KEARNY — Kearny’s municipal government is shedding part of its support system by opting not to…
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New leader picked for Nutley schools
NUTLEY – The Nutley Board of Education was poised Monday night to appoint a Union…
Rt. 21 lane closures expected this weekend
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials announced temporary overnight lane closures on Rt. 21 in…
KPD: Heroin, coke & cutlery
When Kearny police stopped a pick-up truck on Passaic Ave. last week, they reportedly had reason…
He chose wrong home to burgle: HPD
An inept accused home burglar blundered thrice when he was reportedly practicing his craft in…
Got drugs? The KPD will take them
KEARNY – For more than a decade, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has been sponsoring a…
Scholarship for BHS’ DiAndrea
BELLEVILLE — Belleville High School senior Kayla DiAndrea has been awarded a $1,000 Grow NJ Kids…
Eagles honored for 80 years of service
KEARNY — A longstanding service organization was singled out for commendation at last Tuesday night’s meeting…
Nutley eyes parking meter upgrades
NUTLEY — The Township of Nutley is exploring the possibility of upgrading its aging stock of…
KPD: Defining ‘public nuisance’
If you were near the main branch of the Kearny Public Library on the morning of Saturday,…
Slavery fled when they fell in the foggy dew
By Karen Zautyk “As down the glen one Easter morn to a city fair rode I…
Belleville street renamed for vet KIA
BELLEVILLE – A decorated Belleville veteran who made the ultimate sacrifice for his country was honored…
See Kearny man’s play in Nutley
Thirty-eight years ago, Steven Jon Kaplan dashed off a one-act play called “Nine O’Clock To Five…
3+ years later, guilty plea in Bloomfield fatality
BLOOMFIELD — On the night of Sept. 29, 2012, 16-year-old Christina Lembo, a soccer star at Bloomfield…
2 from Kearny in NJ porn sweep
Two Kearny residents, one of them a 17-year-old boy, were among 16 people arrested in a statewide…
Still no Red Bull settlement
HARRISON – Harrison’s pitch to reach a tax settlement with the Red Bull ownership on the…
If at first you don’t succeed …
KEARNY — Ordinarily, local shoplifting suspects are listed in the Kearny police blotter (this week’s is…
KPD: Burglary suspect nabbed, jailed
A 30-year-old Kearny man was remanded to the Hudson County Jail following his arrest in connection with…
Opinion: If you see something, say something
By Ron Leir On March 28, a New York State inmate named Winston Moseley died at…
Hartz plan delayed; Seabra add-on OK’d
KEARNY – For the second time in the last two months, the Kearny Planning Board on…
Bank robbed, FBI on the case: BPD
The FBI is investigating a bank robbery in Belleville that happened Saturday, April 2, according to…
Two from Kearny (including 17-year-old boy) among 16 nabbed in porn bust
TRENTON — Acting Attorney General Robert Lougy today announced that 16 defendants have been arrested in…
Raid on Kearny Ave. drug ‘fortress’
KEARNY — Based on information that the residence contained drugs, firearms and stolen property, officers from the…
Fete Finest & Bravest ‘All Stars’
KEARNY — American Legion Post 99 was the setting Friday night for an annual ceremony honoring the…
Incumbents face opposition in May elections
BELLEVILLE/NUTLEY — Incumbents seeking re-election to non-partisan municipal governing bodies in the two Essex County communities…
Crowds coming to Arena … to vote!
HARRISON – Red Bull Arena in Harrison will be jam-packed with people on Sunday, April 10,…
KPD: Juveniles crash stolen car
Two Newark teenagers were arrested after they reportedly crashed a stolen car into a pole in…
Canstruction up and running again
KEARNY – It’s that time of year again when Kearny High School students from all grades…
Crash triggers rude awakening for couple
HARRISON — Shortly after 2 a.m. last Thursday, Harrison’s Art and Trish Pettigrew were awakened by the…
Vietnam vets remembered in Kearny ceremony, elsewhere
KEARNY — Last Tuesday, March 29, Kearny officials, veterans and the general public joined with other…