KEARNY – The Town of Kearny and the Kearny Fire Superior Officers Association Local 218, representing…
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KPD: Argued himself into jail
KPD: Argued himself into jail What started as an argument at Town Hall ended with a…
Town picks meadows redeveloper
This story is updated to correct inaccurate information originally listed online — and in the May…
NPD: Drug charges for driving duo
A 17-year-old Nutley boy and a 22-year-old Little Falls man were both arrested on a slew…
KPD: 2 boys bring fake gun to school
KEARNY — Two boys who reportedly brought a fake gun to Franklin School last Tuesday morning learned…
Team Lyndhurst completes Unity Tour
LYNDHURST – This past week, the Lyndhurst Police Department completed its fifth Police Unity Tour as…
Beware of computer ‘ransomware’
NEWARK — N.J. Attorney General Robert Lougy and the state Division of Consumer Affairs have issued…
Day after big win, Kearny baseball team out working with kids
Talk about your classic case of “No room for the weary.” On Saturday afternoon, the Kearny…
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KPD: Two boys had fake gun at Franklin School
KEARNY — The Kearny Police Department offered the following account of an incident that took place…
KPD: DWI charged in hit-run
KEARNY — A Harrison man was transported to University Hospital, Newark, after being struck by a…
Shutting down water utility?
KEARNY – The N.J. Civil Service Commission has sanctioned Kearny’s plan to, essentially, shut down the…
KFD welcomes new fire official
KEARNY – He may have grown up in neighboring Harrison, but Juan Barroso has become very…
News in brief …
BELLEVILLE – An old stone bridge on Mill St. in Belleville that reportedly once led…
Another Walgreens coming to Belleville
BELLEVILLE – A new Walgreens with a drive-thru pharmacy is coming to Belleville. The township Planning…
From the streets of JC to an art show in Kearny
KEARNY — Derek Tunia grew up in a rough neighborhood in Jersey City — it’s commonly…
KPD: Drug bust was in the bag
If you saw a man strolling down Kearny Ave., holding some currency in his hand, you’d likely…
Man charged with sex crime: BCPO
A 35-year-old married Barnegat man has been arrested and charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault and…
Belleville doc stripped of medical license
NEWARK — An anesthesiologist who ran several pain management clinics, including one in Belleville, has been stripped…
Kearny tax hike anticipated
KEARNY — Kearny’s municipal government is shedding part of its support system by opting not to…
New leader picked for Nutley schools
NUTLEY – The Nutley Board of Education was poised Monday night to appoint a Union…
[Slideshow] Car crash near Bergen Ave. & Maple St. in Kearny Wednesday
Our thanks to our friend Skyler J. Whitehead, AKA Skyler Fire. Skyler often provides us with…
KPD: Heroin, coke & cutlery
When Kearny police stopped a pick-up truck on Passaic Ave. last week, they reportedly had reason…
He chose wrong home to burgle: HPD
An inept accused home burglar blundered thrice when he was reportedly practicing his craft in…
Got drugs? The KPD will take them
KEARNY – For more than a decade, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has been sponsoring a…
Harrison PD accreditation up for renewal, public comments
HARRISON — A team of assessors from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police…
Scholarship for BHS’ DiAndrea
BELLEVILLE — Belleville High School senior Kayla DiAndrea has been awarded a $1,000 Grow NJ Kids…
Nutley PD reaccredited
NUTLEY — The Nutley Police Department has maintained the status of an Accredited Police Agency in…
Inferno at Bloomfield apartments
BLOOMFIELD — At least six families were displaced by a three-alarm fire that destroyed as…
Security beefed up at court
HARRISON – Visitors to the municipal building in Harrison can now expect to see an…