Pulaski Skyway traffic to shift to the northbound lanes next week

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) announced that southbound traffic on the Pulaski Skyway is scheduled…

St. Cecilia’s re-creates Christ’s death

KEARNY — More than 150 parishioners of St. Cecilia’s Church — from the English-, Spanish- and…

BOE finds cash to finish KHS upgrades; school tax rising

KEARNY — To complete the long-delayed Kearny High School addition/renovation project, the town Board of Education…

Kearny crime rate is at 15-year low

KEARNY – The Kearny Police Department has released its Uniform Crime Report Index for 2015, which covers…

18 officially sworn in to Kearny FD

KEARNY — Kearny swore in 18 new firefighters last Tuesday as part of the town’s continuing…

Utility going under as Suez talks continue

KEARNY — Kearny is setting in motion a plan to scrap its water utility in favor…

KPD: Strolling straight into a cell

In the wee hours — 1:30 a.m., to be precise — of last Wednesday, March 23, Officer…

Anticipate April opening for Kearny dog park

KEARNY – Workers from Reivax Contracting Corp. of Newark continued to assemble components of Kearny’s first-ever…

Kearny’s LTET initiative gives BOE ‘distinction’

KEARNY — The Kearny Board of Education has been named a “District of Distinction” by District…

Sights from today’s Way of the Cross at West Hudson Park [St. Cecilia’s]

KEARNY — Here are some images from today’s “Way of the Cross,” which was nicely done…

KFD rescues injured cat stuck in a tree

The Kearny Fire Department rescued an injured cat that got stuck in a tree last Sunday.…

Limited prospects for landfill use

KEARNY — If and when Kearny convinces the N.J. Sports & Exposition Authority to vacate the Keegan…

Kearny named school ‘District of Distinction’

KEARNY — The Kearny Board of Education has been named a “District of Distinction” by District…

KPD:  Dial ‘R’ for robbery

  A Kearny man who was transporting a batch of Apple iPhones in his car was the…

Intense radio transmissions from KFD @ Washington Ave. fire

Click to listen to excerpts of radio transmissions from the Kearny FD working the fire at…

DEVELOPING: Fire tears through home at 150 Washington Ave., Kearny

A fire tore through a home this afternoon at 150 Washington Ave., Kearny. We're told no…

Irish eyes were smiling

Sights from the 2016 West Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade.  

Car wash faces civil rights suit

KEARNY — A Kearny carwash could be in hot water after the state filed a civil-rights…

Ribbon cut for upgraded Vets Field

KEARNY – Last Tuesday, Mayor Alberto Santos and the Town Council held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for…

‘Hairspray’ shaping up nicely at KHS

KEARNY – Make way for “Hairspray,” the upcoming spring musical at Kearny High School, opening on…

Arrest ‘record’ for two suspects?

KEARNY — A man and a woman, arrested here last week on marijuana-possession charges, may have…

KPD:  N.Y.C. cabby assaulted, robbed

Shortly after midnight last Thursday, March 10, Kearny police were alerted to a “commotion” at Passaic and…

Arbitrators: BOE must pay $2.9 million

KEARNY — The Kearny Board of Education has lost – bigtime – the first of two important…

KPD: You’ve won a trip to Florida!

It started with a shoplifting-turned-robbery, morphed into a foot chase in the brush and with an assault…

Three chosen to lead West Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade

When the 43rd annual West Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade steps off Sunday at 2 p.m.…

Are more parking controls coming to Kearny?

KEARNY — Kearny has moved to tighten regulations governing the allocation and use of designated curbside…

Town to NJSEA: ‘Get off our land’

KEARNY — Come June 30, there’ll be a showdown at the Keegan landfill, pardners, so don’t…

Another Bulger moves up the ladder

KEARNY – A veteran member of the Kearny Fire Department moved up in the ranks last…

Purloined pooch found as investigation continues

KEARNY — The talk of this town last week was the 12-week-old puppy reported stolen from a local…

KPD: From ABC to CDS at local pub 

On Feb. 8, KPD detectives from the Vice/Alcoholic Beverage Control unit paid a visit to the…