Lyndhurst legend Longo dies at 73
Dick Vitale, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announcer, perhaps summed up the passing of his friend Tom Longo the best.…
Kearny’s Yuknalis aiming for national Top Gun at grid competition
When William Yuknalis first played for the Kearny Generals youth football program, he longed to get the chance to make tackles.…
Firefighter hopefuls can apply for test
KEARNY – The Town of Kearny is getting ready to hire more firefighters – quite a few, in…
Obituaries
Margaret Baratta Margaret Baratta (nee LaMagra), 97, former longtime Kearny resident, passed away peacefully on June 22 in Georgia, surrounded…
New apartments for Passaic Ave.?
KEARNY – He has built a new apartment complex in Lyndhurst and he’s got others nearing completion in Kearny and…
Stranger than fiction
KEARNY – As they say, you can’t make this stuff up. Arrested Thursday in Newark was a man…
New bridge requires big bucks
EAST NEWARK – Is a replacement for the Clay St. Bridge over the Passaic River a bridge too…
Honoring those first patriots
BELLEVILLE – The Belleville Historical Society will mark its annual July 4th observance with a special ceremony at the historic…
Council OKs ‘trial’ Sunday demolition
KEARNY – It hasn’t happened in a long while so when a member of the Kearny governing body cast…
Brooklyn woman illegally bought $15K-plus in gift cards, NPD says
NUTLEY – A 26-year-old Brooklyn woman has been arrested and charged with forgery, fraudulent use of credit cards, theft and…
‘Front-end in first’ or face a fine
KEARNY – Motorists beware! The town has extended its “Front-End in First” policy to the municipal lot at 285 Kearny…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
‘GIVE YOUNG KIDS MORE TO DO IN NA’ To the Editor: I have been a North…
Thoughts & Views: Make symbols ‘teachable moments’
Sometimes, we pay more attention to symbols than we do about how we behave as a society but that is…
KPD: Different sort of accident report
If your husband smashes up your car, why not just report it stolen? According to police, that’s what a…
Bloomfield man dies after crash in park
BELLEVILLE – Essex County authorities are continuing to investigate the circumstances leading to a single-vehicle crash in Branch Brook Park…