Consumer alert issued on hoverboards

This holiday season’s hottest gift item turned out to be literally that – reportedly having a tendency to explode into…

Thoughts & Views: Remembering former Kearny Police Chief Tim Sharples, dead at 67

First, he’d park his car — a Chevy Impala or whatever it was at the time — on the…

Deja vu all over again. Again.

KEARNY –  Yes, faithful readers, that is the same mugshot that accompanied last week’s Kearny police blotter — at which…

Resident nearly bilked of $4K: NPD

A Nutley resident was nearly bilked of $4,000 — but some quick thinking saved him from sending a scam artist…

aroundtown

Belleville  The Woman’s Club of Belleville meets the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the clubhouse,…

Bagpipes & vocalizing amplify reorganizing

KEARNY –  When the Kearny municipal government held its 2016 reorganization last week, they did it in style, with…

Lyndhurst/NA wrestling co-op gets new coach in Collins

The truth be told, Joe Collins really had no interest whatsoever in coaching the Lyndhurst/North Arlington High Schools wrestling cooperative.…

NA girls’ basketball: Trying to find right rhythm

North Arlington High School girls’ basketball coach Rob Lado believed that his team would be much improved over last season, his first…

Fischer resigns as Belleville grid coach

It was the spring of 2014 when Joe Fischer proclaimed his happiness about returning once again as the head…

Harrison’s Rutherford becoming a complete basketball player

He’s been called the best basketball talent to come along in Harrison in quite some time, but Harrison High School…

Obituaries

Jose A. Garcia Jose A. Garcia, of Harrison, entered into eternal rest at Morristown surrounded by his loving family…

Closures set for this weekend on Rts. 21 & 280

New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials reminded motorists of ramp closures for bridge-deck replacement work…

Do your antiques have value?

KEARNY – Get ready to comb through all that stuff you’ve been storing in your attic or china closets.…

Seeking to keep aid, lose watchdog

KEARNY/HARRISON –  Two West Hudson communities currently receiving transitional state to help offset property tax impact are looking to get…

Legitimizing tuition tab

EAST NEWARK – The borough’s municipal government is pressing local school officials to get more aggressive in making sure that…