Blood passes evaluation as supt.

KEARNY – It took several months longer than it was supposed to, but the chief school administrator of Kearny…

State watchdog slams gate on dog park cash

KEARNY –  Kearny dog park advocates will have to wait a bit longer to see their long-awaited dream fulfilled.…

Devastating fire at Laurel Ave. home

A house that reportedly was due to be sold this week was left “no longer habitable” after fire ripped through…

Kearny wins local showdown at Red Bull, defeating Harrison, 5-1

Najarro’s 2 goals give Kards victory; Kearny girls also win HARRISON –  There’s something about playing at…

Coccia Realty’s Alonso July Agent of the Month

Zoraida Alonso, who for the last 15 years has been helping clients at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate,…

‘Hamburglar’ facing theft charges anew

KEARNY –  A Kearny man, nicknamed “The Hamburglar” by one of our sources, has been remanded to the Hudson…

‘Family Success’ is program’s goal

KEARNY – A single mother with two young children is managing to keep it together but is desperate to…

Meet & greet with cops over coffee

KEARNY – In 2011, police in the city of Hawthorne, Calif., were looking for new ways to communicate, informally,…

KPD blotter: Enough’s enough

At 3:30 a.m., Sept. 14, Officers Jay Ward and Dean Gasser responded to a report of a fight in progress…

Brooklyn suspects nabbed in bike thefts

KEARNY –  Is there a bicycle shortage in Brooklyn? We ask because three teenage residents of that borough were…

Kearny Bank hosts networking event

Kearny Bank’s Kathy Giunta, assistant vice president and branch manager, and her staff recently hosted a business networking event in…

Leadbeater sentencing off to Dec. 14

NEWARK –  The U.S. Attorney’s Office said last week that the sentencing of former Kearny Councilman John Leadbeater in connection…

Kearny girls’ soccer team rolls on

There are things you can count on happening every year at this time. You put the beach chair in the…

3-alarm fire tears through home at 199 Laurel Ave., Kearny [Video]

A 3-alarm fire tore through a home at 199 Laurel Ave., Kearny, early Tuesday morning. No…

2nd showdown for bar

A Kearny tavern that has been the target of neighborhood and police complaints is up against it, once again. The…

21 mos. in prison for jailer

KEARNY –  The deputy director of the Hudson County Correctional Facility — a/k/a the Hudson County Jail in South…

Fire unions accept comp time

KEARNY –  The Town of Kearny has averted a pending crisis arising from depleting the overtime account for the…

Mid-Realty supports battle against cancer

Mid-Realty, 572 Kearny Ave., sponsors a fun-filled family event on Oct. 3, from noon to 4 p.m., to raise…

KPD: No holiday for Walmart suspect

The man in the mugshot accompanying this week’s KPD blotter began his Labor Day with a visit to Walmart and…

Kearny football turns to new coach Kryzanowski

After spending the last 12 years as an assistant under three coaches with the football program at Kearny High School,…

Value Act Cleaners opens in Kearny

Newark-based Value Act Cleaners plans to shake up  the competition by offering a low-price strategy and same day service…

Diamond Jubilee

KEARNY –  This Sunday, Sept. 13, Our Lady of Sorrows Church, at Davis and Bergen Aves., will mark its…

Showdown looming on O.T.

KEARNY –  Town officials and union representatives are still grappling over what to do about finding overtime pay for Kearny…

Courtyard at Lincoln School going green with urban garden

KEARNY – As fall classes resume this month, there’ll be a new look to Lincoln Middle School as it…

KPD: Truck was weapon, fuel was vodka

Shortly before 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 1, Officer Jay Ward was directing traffic in a work zone at Schuyler…

3 robbery suspects collared

KEARNY –  A Saturday night party in a Quincy Ave. backyard morphed into a crime scene Aug. 29 when…

Farewell to the ‘Voice’

KEARNY –  “The Voice of Kearny” has signed off. Diane Malley, who made the scene at the Kearny…

A Heaven ¢entopportunity

KEARNY –  Many have been in a situation like this one — especially since 2009 when the Great Recession…

The evidence is in … lots of it

On the evening of Aug. 24, the Kearny Police Department received multiple calls from residents concerned about a plane that was…

KPD: Temper, temper . . .

A local man was arrested last week and charged with criminal mischief after he was allegedly involved in an assault…