BELLEVILLE – Belleville’s municipal government is taking the unusual step of undertaking a very public examination of the township’s Board of…
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All fired up
Belleville Fire Department held its annual Fire Prevention Open House on the evening of Friday, Oct. 16, at Fire Headquarters…
Fatal shooting still mystery
BELLEVILLE – The Belleville Police Department’s Homicide/Major Crimes Unit and Essex County Prosecutor’s Office are investigating a fatal shooting in the…
Fall term: sweeping changes
BELLEVILLE – New classrooms, updated academic policies and courses, revamped security and staff appointments were all part of the Belleville public…
Chinese presence marked
BELLEVILLE – It is commonly known that in the latter part of the 19th century, waves of Chinese immigrants…
Inherent conflict in dual role?
BELLEVILLE – Will Kevin Esposito have to step down as interim township manager or as township tax assessor? Will he…
Armed robbery suspect captured: BPD
Within a less than half-hour interval on Aug. 21, a lone gunman discharged his weapon five times at two Belleville shops…
Local motorist charged in death of cabbie
BELLEVILLE – A 23-year-old Belleville woman has been charged with vehicular homicide in connection with the death last week of…
Part of Franklin Ave., Belleville, to be closed Wednesday for ‘Just a Party’
Franklin Avenue will be closed to all traffic from 3 p.m. to midnight from Joralemon St.…
Public asked to report health concerns
Belleville is reaching out to its residents for help in cleaning up the township. The Belleville website allows residents…
Prepared to party hardy
BELLEVILLE – Once again, Belleville is getting ready to party. On Wednesday, Sept. 16, Mayor Raymond Kimble and the…
Driver nabbed in highway hit-run
A Belleville man was being held in the Bergen County Jail on $100,000 bail following his arrest last week on…
Belleville football: The future looks bright
When Joe Fischer returned to take over the Belleville High School football program last year, he knew he had an…
Tribute paid to local patriot
SECOND RIVER – If you recognize this dateline, you know your local history. In the 18th century,…
Sanacore takes over as Belleville athletic director
When Tom D’Elia received a promotion to become a vice principal in the Belleville school district, it left a vacancy in…
Expect occupants by 2017: developer
BELLEVILLE – It’s all systems go for converting the old Essex County Isolation Hospital multi-building complex and, more recently, Garden State…
A&P bankruptcy dooms supermarket
BELLEVILLE – Another area supermarket is being dealt a death blow. The Belleville Pathmark, located on Belmont Ave.…
4 new officers join township’s Finest
BELLEVILLE – One is following in the footsteps of three family members. Three have prior law enforcement experience. But…
A tangled web, indeed
BELLEVILLE – He once designed and maintained the township’s web site. But now Michael Melham is entangled in a…
Essex tributes to ‘first patriots’’
July 4 was marked as America’s Independence Day with public ceremonies in Belleville and Nutley. At the historic cemetery…
Belleville’s Gencarelli named Observer Male Athlete of the Year
Soccer, volleyball standout becomes first Buccaneer recipient The first sport that entered P.J. Gencarelli’s life was soccer. “I…
BOE overreacted in trying to fire union leader: PERC
BELLEVILLE – Score one for the Belleville teachers’ union. A state labor agency determined that the Board of Education unfairly…
Honoring those first patriots
BELLEVILLE – The Belleville Historical Society will mark its annual July 4th observance with a special ceremony at the historic…
Bloomfield man dies after crash in park
BELLEVILLE – Essex County authorities are continuing to investigate the circumstances leading to a single-vehicle crash in Branch Brook Park…
Historic church getting facelift
BELLEVILLE – The dangling cross at the top of the steeple at the historic former Dutch Reformed…
Onque: 5-plus yrs. for fraud
A Belleville man was among three persons, including his sister, sentenced last week for their roles in a $15…
Belleville’s Jacangelo wins Yogi Berra Best Teammate award
Barbara Jacangelo has been through a lot in her young life. The Belleville High School senior has had to watch…
Selfless service to community
BELLEVILLE – Two longtime Belleville civic activists were feted by the Kevin G. Kennedy Civic Association at the organization’s 22nd…
Man dies from injuries suffered in ‘home invasion’
BELLEVILLE – A Nutley man has been arrested in connection with the now-fatal assault on an 85-year-old man in his…
New developer for Roche site
BELLEVILLE – Like the disappearing, then reappearing, rabbit in the hat, a redeveloper for the vacant Roche property in Belleville was…