By Jim Hague LEBANON TOWNSHIP – The brown sign off the eastbound lanes of Route…
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Kearny’s Koziel racks up medals at National Junior Disability Games
By Jim Hague If you think Michael Phelps was impressive in collecting medal after medal…
Abromaitis returns as QP athletic director
By Jim Hague When Ed Abromaitis was a teenager growing up in Kearny in the…
Obituaries
Virginia DeArmas Virginia DeArmas died suddenly on Aug. 5 in St. Michael’s Medical Center in Newark.…
National Night Out in Kearny draws crowds
An estimated 500 people turned out for Kearny’s annual observance of National Night Out and there…
News from the Lyndhurst Police blotter
Aug. 8 • At 9:33 a.m. the owner of a 1997 Volkswagen reported that someone entered…
BREAKING NEWS from Nutley Blotter
A Nutley teenage girl had a close call with a prowler on the afternoon of Monday,…
Up against ‘Blue Wall’
By Ron Leir NORTH ARLINGTON – Judging from the complaints he’s filed against the borough,…
Estate sues for Hood pay
By Ron Leir BELLEVILLE – A little more than a year after she died,…
Charter school back for 2nd year at Holy Cross
By Ron Leir HARRISON – The tenant occupying the former Holy Cross School on Frank…
Kearny resident wins prestigious nursing award
By Jeff Bahr Kearny resident Dr. Mary E. Norton, associate dean and professor of Global…
Pro Wrestling to stomp on Belleville
By Jeff Bahr Belleville will be treated to raucous larger-than-life physical theater (ouch!) when all-star…
‘The only thing we have to fear…’
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the above words during his 1933 inaugural address, he was…
Grandmaster Marchetti: Pride of Kearny
By Karen Zautyk Well, whaddya know? The pen really is mightier than the sword. Or…
Around Town
Kearny • Kearny Public Library will be premiering two films new to DVD. Both films will…
Kearny’s Adamek gets another Prudential Center fight
Sept. 8 battle with Walker an afternoon production By Jim Hague NEWARK – Tomasz Adamek…
Schoener named Kearny boys’ hoops coach
By Jim Hague After spending the last four years as the boys’ head basketball…
Kearny resident Beltran set to compete in U.S. Ironman championship
By Jim Hague Danny Beltran is a native of Colombia who arrived in the United…
“Overexposure’ gets man ‘burned’
By Jeff Bahr While patrolling Belmont Ave. on July 31, Belleville Police officers were flagged down…
How to get 72 (t) relief
By Randy Neumann In these days of layoffs, downsizing, corporate packages and unemployment at historic…
Obituaries
George W. Mathers George W. Mathers of Kearny died on Aug. 4 at his home. He…
Back-seat occupant foils would-be car theft, Kearny cops say
A man tried to steal a vehicle left by the driver with the motor running but…
Schuyler Ave. crash triggers downed wires, road closure
A Kearny man was hurt shortly after 2 p.m. this past Friday when his car crashed…
Kearny mom left baby in car to shop, police say
Were it not for the active intervention of a good Samaritan, the life of a…
Trying to untangle tie-ups
By Ron Leir LYNDHURST – Question: How many times does a traffic light need…
One-stop health care prescribed for residents
By Ron Leir HARRISON – With or without Obamacare – the outcome in New Jersey…
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By Jeff Bahr NUTLEY – A lot can be learned when a politician leaves the offi…
Long-vacant KMUA post soon to be filled
By Ron Leir KEARNY – After doing without someone at the helm for more than…
Bomb scare forces evacuation of postal complex in Kearny
U.S. postal inspectors are continuing to investigate who is responsible for a threat to blow up…
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