Happy New Year!

BELLEVILLE – On Saturday morning, to mark the start of the Chinese New Year, Belleville residents and representatives…

Scary drug facts to go with your coffee

BELLEVILLE – It was billed as “Coffee with a Cop,” but there was a lot more…

Getting into the spirit of the paranormal

How do you get 130+ high school students to sit in absolute silence, listening with rapt…

Water fails test but is OK to drink

BELLEVILLE – It happened in 2015 and, again, in 2016. As per a Dec. 29, 2016…

Martin Luther King Jr. flag-raising Jan. 16

BELLEVILLE —  Mayor Raymond Kimble and the Township Council sponsor the third annual Dr. Martin Luther…

New librarian at the helm

  BELLEVILLE – A somewhat circuitous path brought Michelle Malone to the Belleville Public Library in…

Shot by police, he now faces charges

BELLEVILLE – A Belleville man is in police custody in connection with a shooting incident that…

Trooper lists online safety tips

BELLEVILLE – On the heels of the arrest of a Belleville man earlier this month for…

BCPO: 4 Belleville cops arrested in North Arlington

Four Belleville police officers were among five men arrested Monday, Dec. 5, in the aftermath of…

News in brief …

KEARNY – Motorists who use a busy, pothole-strewn roadway in the South Kearny area should be experiencing smoother driving soon.…

Suspended cop tied to shoplifting?

BELLEVILLE – A veteran Belleville cop is under suspension pending completion of an investigation by an…

Belleville’s hidden history

BELLEVILLE – If you were in the vicinity of the historic Belleville Dutch Reformed Church at Main…

Pricey settlements continue to add up

BELLEVILLE – Another in a series of lawsuits filed in recent years against the Belleville Board…

1 teachers contract settled, 2nd stalled

  BELLEVILLE/EAST NEWARK — Public school teachers in Belleville will be going back to their classrooms…

Reported burglar behind bars on $30K bail: BPD

BELLEVILLE – A Newark man linked to the would-be burglary of a Smallwood Ave. residence on…

New command set at Belleville PD

BELLEVILLE — He was installed as the leader of the Belleville Police Department only a few…

Arrest in Belleville vehicular homicide

BELLEVILLE — Two months after the tragedy, a 19-year-old Bloomfield man has been arrested on a charge…

Light rail train, SUV collide in Belleville

An NJ Transit Light Rail train collided with an SUV in Belleville this morning, causing one…

Minichini marks milestone

BELLEVILLE – The Belleville Police Department has a new leader. Mark Minichini, a deputy chief since…

Belleville adopts affordable housing plan

  BELLEVILLE — Over the objections of several residents, the Township of Belleville took a first…

Street naming designation May 28 in Belleville

The Township of Belleville will host a street naming designation ceremony Saturday, May 28, at the…

Longtime attorney loses law license

TRENTON – A Belleville attorney has been disbarred by order of the N.J. Supreme Court. On…

Another Walgreens coming to Belleville

BELLEVILLE – A new Walgreens with a drive-thru pharmacy is coming to Belleville. The township Planning…

Belleville doc stripped of medical license

NEWARK — An anesthesiologist who ran several pain management clinics, including one in Belleville, has been stripped…

Scholarship for BHS’ DiAndrea

BELLEVILLE — Belleville High School senior Kayla DiAndrea has been awarded a $1,000 Grow NJ Kids…

Inferno at Bloomfield apartments

  BLOOMFIELD — At least six families were displaced by a three-alarm fire that destroyed as…

Belleville street renamed for vet KIA

BELLEVILLE – A decorated Belleville veteran who made the ultimate sacrifice for his country was honored…

Bank robbed, FBI on the case: BPD

The FBI is investigating a bank robbery in Belleville that happened Saturday, April 2, according to…

Incumbents face opposition in May elections

BELLEVILLE/NUTLEY — Incumbents seeking re-election to non-partisan municipal governing bodies in the two Essex County communities…

‘Shooter drill’ Friday; burglar sought: BPD

BELLEVILLE — The Belleville Police Department will conduct an “active shooter” drill at Belleville High School,…