Buccaneers look to improve after last year’s struggles

After enduring a tough 6-14 campaign where she graduated seven seniors, Belleville High School girls’ basketball coach Liz Ramirez is taking a…

A look back at 2015

As we do every year, here’s a look back at the top stories that made headlines…

Schools need 60M in repairs

BELLEVILLE –  The bill to fix Belleville’s public schools has come due … and it’s a whopper. In…

Will Silver Lake firehouse reopen? Stay tuned …

BELLEVILLE – Another disastrous fire in Belleville’s Silver Lake section has sparked cries for restoration of the Franklin St. firehouse which…

Chief to leave in ‘16

BELLEVILLE –  After more than four decades spent in uniform, Belleville’s highest-ranking cop will be turning in his badge next…

News in Brief

BELLEVILLE –  A Belleville man has been sentenced to two years in prison for accepting bribes in exchange for…

Alleged Ridge Road gas station robber caught: NAPD

NORTH ARLINGTON –  Updated from original story that appeared in the 9 Dec. edition of The…

Owners: ‘Don’t kick us out’

BELLEVILLE –  Ecuadoran immigrant Washington Pesantez has spent 17 years on Cortlandt St. in Belleville’s Valley section where he has…

New retailer replaces Food Basics

BELLEVILLE –  A new supermarket has surfaced in Belleville’s Valley area in place of another that has been sold…

Fire leaves 3 homeless, pet dead

BELLEVILLE – A 91-year-old woman and two men made it safely out of a burning Belleville house Saturday night. Unfortunately,…

Lip syncing for art raises $1,200-plus

Students and teachers engaged in friendly competition at Belleville High School’s Connie Francis Theatre on Nov. 10 in the school’s…

News in brief

KEARNY –  So far, the transition from the old Meadowlands tax sharing formula to a tax on meadows hotel…

Music to stop bullying by

BELLEVILLE –  Last year, Belleville High School seniors composed poems on the theme of anti-bullying and one student urged business…

Hotel, eatery, medical offices at Roche site?

BELLEVILLE –  The designated developer of the Roche Diagnostic property in Belleville has completed acquisition of the 19-acre parcel, thereby clearing…

Township probing BOE

BELLEVILLE –  Belleville’s municipal government is taking the unusual step of undertaking a very public examination of the township’s Board of…