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KPD: Heroin, coke & cutlery
When Kearny police stopped a pick-up truck on Passaic Ave. last week, they reportedly had reason…
Got drugs? The KPD will take them
KEARNY – For more than a decade, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has been sponsoring a…
Eagles honored for 80 years of service
KEARNY — A longstanding service organization was singled out for commendation at last Tuesday night’s meeting…
KPD: Defining ‘public nuisance’
If you were near the main branch of the Kearny Public Library on the morning of Saturday,…
Kearny PBA’s Food Truck Festival is May 21
KEARNY — Mark the date on your calendars now: Saturday, May 21, from 11 a.m. to…
2 from Kearny in NJ porn sweep
Two Kearny residents, one of them a 17-year-old boy, were among 16 people arrested in a statewide…
If at first you don’t succeed …
KEARNY — Ordinarily, local shoplifting suspects are listed in the Kearny police blotter (this week’s is…
KPD: Burglary suspect nabbed, jailed
A 30-year-old Kearny man was remanded to the Hudson County Jail following his arrest in connection with…
Hartz plan delayed; Seabra add-on OK’d
KEARNY – For the second time in the last two months, the Kearny Planning Board on…
Two from Kearny (including 17-year-old boy) among 16 nabbed in porn bust
TRENTON — Acting Attorney General Robert Lougy today announced that 16 defendants have been arrested in…
Raid on Kearny Ave. drug ‘fortress’
KEARNY — Based on information that the residence contained drugs, firearms and stolen property, officers from the…
Fete Finest & Bravest ‘All Stars’
KEARNY — American Legion Post 99 was the setting Friday night for an annual ceremony honoring the…
KPD: Juveniles crash stolen car
Two Newark teenagers were arrested after they reportedly crashed a stolen car into a pole in…
Canstruction up and running again
KEARNY – It’s that time of year again when Kearny High School students from all grades…
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…