Domestic livestock prompts complaints

KEARNY – The Town of Kearny is considering drafting a law to deal with an emergence…

5 public safety promotions

KEARNY – It was a hail and farewell day for certain Kearny public safety employees last Tuesday.…

Burglary/theft suspect nabbed

KEARNY – A 28-year-old Newark man, on parole after a 2007 conviction for aggravated manslaughter, was back behind…

Spreading the love among the unfortunate

KEARNY – Matt and Timothy Farias are practicing being brothers’ keepers. Sure, they’re brothers but it goes far…

Justly deserved honor for patriot Phil Kearny

KEARNY – Standing orders have arrived per digital dispatch: U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Philip Kearny, commander…

KPD blotter: N.J. bail reform at work

At 1 p.m. last Wednesday, Jan. 18, Officer Luis Moran responded to Bergen Ave. and Elm St.…

Small raises for 2 employee groups

KEARNY – Some Kearny municipal employees are now members of the 1%. No, they’re not part…

A trifecta for Kearny cops

KEARNY – Interesting day for the Kearny PD on Thursday, Jan. 12. Officers recorded three separate arrests…

Kearny Rec creates policy for transgender participants

KEARNY – Given the recent action by the Secaucus chapter of the Boy Scouts of America…

‘Remember, Jon, there’s another carpenter (up) there’

KEARNY – An overwhelming sense of loss. That was the obvious sentiment that prevailed at the…

KPD: Victim helps nab burglary suspect

At 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7, Kearny police received a report of a burglary in progress…

Kearny Second Ward Councilman Giordano dead at 50

KEARNY – Kearny Second Ward Councilman Jonathan Giordano died Saturday, Jan. 7. He was 50. Giordano,…

Jeweler’s killer gets life in prison

The Bloomfield man convicted of killing a Kearny jeweler during a robbery more than seven years…

KPD: Out with the old, in with the old

In Kearny, the 2016 blotter ended with yet another shoplifting, this one at ShopRite, and this one…

FieldTurf playing sites under review

KEARNY – The Kearny High Kardinals football team plays its home games on it. In Lyndhurst,…