Pill doc sentenced to 5 1/2 years

KEARNY – A Kearny doctor arrested last year for illegally dispensing prescription painkillers — and for trying…

Is town still seeking deal with outside FD?

HARRISON – They thought they were on the same page with a new labor pact but…

KPD: Not exactly camouflaged

  On Sunday, Nov. 6, at 4:40 p.m., Officers Mina Ekladious and T.J. Hernandez responded to a…

11th hour, 11th day, 11th month

NUTLEY – Last Friday morning — at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the…

New supermarket occupies old Pathmark

BELLEVILLE – There’s a new supermarket in town and it’s got the badge of approval from…

Bright future forecast for old church

KEARNY – For 132 years Knox Presbyterian Church stood proudly as the emblem of a strong…

At your service, even under stress

HARRISON – Since it opened its doors to the public on Feb. 1, the Dr. Stanley…

Suspended cop tied to shoplifting?

BELLEVILLE – A veteran Belleville cop is under suspension pending completion of an investigation by an…

KHS hosts cyber safety talks for adults, kids

KEARNY – Worried that your child is being bullied by his/her peers on the internet? Are…

KPD: Shoplifting? Oh boy

At 11:30 p.m.,  Oct. 30, Sgt. Jack Corbett and Officers Jason Rodrigues and Michael Gontarczuk responded to…

Sights from the Kearny Halloween Parade and PAWrade

A lifetime of library service

BELLEVILLE – She started as a maternity leave replacement in 1989 and spent the past 17…

Firehouse fix-up still on hold

KEARNY – Five months ago, after learning that the building was structurally compromised, the Kearny Fire…

Shaming owners into restoring residences

  KEARNY – The house once under construction at 36 Oakwood Ave., between Belgrove Drive and…

KPD: Whisky, you’re the devil

A man with an apparent fetish for Hennessy whisky was arrested last week on suspicion of being…

Presidential race rocks the vote

  KEARNY – Worried that you- haven’t yet received your sample ballot for the Nov. 8…

13 displaced by Johnston Ave. fire

KEARNY – A fire in a three-family home at 90 Johnston Ave. last week was declared under…

Belleville’s hidden history

BELLEVILLE – If you were in the vicinity of the historic Belleville Dutch Reformed Church at Main…

Labor peace achieved with Harrison firefighters

HARRISON – Members of the Harrison Fire Department have averted both a Newark takeover and a…

Raptors at risk from methane flame

LYNDHURST – In recent years, the Hackensack Meadowlands has drawn both humans curious about nature and…

Monumental undertaking for Explorers

HARRISON – For those Harrison eighth-graders who had never before set foot in the nation’s capital,…

KPD: The right to bare legs?

At 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 14, Officer Michael Alvarez was on patrol at Kearny Ave. and Rose…

Fashion & art & Goodwill

HARRISON — Well, they did it again. “They” being Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern…

They give their all for you …

LYNDHURST – The Township of Lyndhurst is painting part of the community red and blue in…

Utility planning upgrades in area

KEARNY – New Jersey’s biggest utility wants to run an underwater power line from Newark to…

‘Security’ man robs local bank: HPD

HARRISON – The Harrison Police Department is seeking a man who robbed a local Kearny Bank…

ALERT: Trucktoberfest canceled Saturday, Oct. 22

The Kearny PBA Local 21’s Trucktoberfest, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 22, has been canceled because of…

Lucky 13 join Kearny’s bravest

KEARNY – Now there will be three. If she makes it through training, Haley Girdwood will…

New effort to redevelop Porete Ave.

  NORTH ARLINGTON – More than a decade after several south Bergen communities were battered by…

KPD: It wasn’t just a bad dream

Shortly before 5 a.m. on Oct. 7, a resident of the 400 block of Elm St.…