The Town of Kearny acquired a RPM Tech two-stage dual auger detachable snow blower for $109,609,…
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Proposed apartments pass first review stage
NUTLEY – In a split vote, the Nutley Zoning Board of Adjustment voted to grant several…
Register now for town-wide garage sale
KEARNY — Once again, Kearny residents have a great reason to get started on their spring…
Obituaries for 5 April 2017
Joseph P. ‘Red’ Camaroto Joseph P. “Red” Camaroto died March 24. He was 77. Born in…
Campbell joins his children in NAHS Athletic Hall of Fame
Although Ed Campbell was a graduate of Nutley High School and a standout athlete there, he’s…
Unoccupied home wrecked by fire
KEARNY – An unoccupied two-family home at 64 Laurel Ave. was severely damaged by a fire of unknown…
Feds raid Kearny Avenue rooming house
KEARNY – Until last Monday, March 20, Chukwuemeka (AKA Emeka) Okparaeke was living in a studio apartment…
Building manager was witness to raid (Sidebar)
KEARNY – At around 7:30 p.m. last Monday, landlord Len Rosenberg started getting nervous calls from tenants…
Trained & ready to go …
KEARNY – Thirteen new probationary firefighters, including the fire chief’s son, are now riding KFD rigs. Although…
News in brief …
KEARNY – The Peruvian Civic Association of New Jersey has asked the Kearny municipal government to set…
KPD: DWI & assault by auto
At 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 19, Kearny police responded to the report of a “serious accident”…
Worries about what the traffic will bear
KEARNY – Potential transportation headaches may be plaguing Kearny motorists from two different sources – one for…
Town sues for share of meadows cash
KEARNY – The Town of Kearny is taking the state to court to try and compel payment…
Kearny teen nabbed after Newark chase
KEARNY — A Kearny teenager, one of three people in an SUV stolen from this town, was…
Half-day preK-3 classes coming in the fall
KEARNY – Starting this fall, the Kearny Board of Education will be starting an in-house “half-day integrated program for…
Town clearing mold in Annex basement
KEARNY – A lingering environmental sore point that has shut down a municipal storage space is…
‘We’ll straighten out BOE,’ monitor vows
BELLEVILLE – There’s been a parade of finance administrators at the Belleville Board of Education who’ve come and gone in…
KPD: Smile, you’re on your own camera …
This week’s Walmart crime does not (for once) involve shoplifting, but the losses to the store reportedly…
The heroin/opioid crisis in Bergen Co.
A report released Thursday, March 9, by Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal revealed a 6.9% increase in…
Accused druggie trapped in mudflats
LYNDHURST – An out-of-town “visitor” has been checked into another location for safekeeping after being retrieved…
Defending Hudson County softball champ Kearny gears up for another run
The 2016 high school softball season was a magical one for the Kearny Kardinals, filled with…
Belleville man charged in fatal Verona crash
NEWARK – A 25-year-old Belleville man has been charged with first-degree death by auto in connection with…
Guaranteed to give you a lift …
KEARNY – Kearny High School thespians are getting ready to “Bring It On.” What they’re bringing…
Planners focus on Russo project traffic flow
KEARNY – Further review of traffic flow strategies is – for now – delaying preliminary approvals…
Residents laud paraders, decry project
BELLEVILLE – Last Tuesday’s Belleville Township Council meeting started out with lots of bonhomie as congratulations…
This couple’s still got plenty in Reserve
LYNDHURST – Wayne and Donna Alexander have spent 30 of their 44 years of married life…
2 guns off the streets, 1 ‘at large’
KEARNY – Offering yet more proof that no arrest, or traffic stop, is necessarily “routine,” Kearny police…
KPD: Bluetooth, toothbrushes & bullets
A Walmart shoplifting suspect ended up in the Hudson County Jail after he was found to be…
Hit twice crossing street, she survives
BELLEVILLE – An elderly out-of-town woman was struck – twice – while crossing a Belleville street…
Riverwalk becomes car launch
HARRISON – An out-of-town motorist ended up in the drink in the wee hours this past…