BELLEVILLE – The last time it happened, it was 2007 and the current Belleville mayor, Ray Kimble, was in…
Year: 2016
Kearny wrestling team makes strides toward respectability
The Kearny High School wrestling team is certainly going through some growing pains. “We have a young team,” said assistant…
NA boys’ basketball team: 10 wins, eight in a row
When the high school basketball season began last month, North Arlington boys’ head coach Rich Corsetto didn’t know what the future had…
Harrison’s Leiras emerging as basketball sharpshooter
The high school basketball season was only a handful of weeks away from beginning and Harrison head boys’ coach Noel…
Obituaries
Helen Chasnowitz Helen Chasnowitz, 89, died in a New York assisted living facility on Nov. 30. She was…
Zheng accepts Millan’s challenge, designs Harrison’s 175th anniversary logo
Harrison High 2015 alumna Jia Wen (Karen) Zheng, class valedictorian, rose to the challenge last year…
Pastor ending 6-year stay
HARRISON – For Joan Finnerty, a leader of the Vincentian Society, the Rev. Joseph Girone proved himself to be “a very…
Station back on track?
KEARNY – He still hears that train acomin’. At last Wednesday’s annual reorganization meeting, Mayor Alberto Santos took the…
PSE&G: Stay warm & control costs
NEWARK – Frigid weather has finally arrived, and heating systems have been working extra hard. With that in mind,…
Reorganization surprises
HARRISON – For public safety advocates, in particular, last Tuesday night’s reorganization of the Harrison municipal government was a time to…
KPD: Bloomfield woman had 7 warrants
At approximately 9 p.m. on Jan 2, Officer Jason Rodrigues responded to Walmart to take into custody an alleged shoplifter who…
5 facing drug charges: LPD
LYNDHURST – On Dec. 30, Lyndhurst PD busted two township residents and one New Yorker on drug charges in the…
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…