NJDEP approves cover for entire Keegan Landfill

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has endorsed the installation of a geomembrane cover system…

FIREWORKS SPARK AT KEARNY COUNCIL MEETING

If you were watching the Zoom-based Kearny Town Council meeting on April 27, you might have…

Ferreira: Despite judge’s ruling, Campos will run as write-in candidate

The Primary Election of 2021 in the Town of Kearny continues to get more bizarre by…

Judge: Campos stays off the ballot

A Hudson County Superior Court judge has rejected Second Ward Kearny Council candidate Alexis Campos’s and…

Campos deemed ineligible to run in race for Kearny Second Ward nomination

A candidate in the race for the nomination for a council seat in the Second Ward…

FIELDS OF DREAMS — New Oval open to the public

Once one faces east, along Schuyler Avenue at the entrance, it’s obvious instantly how much the…

Santos seeks new 4-year term, will face challenge from local realtor Ferreira; nomination for 4 council seats also up for grabs

For the first time in more than a decade, there will be a contested Democratic primary…

Kearny man, in this week’s blotter, now charged with Lyndhurst jewelry-store burglary, Auteri says

A man who appeared in this week’s Kearny police blotter is in even more trouble after…

COP OF THE YEAR

It was only a few weeks ago Kearny Police Officer Anthony Oliveira says he had one…

King: Body pulled from Passaic River was ‘deceased adult man’

Kearny Police Chief George King released the following information about a body pulled from the Passaic…

KEARNY’S JABLONSKI TO LEAD HUDSON VICINAGE

The Hudson County judge whose rulings were instrumental in keeping the Keegan Landfill closed during a…

CAPPED AS PLANNED — 14 months later, Keegan closure project on target for October completion

It’s been 14 months since residents got the “miraculous” news that the Keegan Landfill, after months…

Santos displeased with ‘opaque’ vaccine process

Kearny Mayor Alberto G. Santos is not happy with the way the COVID-19 vaccine is being…

Kearny man ‘Twisted’ over improper COVID-19 mask disposal

Anyone who knows Kearny’s Len Twist is aware of his greatest passion — feeding feral cats…

Kearny police, fire & EMTs first in Hudson to get COVID-19 vaccine

If you drove anywhere near Kearny Police Department Headquarters on Friday, Jan. 8, you may have…

HCPO: KPD detective shoots at fleeing suspect who drove at police

The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating an officer-Involved shooting that occurred Friday morning in Kearny,…

Suspect in domestic case jailed and five days later, he was somehow OUT WITHOUT BAIL

A man involved in a domestic dispute with a family member (not a spouse or partner)…

King: Situation on Seeley Avenue is fluid, but no one is in danger

This morning at around 7:20 a.m., the Kearny Police Department received a call about a man…

First baby of 2021 will call Kearny her home

A baby girl born at the stroke of midnight Jan. 1, 2021, was the first baby…

SANTA’S NEW WAY

Each and every year for the last dozen, Kearny’s Jack Satter always looks forward to the…

In local girls’ soccer, it takes two — Schivel, Echevarria twins lead Kearny, Nutley to fine seasons

As the first-year head coach of the Kearny High School girls’ soccer team, Mike Sylvia was…

Kearny woman, 18, was drunk, charged in wrong-way Rt. 3 crash: BCPO

A Kearny woman has been arrested and charged with two counts of assault by auto, plus…

Rutgers Street bridge will be closed tonight (6-11 p.m.)

The Rutgers Street Bridge will be closed tonight from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. for bridge…

Kearny awards $1.24 million in CARES Act Grant funding to 83 small businesses

Some $1.24 million in grant funding has been awarded to 83 small businesses in Kearny, Mayor…

KPD: Seriously? Tinted front windows?

On Oct. 8 at 8:46 p.m., Officer Matt Knighton was patrolling the Belleville Turnpike and his…

Postman from Kearny arrested, charged with throwing 99 general election mail-in ballots in NA dumpster

A U.S. Postal Service mail carrier from Kearny was arrested Wednesday, Oct. 7, and charged with…

UNGAPPED — New Wittpenn Bridge connected … finally

It’s taken much longer than initially expected. But the new Wittpenn Bridge that links Kearny to…

Meter enforcement returning to Kearny Oct. 1; warnings will be issued Sept. 28-30

Meter enforcement will return to the Town of Kearny beginning Oct. 1, Lt. John Taylor, the…

KPD: Woman carjacked in Walmart parking lot Sept. 13

A woman suffered minor injuries after a man reportedly punched her and dragged her before carjacking…

KPD Blotter for Sept. 9, 2020

On Aug. 28 at 10:04 p.m., Officer Jean-Paul Duran responded to a citizen’s call that a…