Peden Terrace: two-way or one-way?

KEARNY – Probably the steepest hill street in Kearny and one of the most difficult roads…

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…

Senior transit trauma

It’s coming. Not tomorrow, not next week but certainly sometime this year.

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…