around town

Belleville  All military units, local first responders, police, civic organizations, classic cars clubs, motorcycle clubs and bands are invited to…

Kearny boys beat Union City, 3-2, for second straight county soccer title

Najarro’s 2-goal spurt the difference for Kards, first-ever repeat champs HARRISON –  In the seven-year history…

Let’s hope Mets can win Series for Bo

PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA. –  When Spring Training began here in February —I can’t remember whether I was joking or…

Lady Kards capture soccer championship

HARRISON–  It’s getting to the point, now, where the Hudson County Girls’ Soccer Tournament might just need to be renamed the…

Obituaries

Miguel A. Alfaro Sr.  Miguel A. Alfaro Sr. of Okeechobee, Fla., died on Oct. 22. Arrangements are by…

A century of Goodwill

HARRISON –  When we received an invitation to a special event last Wednesday at Goodwill Industries’ Harrison headquarters, we were delighted —…

Russo apts. renting at fast pace

KEARNY –  For Joe Tornielli, it ranks as a great discovery. The manager of a Ramsey-based department store…

Water issue ‘not an emergency’

NORTH ARLINGTON –  North Arlington’s water supplier recently notified property owners that it found coliform bacteria in the borough water…

Racing for ‘Best in Class’

KEARNY –  It’s off to the races for 34 Kearny High School juniors and seniors. Students in Victor…

KPD: In the wrong at ShopRite

A shoplifting suspect escalated the charge against him from theft to robbery last week when he allegedly assaulted two ShopRite employees…

N.A. man charged in hit-run

NORTH ARLINGTON –  For nearly a week, law enforcement was hunting the hit-run driver who allegedly struck a 22-year-old woman…

Handgun recovered after disturbance on NJ Transit bus in Nutley

A disturbance on an NJ Transit bus on Washington Ave. led to the arrest of a Newark man on an…

Thoughts & Views: When the world held its breath over nuclear showdown

Think back to those halcyon days of 1962: the New York Mets had made their appearance on the baseball landscape,…

2 drug suspects nabbed: LPD

LYNDHURST –  Two men were arrested last week on drug charges after their car was stopped for a motor…

Kearny driver dead after GSP accident

A Kearny man was killed in the aftermath of a single car  accident on the Garden State Parkway…