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KPD: I’m arrested? Oh fudge!
A 51-year-old Newark man with an apparent taste for fudge cookies and Life Savers Gummies ended up…
Pa. man charged in Schuyler Bank Robbery
KEARNY – The prime suspect in the Sept. 8 robbery of the Schuyler Savings Bank was arrested…
Another (Keegan) landfill headache for Kearny
KEARNY — With Kearny still battling the N.J. Sports & Exposition Authority in court over its…
Leadbeater reports to prison in Pa.
A former Kearny lawmaker and school trustee has taken up residence in the Keystone State, courtesy of…
Kearny preps for 150th birthday
KEARNY — The Kearny Sesquicentennial Committee is laying out an ambitious agenda for celebrating the town’s…
KPD: Arrests from A to Z-z-z-z
This week’s blotter is topped by two sleepyheads from Hoboken who reportedly opted to take an early-morning…
Walk for Love organizer recognized
HARRISON — When Eddie Acosta turned to Desert Hope Treatment Center, an American Addiction Centers facility…
’15W Picnic’ is Sept. 24 at Riverbank Park
KEARNY — Get ready to party like it’s 1968. Or 1978. Or even 1988. Why? Because…
New charter school may cost teacher aide jobs
KEARNY — The first-ever charter school in Kearny has yet to open but already it has…
KPD: ATM skimmer at QuickChek
A QuickChek customer who suspected that the ATM at the store “had been manipulated” alerted police, who…
Key town employees leaving next year
KEARNY – Like the N.Y. Yankees, Kearny will be looking to fill some key positions in…
Scenes from Kearny’s ‘Night Out’
All photos by Karen Zautyk
KPD: A gun in the glove box
At 2 a.m. last Wednesday, Aug. 3, Officers David Bush and Jonathan Dowie pulled over a…
Wells Fargo robbery suspect nabbed
KEARNY — A 25-year-old Passaic man was arrested last week in connection with a bank-robbery spree that…
82-year-old driver takes out poles: KPD
KEARNY – An octogenarian driver knocked down a utility pole, traffic signal and hit two cars…
A case of marijuana munchies?
KEARNY — This job is so educational. While it is common knowledge that marijuana can…
Court says NJSEA can take dump; Kearny to appeal
KEARNY — Don’t believe everything you’re told — unless you get it in writing in an…
Leadbeater, others, ordered to repay $3M+
KEARNY — Former Kearny Board of Education member and ex-Councilman John Leadbeater has been ordered to…
DeVita takes new job in Cedar Grove, resigns Kearny BOE position
KEARNY – Soon he’ll be trading in his Kardinal logo for that of a Panther. Michael…
KPD: Fidgeting is dead giveaway
Last Thursday, July 28, Officers Chris Manolis and Jon Dowie were on patrol at Bergen and…
Dumb & dumberer
KEARNY – This is the sort of story that cries out for mugshots, but, alas, we cannot…
Final chapter of KHS renovations?
KEARNY – It’s all systems go for what the Kearny Board of Education hopes will…
Spend a ‘Night Out’ with neighbors
KEARNY-HARRISON — Mark your calendar! Next Tuesday, Aug. 2, more than 16,000 communities across the United States…
Child hurt in hit-run; driver charged
KEARNY — A 4-year-old boy was injured last Wednesday when he was struck by a hit-run driver…
Police: Beware of online real estate scam
KEARNY — Persons looking to lease a residential property here are being cautioned by Kearny police that…
KPD: Dopey drivers, name games & warrants
Shortly before noon on July 8, Officer Jordenson Jean was on patrol at the Belleville Pike…
5 years behind bars for former councilman
Former Kearny Councilman and ex-Board of Education vice president John Leadbeater will be serving time for…
Newer cars equally vulnerable to harm
KEARNY – When the Kearny Police Department took delivery of 12 brand new Ford Police Interceptors…