BELLEVILLE – The Township of Belleville has retained a high-powered law firm to challenge the tax-exempt…
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KPD: Oh, brother (and sister)
The call came in as a man randomly picking fights with people in the area…
Fumes send KHS kids to hospital
KEARNY – It all started innocently enough when a teacher opened a window to get…
NPD: Be wary of utility scammer calls
NUTLEY – Calls to Nutley residents claiming to be from PSE&G are likely scams, especially when…
Local businessman under a cloud
BELLEVILLE – He operates cigar stores but his questionable business dealings may leave those enterprises in…
Fla. teen arrested in BB incident
KEARNY — Shortly after 8 p.m. on Oct. 1, Kearny police headquarters began receiving reports of a…
Public input sought on Passaic Ave. spans
And now, the next chapter of the long-running Passaic River cleanup story: a design study. It…
New homes going up in Kearny’s Second Ward
KEARNY – A new residential development was approved by the Kearny Planning Board on Sept. 7.…
Peden Terrace: two-way or one-way?
KEARNY – Probably the steepest hill street in Kearny and one of the most difficult roads…
Pricey settlements continue to add up
BELLEVILLE – Another in a series of lawsuits filed in recent years against the Belleville Board…
Will garden expand from veggies to fruits?
KEARNY – A would-be Johnny Appleseed’s proposal to add fruit trees to the Kearny Community Garden…
Council: Oval cash, hotel tax, water issue
KEARNY – The Town of Kearny has snagged a lot of state cash to help…
School fix-up to raise average tax bill
LYNDHURST – If Lyndhurst voters greenlight the Nov. 8 public question to spend almost $20 million…
KPD: I’m arrested? Oh fudge!
A 51-year-old Newark man with an apparent taste for fudge cookies and Life Savers Gummies ended up…
Pa. man charged in Schuyler Bank Robbery
KEARNY – The prime suspect in the Sept. 8 robbery of the Schuyler Savings Bank was arrested…
Another (Keegan) landfill headache for Kearny
KEARNY — With Kearny still battling the N.J. Sports & Exposition Authority in court over its…
How to prevent your car from being stolen
BELLEVILLE – Are you aware that, in this country, a motor vehicle theft occurs every 21 seconds?…
Kearny PBA 21’s ‘Trucktoberfest’ is Oct. 22
KEARNY — The Kearny PBA Local 21’s first food truck festival wasn’t even over yet when…
Nutley’s Quinn running for a name for himself
Nutley High School has a legitimate cross country standout in junior Jimmy Quinn. Quinn showed some…
What’s next for the Harrison FD & PD?
HARRISON — Now that Harrison has averted a potential fiscal crisis by the state granting its…
KHS, East Newark mark 9/11 15th anniversary
KEARNY/EAST NEWARK – It was held belatedly only because Kearny High School’s opening was delayed five…
Leadbeater reports to prison in Pa.
A former Kearny lawmaker and school trustee has taken up residence in the Keystone State, courtesy of…
Veteran overseer minding BOE checkbook
KEARNY – He started his career in educational administration back when Lyndon Johnson was president. Now…
KPD: Carted off in cuffs
Standard operating procedure for most shoplifters fleeing the scene of their crime appears to be to…
Archbishop Emeritus Gerety dead at 104
The Most Rev. Peter Leo Gerety, archbishop emeritus of Newark, died Tuesday, Sept. 20. He…
HPD: Gunman held up couple near PATH station
HARRISON – The Harrison Police Department is investigating two robbery incidents – one successful, the other…
Why is Hickory St. Playground still closed?
KEARNY — A summer has passed with Kearny’s Hickory St. playground eerily devoid of sounds of children…
Harrison girls experience growing pains
The Harrison High School girls’ soccer program is in good hands. The Blue Tide has Raphael…
Do coverage gaps put kids at risk?
Now that school is in session, safety controversies involving several Kearny public schools got a public…
KFD quickly puts out Beech St. fire
KEARNY – A one-alarm fire, quickly brought under control, nevertheless forced the temporary evacuation of all…