ABOARD THE MARY DAY – A reporter’s travel to Maine

By Ron Leir ABOARD THE MARY DAY – You needn’t call me Ishmael but I admit…

Ladders & engines & red, white & blue

Sights from the Kearny Fire Department’s Open House from Saturday, Oct. 8. All images by Karen…

Should Clara Maass pay property taxes?

BELLEVILLE – The Township of Belleville has retained a high-powered law firm to challenge the tax-exempt…

KPD: Oh, brother (and sister)

  The call came in as a man randomly picking fights with people in the area…

Fumes send KHS kids to hospital

  KEARNY – It all started innocently enough when a teacher opened a window to get…

NPD: Be wary of utility scammer calls

NUTLEY – Calls to Nutley residents claiming to be from PSE&G are likely scams, especially when…

Local businessman under a cloud

BELLEVILLE – He operates cigar stores but his questionable business dealings may leave those enterprises in…

Fla. teen arrested in BB incident

KEARNY — Shortly after 8 p.m. on Oct. 1, Kearny police headquarters began receiving reports of a…

Public input sought on Passaic Ave. spans

And now, the next chapter of the long-running Passaic River cleanup story: a design study. It…

New homes going up in Kearny’s Second Ward

KEARNY – A new residential development was approved by the Kearny Planning Board on Sept. 7.…

Peden Terrace: two-way or one-way?

KEARNY – Probably the steepest hill street in Kearny and one of the most difficult roads…

Pricey settlements continue to add up

BELLEVILLE – Another in a series of lawsuits filed in recent years against the Belleville Board…

Will garden expand from veggies to fruits?

KEARNY – A would-be Johnny Appleseed’s proposal to add fruit trees to the Kearny Community Garden…

Council: Oval cash, hotel tax, water issue

  KEARNY – The Town of Kearny has snagged a lot of state cash to help…

School fix-up to raise average tax bill

LYNDHURST – If Lyndhurst voters greenlight the Nov. 8 public question to spend almost $20 million…