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Fine turnout for Kearny VFW 5K run, honoring SSG Oliveira
KEARNY – Jorge Oliveira was a member of the United States National Guard, earning the rank of Staff Sergeant.…
Cooling centers open today & tomorrow in West Hudson
Cooling centers are open today in all three West Hudson towns, the Hudson County Office of…
Thieves plunder garden
KEARNY – It’s not just the planters who’ve been hard at work at the Kearny Community Garden. Some produce…
Bizarre behavior leads to 2 arrests: KPD
KEARNY – Maybe it was the heat. Last week, which saw Kearny sweltering in torrid temperatures, found local cops with their…
Killer of Kearny teen gets life in prison
KEARNY – The Pennsylvania man who murdered 16-yearold Alishia Colon in her Belgrove Drive home in 2013 was sentenced Friday…
Burglar surprises sleeping teen: cops
KEARNY – A Newark man was arrested in the early-morning hours of July 18 after allegedly burglarizing a ground-floor…
Little girls get taste of hoops at Kearny camp
Most local basketball camps are of the coed variety, but they really don’t offer young girls much of a chance…
Kearny boys’ camp proves that interest in basketball exists
Jovan George is an aspiring basketball player with a huge upside – his tremendous frame. George is only a 10-year-old…
National Wildlife Federation touts local Butterfly Garden
The Kearny Butterfly Garden has been accorded recognition by the National Wildlife Federation, the country’s largest wildlife conservation and education organization. In a…
NJ Transit bus hits tree, 6 taken to area hospital
KEARNY – Six people were hurt when a commuter bus struck a tree on Belgrove Drive at 8:15 a.m. this…
Silent Sundays on Passaic Ave.
KEARNY – Kearny officials slammed the door on DVL Holdings’s request for Sunday demolition on the east side of Passaic Ave.…
Same script: roster keeps changing
KEARNY – And still they come and go. Such is the personnel pattern that prevails at both the Police…
Get ready for Kearny ‘Night Out’
KEARNY – Mark your calendars! Kearny’s 2015 National Night Out Against Crime will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 4,…
Special delivery – to jail
KEARNY – As more people do their shopping via the Internet, there has been a corresponding increase in the number…
They’ve been made Eagles for life
Raymond Bush, Allen Henry and Robert Kapps, members of Kearny Fraternal Order of Eagles, we re inducted…
Feline-friendly efforts recognized
KEARNY – Last Tuesday, the Kearny Town Council greenlighted a plan by the TNR (Trap/Neuter/Release) program to install cat shelters and…
Check out voucher coupons at market
KEARNY – The wine is gone, but a bakery is hoped for and periodic public healthrelated booths are joining…
Behind hijacking was bigger scare
A man who allegedly hijacked a tractor-trailer cab in South Kearny got a bit more than he had bargained for…
From trailers to basement
KEARNY – The last piece of the new Kearny Board of Education facility on Midland Ave. – two basement…
Brush to attack plaque, advises Smile Center
One of the easiest dental problems to spot is a buildup of plaque, the soft, sticky layer of bacteria…
KPD: 2 nabbed with phony $50s
Two Newark teenagers were arrested July 10 for allegedly attempting to pass counterfeit bills at businesses along Kearny Ave. Reports…
Kearny Kids’ Kamp draws crowd of baseball-loving youngsters
Although he’s far from actually grabbing a baseball and heading to the pitcher’s mound to throw in a Little League…
Kearny wins Lyndhurst Junior League baseball crown
For the last quarter century – 26 years to be precise – Lyndhurst has hosted a fantastic baseball tournament strictly…
New cops, firefighters are multi-skilled
Of the 15 new cops hired , 11 are Kearny residents and four live in Newark. And, of the…
Play space fix nearer?
KEARNY – Town and school officials in Kearny appeared to be edging toward an agreement for a new basketball court…
Community Garden continues to grow
KEARNY – For more than two decades, his profession was police officer in Kearny but Bob Edwards has been…
While in jail, he’s charged with more crimes
KEARNY – A 26-year-old Newark man, Onajii Campbell, has been charged in connection with two overnight break-ins that occurred here in…
KPD: Going in cycles
A 44-year-old man was arrested last week for the theft of not one, but two, bicycles in Kearny, the KPD…
Perfectly suited to vets
KEARNY – There’s a new clothing “store” in town. But the clientele is limited to veterans. And they don’t…