KEARNY — The first-ever charter school in Kearny has yet to open but already it has…
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KPD: ATM skimmer at QuickChek
A QuickChek customer who suspected that the ATM at the store “had been manipulated” alerted police, who…
Harrison football coach arrested for DWI, other charges
HARRISON — The new football coach at Harrison High School was arrested last Friday night and hit…
River jumper still missing
HARRISON – Where is Keith Jean? That’s what police continue to ponder after Jean jumped into…
Key town employees leaving next year
KEARNY – Like the N.Y. Yankees, Kearny will be looking to fill some key positions in…
News in brief: KHS opening several days late & more
KEARNY – Kearny High School will have a delayed opening for the fall term to allow…
Special needs focus at Lighthouse campus
LYNDHURST — Having settled in as Lyndhurst superintendent of schools (having swapped places with James Corino,…
Scenes from Kearny’s ‘Night Out’
All photos by Karen Zautyk
KPD: A gun in the glove box
At 2 a.m. last Wednesday, Aug. 3, Officers David Bush and Jonathan Dowie pulled over a…
Wells Fargo robbery suspect nabbed
KEARNY — A 25-year-old Passaic man was arrested last week in connection with a bank-robbery spree that…
82-year-old driver takes out poles: KPD
KEARNY – An octogenarian driver knocked down a utility pole, traffic signal and hit two cars…
QPHS gets anonymous $500K donation
NORTH ARLINGTON — First, Queen of Peace High School met the challenge of raising a million dollars…
A case of marijuana munchies?
KEARNY — This job is so educational. While it is common knowledge that marijuana can…
Search continues for man who jumped into Passaic River to avoid HPD
Where is Keith Jean? That’s what police continue to ponder after Jean jumped into the Passaic…
Summer session ‘enriches’ kids
HARRISON – This has been the sixth season of enrichment for Harrison school children. During a…
Court says NJSEA can take dump; Kearny to appeal
KEARNY — Don’t believe everything you’re told — unless you get it in writing in an…
A quiet, tree-lined drug bust
LYNDHURST — A township couple was arrested last week at their Summit Ave. home in connection with…
New command set at Belleville PD
BELLEVILLE — He was installed as the leader of the Belleville Police Department only a few…
Harrison’s website back online
HARRISON – Harrison’s municipal website, which was taken down July 7 after hackers attacked the site,…
Leadbeater, others, ordered to repay $3M+
KEARNY — Former Kearny Board of Education member and ex-Councilman John Leadbeater has been ordered to…
DeVita takes new job in Cedar Grove, resigns Kearny BOE position
KEARNY – Soon he’ll be trading in his Kardinal logo for that of a Panther. Michael…
KPD: Fidgeting is dead giveaway
Last Thursday, July 28, Officers Chris Manolis and Jon Dowie were on patrol at Bergen and…
Dumb & dumberer
KEARNY – This is the sort of story that cries out for mugshots, but, alas, we cannot…
Arrest in Belleville vehicular homicide
BELLEVILLE — Two months after the tragedy, a 19-year-old Bloomfield man has been arrested on a charge…
Woman, 67, victim of strong-arm robbery: NPD
A 67-year-old woman was the reported victim of a strong-arm robbery on St. Mary’s Place late…
I-280 eastbound bridge over Martin Luther King Boulevard traffic shift necessary this weekend for bridge replacement in Newark
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials today announced a traffic shift of I-280 eastbound, and…
Light rail train, SUV collide in Belleville
An NJ Transit Light Rail train collided with an SUV in Belleville this morning, causing one…
The night the world exploded
JERSEY CITY — In Liberty State Park, with its views across New York Harbor to where the…
Final chapter of KHS renovations?
KEARNY – It’s all systems go for what the Kearny Board of Education hopes will…
Town scores Red Bull revenues
HARRISON — Municipal officials in Harrison will never know which way the state’s highest court was…