21 mos. in prison for jailer

KEARNY –  The deputy director of the Hudson County Correctional Facility — a/k/a the Hudson County Jail in South…

Fire unions accept comp time

KEARNY –  The Town of Kearny has averted a pending crisis arising from depleting the overtime account for the…

Mid-Realty supports battle against cancer

Mid-Realty, 572 Kearny Ave., sponsors a fun-filled family event on Oct. 3, from noon to 4 p.m., to raise…

KPD: No holiday for Walmart suspect

The man in the mugshot accompanying this week’s KPD blotter began his Labor Day with a visit to Walmart and…

Kearny football turns to new coach Kryzanowski

After spending the last 12 years as an assistant under three coaches with the football program at Kearny High School,…

Value Act Cleaners opens in Kearny

Newark-based Value Act Cleaners plans to shake up  the competition by offering a low-price strategy and same day service…

Diamond Jubilee

KEARNY –  This Sunday, Sept. 13, Our Lady of Sorrows Church, at Davis and Bergen Aves., will mark its…

Showdown looming on O.T.

KEARNY –  Town officials and union representatives are still grappling over what to do about finding overtime pay for Kearny…

Courtyard at Lincoln School going green with urban garden

KEARNY – As fall classes resume this month, there’ll be a new look to Lincoln Middle School as it…

KPD: Truck was weapon, fuel was vodka

Shortly before 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 1, Officer Jay Ward was directing traffic in a work zone at Schuyler…

3 robbery suspects collared

KEARNY –  A Saturday night party in a Quincy Ave. backyard morphed into a crime scene Aug. 29 when…

Farewell to the ‘Voice’

KEARNY –  “The Voice of Kearny” has signed off. Diane Malley, who made the scene at the Kearny…

A Heaven ¢entopportunity

KEARNY –  Many have been in a situation like this one — especially since 2009 when the Great Recession…

The evidence is in … lots of it

On the evening of Aug. 24, the Kearny Police Department received multiple calls from residents concerned about a plane that was…

KPD: Temper, temper . . .

A local man was arrested last week and charged with criminal mischief after he was allegedly involved in an assault…