The Nutley High School wrestling team has a record of 4-7, but that’s not going…
Month: January 2017
Youssef: Belleville’s blossoming big man
Mohamed Youssef had just begun to become interested in the game of basketball. Youssef was in…
I-280 westbound traffic shift begins this weekend
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials remind motorists that a long-term traffic shift on I-280…
Martin Luther King Jr. flag-raising Jan. 16
BELLEVILLE — Mayor Raymond Kimble and the Township Council sponsor the third annual Dr. Martin Luther…
Kearny Second Ward Councilman Giordano dead at 50
KEARNY – Kearny Second Ward Councilman Jonathan Giordano died Saturday, Jan. 7. He was 50. Giordano,…
Cardinal Tobin takes throne as Archbishop of Newark
NEWARK – Amid great pomp and circumstance and musical fanfare, Cardinal Joseph William Tobin was installed…
Tougher standards for food trucks
LYNDHURST – It’s a real enough potential danger to what extent propane tanks in mobile food…
Arena tax deal costly, but town still gains
HARRISON – At long last, the sticky tax case is in the books – but it…
Keeping lid on taxes priority for ’17: Santos
KEARNY – Getting a grip on a pattern of rising local property taxes will continue to…
Jeweler’s killer gets life in prison
The Bloomfield man convicted of killing a Kearny jeweler during a robbery more than seven years…
KPD: Out with the old, in with the old
In Kearny, the 2016 blotter ended with yet another shoplifting, this one at ShopRite, and this one…
FieldTurf playing sites under review
KEARNY – The Kearny High Kardinals football team plays its home games on it. In Lyndhurst,…
Ex-Lyndhurst man pens book behind bars
Brighton Publishing announces the print release of the book “The Godfather of Souls,” by author Paul…
Call it a case of instant ‘carma’
KEARNY/HARRISON – From the Department of You Can’t Make This Stuff Up comes this story of a…
There’s no excuse for bullying in schools in 2017
By Kevin Canessa Jr. I’ll never forget one day in my classroom during my teaching days…