Town aims to curtail fowl deeds

KEARNY — The chickens have come home to roost. Spurred on by the clucking of henpecked…

Dowie set to retire Dec. 1 as KPD chief

KEARNY — After 19 years as chief of the Kearny Police Department, John Dowie will retire…

LIVING HISTORY

KEARNY — On the western side of Belgrove Drive, between Bergen Ave. and Afton St., Veterans Memorial…

Intruder shot & killed by Belleville resident

BELLEVILLE/NUTLEY – The calm of a residential neighborhood on the Belleville/Nutley border was shattered Halloween night,…

North Arlington’s Kearns running wild for Stonehill College

Brian Kearns Jr. was a standout running back at St. Joseph’s of Montvale during his high…

TIPPING THE SCALES: Lyndhurst cops bust 2 who ‘hid’ 70 lbs. of marijuana in car

It appeared that a pair of Essex County residents stopped by police had a lot of…

That squad is on fire

KEARNY — Leonor Nasert is a very lucky mom. A year-and-a-half ago, her daughter, a sixth-grader…

2 new rec programs forthcoming in Kearny

KEARNY — Two new sports will be introduced by the Kearny Recreation Department for the upcoming…

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Grant will allow for 8 new firefighters HARRISON — She neither lives nor works in Harrison,…

NPD responds to overturned vehicle

NUTLEY — The Nutley Police and Fire departments responded to Woodland Ave. on Oct. 27 after…

PARCC results inching up in Kearny

KEARNY – For Kearny public school students who took the PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness…

Addicts using pets to get narcotics

The New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program (NJPMP) is a centralized database for prescribers and pharmacists in New…

KFD performs 2 water rescues

KEARNY – Two water rescues were successfully performed by Kearny Fire Department crews this past weekend…

BOCCE BOYS

If you’ve ever taken a drive in Belleville’s Branch Brook Park, around the cherry blossom trees,…

Portal North Bridge project underway in South Kearny

Construction of a new, more reliable Portal North Bridge in South Kearny is underway, as the…

Billboards finally yielding ca$h

KEARNY — It took five years, a lawsuit and perseverance but it was worth the wait.…

Free flu shots ready for Kearny, EN residents

KEARNY — The Kearny Health Department (KHD) has received its supply of flu vaccine. Flu shots…

KPD: Next time, go to a bar in Summit, bro

By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — Shortly after 11 p.m. on Oct. 5, Officers Jonathan Dowie, David Bush,…

Nutley cops get long-awaited raises

NUTLEY — Now it’s official: police officers and police superiors in Nutley are getting pay raises.…

Addicts using pets to get pain pills

The New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program (NJPMP) is a centralized database for prescribers and pharmacists in New…

‘Restaurant Row’ inching closer in Lyndhurst

LYNDHURST — Is there a “restaurant row” in Lyndhurst’s future? That’s the hope of the township…

Supor gets super deal

HARRISON — Municipal officials have put into motion plans to build a mixed-use project on the…

W.H.A.T.’s ‘Kearny’ show is this week, weekend

History is usually the domain of straight plays, so the mind-blowing success of “Hamilton” last year…

A license to be a journalist? No way

By Ron Leir James Bond, it is said, had a license to kill as a fictional…

14-year-old Kearny boy reported missing last week still has not been found

A 14-year-old boy whose family reported him missing a week ago today has still not yet…

All creatures, great and small, were blessed at Boystown ceremony

KEARNY — Have you ever met a bearded dragon? We encountered one for the very first time…

Enough with the Newark noise, neighbors say

KEARNY — It won’t be the U.S. cavalry rushing to the rescue like in the Old…

NYC college lecturer, a Kearny resident, charged with federal offenses for selling fake college certificates

Mamdouh Abdel-Sayed, a 68-year-old Kearny resident and a full-time, tenured lecturer at the City University of…

Fedex project in NA moves forward

It looks like all the pieces are rapidly coming together for the FedEx Freight distribution center…

Will Nutley voters approve referendum?

NUTLEY — As township residents plunge into what will be the last two weeks of Christmas…