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Category: Alerts
Here’s where you’ll find breaking news stories, video, photos and audio. Check back here often — this portion of the Web site will be updated numerous times a day and as warranted.
Auditions for WHATCo one-act play festival upcoming
Auditions for the The West Hudson Arts and Theater Company’s 2024 One Act Play Festival to…
Scott Macfie will become Kearny Police Chief May 1 as George King officially announces retirement; Bershefski will become deputy chief
Kearny’s perhaps worst-kept secret is no more. George King, who has served as the Kearny Police…
KPD: Man who threatened to shoot victim he was robbing flaunted firearm in social media image
Police arrested a man they say allegedly robbed a man in town while threatening to shoot…
KPD: Man arrested after driving drunk, spitting at officers, gets released … then punches officer in the stomach on the way out
On April 7, after 8 p.m., Officers Travis Witt and Jordan Anders were dispatched to the…
2 juveniles charged with occupied-home burglary, vehicle theft: NPD
Charges have been levied against two teenagers who Nutley police say are responsible for an early-morning…
3 major events upcoming in Kearny
There are a few yet equally important events coming up in the next few months in…
Expect delays, lane closures on Washington Avenue in Belleville in coming days, weeks and months, NJDOT says
Washington Avenue is scheduled to have single lane closures next week — and beyond — as…
KPD: 10 drunken-driving arrests made in March in Kearny
March, like every month, has been a busy one for the Kearny Police Department, but more…
Mayor’s Message — Immigrants are not going to be housed on Newark-Jersey City Tpk.: Doyle
I read early this week on social media that the Diamond Head Oil Refinery in town…
Three 20-somethings driving around without inspection sticker, only 1 plate nabbed for theft of nearly $6K in handbags: LPD
The moral of this story — if you have over $5K in stolen merchandise in your…
Police: Thoughtless criminals break into Little Red Schoolhouse, wreck 9/11 display
It appears not even the Little Red Schoolhouse Museum — one of the most noted buildings…
Expect major traffic tonight near Red Bull Arena — h/t to yourharrison.com
Ecuador play Argentina tonight at Red Bull Arena at 8 p.m., and thanks to www.yourharrison.com,…
Nutley Board of Ed: Something’s not right with school finances
Something isn’t right with finances in the Nutley School District and the township’s Board of Education…
DEVELOPING — Russo’s latest pilot rejected in 5-4 council vote
At the end of a nearly six hour Kearny Council meeting, which began at 7 p.m.,…
ALERT — Kearny Branch Library will be renamed in memory of Christine Jablonski
The Kearny Branch Library will have a new name soon — The Christine Jablonski Branch Library.…
HCPO: Kearny man, 18, arrested following reported sexual assault of girl, 13
An 18-year-old Kearny man is behind bars after he is alleged to have sexually assaulted a…
Kearny Police Department increasing recruitment efforts
The Kearny Police Department is actively recruiting prospective officers — and while you may not have…
Man breaks into Kearny home, takes dump in back seat of KPD cruiser en route to jail: police
A man who likely didn’t have a bathroom of his own (you’ll find out why shortly)…
Loss of Christine ‘CJ’ Jablonski is painful, but she leaves an incredible legacy
If ever you were a fan of the great TV show, “The West Wing” — and…
Belleville mourns the death of Councilwoman Marie Strumolo Burke
The Township of Belleville mourns the loss of one its foremost and most noted women following…
ALERT & UPDATE — Victim ID’d in Nutley hit and run death
The Nutley Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office are seeking information on a person…
Temporary Skyway closures possible through early morning Friday
Beginning at 11:59 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 15 until 5 a.m., Friday, Feb. 16, the Pulaski Skyway…
Nutley PD, ECPO investigating fatal crash, are seeking public’s help
The Nutley Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office are seeking information on a person…
ALERT — Part of Ridge Road will be closed Jan. 30 for retired chief’s funeral
Ridge Road in North Arlington will be closed to all traffic on Tuesday, Jan. 30, from…
No gunman on Kearny Avenue, contrary to social media reports
Reports of a man with a gun on Kearny Avenue around 6 p.m. today were…
Belleville man found guilty — again — for murdering wheelchair-bound friend in 2014: ECPO
A Belleville man who stood accused of stabbing his roommate to death nearly a decade ago…
KPD: 5 teens, a few believed to be loosely gang-affiliated, savagely beat teenage couple on Kearny Ave.
One may recall a group of juveniles who were recently arrested after a robbery, multiple aggravated…