has moved a step closer toward the construction of…