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Kearny softball: Looking to improve with influx of freshmen
The Kearny High School softball squad suffered through an uncharacteristic season in 2019, posting a 9-15…
Hulse puts finger on pandemic pulse — Kearny native, St. Mary’s coach thrust into bigger role as hospital security guard
Dennis Hulse was really looking forward to the 2020 high school baseball season. Hulse, the Kearny…
(VIDEO) 2 weeks after getting Last Rites, retired Kearny PD Sgt. Art Hackett leaves Mountainside Medical Center — alive
Gather some Kleenex for this one. It doesn’t get much better than this. Retired Kearny Police…
Kearny now has 21 COVID-19 fatalities
The Town of Kearny now has a total of 21 COVID-19 related fatalities with 478 total…
Doctor who lived in Kearny, had practice in Belleville, dies aged 70
A physician from Kearny who had a practice in Belleville has died from COVID-19 complications, a…
288 cases, 8 total COVID-19 deaths, in Kearny
The Town of Kearny now has a total of 288 reported cases of COVID-19, with a…
IMPORTANT ALERT — Reports of diversion robberies/burglaries by ‘false’ CDC agents on social media are not real, Kearny PD Chief George King confirms
Editor’s note: We’ve moved this post up to the top because it appears people are STILL…
Idiot claims to have Coronavirus, coughs at Kearny cops: KPD
File this one under the valley of the stupid times a thousand. That someone would actually…
One of Kearny’s assembly reps test positive for COVID-19
Assemblywoman Angelica Jimenez, D-32, one of Kearny’s representatives in Trenton, has tested positive for COVID-19 after…
PLEASE DON’T LITTER!
While the nation and the world continue to deal with the Coronavirus, one smaller yet important…
Kearny’s food pantries consolidating to one at First Presbyterian Church
Because of COVID-19, the Kearny Food Pantry Network has been created and will happen in one…
Kearny Health Department: 20 confirmed cases, 2 fatalities
Kearny now has 20 confirmed lab cases of COVID-19 and two fatalities, the Health Department announced…
Burglar nabbed on warrant after release from Essex Jail, KPD says
The Kearny Police Department arrested a man last week who was reportedly involved in a series…
Archdiocese of Newark institutes strictest-in-the-nation funeral directives
The Archdiocese of Newark and Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin have issued new directives for funerals, weddings…
Attention residents of Kearny … share this with your elderly friends … Board of Health is helping seniors get groceries delivered
Since the Kearny senior citizen jitney buses are suspended until further notice, the Kearny Board of…
Skyway to close parts of Wednesday & Thursday of this week
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials today announced the full closure of the Pulaski Skyway…
Kearny has first COVID-19 death, Health Department says
The Town of Kearny has suffered its first COVID-19 fatality. The town announced the death on…
Hudson County COVID-19 testing center to open Tuesday, March 24, in Secaucus; only those with an appointment will be seen for exam
Hudson County will open a designated testing center for COVID-19 at Hudson Regional Hospital in Secaucus…
An important message from the Kearny Police Department & Chief George King
To the People of Kearny: In our ongoing effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19…
Parts of Routes 1&9 to close this & next weekend
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials today are reminding motorists that Route 1&9 Truck will…
Kearny COVID-19 cases double to 4
The Kearny Department of Health is currently monitoring four reported COVID-19 cases, including two new cases…
KPD: Sea food, steal food? (Blotter for March 178, 2020)
The theft of seafood in Kearny continues. This time, however, it happened at ShopRite — and…
Resident of Alaris at Belgrove, Kearny, tests positive for COVID-19; child from Kearny daycare also tests positive
Two people with a Kearny connection — one of whom is a resident of Alaris at…
Funerals & wakes in a Coronavirus world
One of the areas where there’s been a little more grey area than elsewhere is how…
Kearny schools to switch to distance-learning beginning Tuesday, March 17; snow day to be used Monday
In consultation with the Kearny Board of Health, town officials and the Hudson County Department of…
Arrest made in fatal Friday Kearny crash: HCPO
A fatal accident on Harrison Avenue Friday, March 13, has led to the arrest of the…
Mass suspended this weekend, Catholic schools to close all next week
Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, archbishop of Newark, announced today he has dispensed the faithful of the…
West Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade postponed
The West Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade has been postponed. Kevin M. Quinn, the president of…