EDITORIAL: Kearny governing body — you all did us proud at NJSEA meeting

Just about every seat was taken in the audience when the New Jersey Sports & Exposition…

Obituaries for March 27, 2019

Genevieve Eilers Genevieve Eilers (nee Gburczyk) of Bloomfield, formerly of Kearny, died peacefully on March 19,…

Expectations super high for Nutley baseball squad

The buzz of excitement has been humming around the Nutley High School baseball team since the…

Kearny softball: Going through a major rebuild

At the end of the 2018 high school softball season, Kearny head coach Jimmy Pickel believed…

Lyndhurst looks to be improved thanks to strong pitching staff

Lyndhurst High School head baseball coach Pat Auteri knows that the expectations about the Golden Bears…

Cardinal Tobin will lead Lenten prayer service for victims of abuse

Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., will lead the people of the Archdiocese of Newark in a…

Fentanyl mill ended in Harrison: AG

Three men were arrested in the takedown of a major fentanyl and heroin mill in Harrison…

KPD: P.O. Castillo saves man at Walmart using Narcan

On March 15 at 4:11 a.m., Kearny Police Officers Anthony Oliveira and Jose Castillo and Sgt. Tom…

Obituaries for March 20, 2019

Rosa M. Pinho Rosa M. Pinho died March 15, 2019. She was 81. She was born…

Kearny looks to be Smart, have a baseball season to remember

The high school baseball season will begin in earnest April Fool’s Day, but you can definitely…

Belleville softball looks to make up for lost season

The Belleville High School softball team endured an uncharacteristic 6-15 record a year ago. It was…

NA’s Vikings look to strong pitching depth on baseball diamond

The North Arlington High School baseball team won 12 games last year and will look to…

SANTOS TO MURPHY: SHUT KEEGAN NOW!

There are 17 million reasons why the State of New Jersey has not closed the Keegan…

Sights & scenes of the West Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade (Part 1)

These photos are courtesy of Laura Comppen

Lyndhurst PD helps woman who’d just given birth, was locked inside apartment

A newborn Lyndhurst baby is going to have one heck of a tale to tell about…

TRAIN TO THE FUTURE

In the not too distant future, the Stuyvesant Avenue NJ Transit Train Station in Lyndhurst is…

NABOE buys QPHS from Archdiocese of Newark

Back in June of 2017, Queen of Peace High School closed its doors after 86 years…

Obituaries for 6 March 2019

Angelo F. Costello Angelo F. Costello, 82, of North Arlington, formerly of Pennsylvania and raised in…

Nutley icemen win first-ever McMullen Cup championship

Nutley High School had never won a hockey cup championship before recently. However, that all changed…

Lyndhurst’s Weaver finishes third at 138 pounds at states

Dylan Weaver’s dream of winning an NJSIAA state wrestling championship died last Friday evening in the…

Postal worker mows down 2 colleagues in parking lot, KPD says

A U.S. Postal employee at the Newark Turnpike Postal facility has been arrested and charged with…

Kearny man wins $4.5 million Pick-6

One Kearny resident now has 4.5 million reasons to be happy. Stanley M. McKelvin, of Kearny,…

King: Caller says murder occurred on Hoyt St., but it was all a hoax

An incident that demanded a SWAT Team response turned out to be a complete hoax, and…

BIG GOOD WOLF

With all due respect to those who love wolves — if I encounter one in the…

12 men who served locally credibly accused of priestly sexual abuse

The list of approximately 70 priests of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark credibly accused of…

Ken Green, known by most as X.Ray Burns, dead at 57

For more than 30 years, there was just about one thing — going to church notwithstanding…

Gov. Murphy: Close the Keegan Landfill now

The numbers are staggering. Kearny Mayor Alberto Santos, in a video posted to social media recently,…

Obituaries for 20 Feb. 2019

Richard J. Wiedemann Richard J. Wiedemann, 89, of Kearny died peacefully at home surrounded by his…

Baeza, Ostanski, Matthew Mauricio crowned District 11 champs; 10 move on

Pardon Tony Carratura Jr. if he doesn’t have his finger on the pulse of the history…

Nutley boys’ basketball: A tale of two seasons

The boys’ high school basketball season didn’t exactly start as planned for the Maroon Raiders of…