BELLEVILLE – Another in a series of lawsuits filed in recent years against the Belleville Board…
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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…
Kearny FD promotes 3 to the rank of captain
KEARNY – Piece by piece, the roster of the Kearny Fire Department is getting restored.…
KPD: Every party has a pooper
At 10:40 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, Kearny Police Officers Tim Castle and Jason Ward responded…
Lyndhurst fire leaves occupants homeless
LYNDHURST – A house fire in Lyndhurst last Thursday night, Sept. 15, left the occupants homeless,…
Show utility bill to go to EN school
EAST NEWARK – During the 2015-2016 school year, East Newark public school employees suspected that certain…
10 from Kearny PBA Local 21 bike from DC to NYC
KEARNY — On Wednesday, Sept. 14, 10 members of Kearny Police Department PBA Local 21 were…
HCPO: 2 nabbed in shoplifting/shooting incident
KEARNY – Two men have been charged in connection with an alleged shoplifting and subsequent shooting…
Drugs figure in 2 weekend arrests: HPD
HARRISON – Two men were arrested by the Harrison Police Department in separate drug busts conducted…
Kearny preps for 150th birthday
KEARNY — The Kearny Sesquicentennial Committee is laying out an ambitious agenda for celebrating the town’s…
2 armed robberies on the same day
HARRISON – A recent uptick in armed robberies reported in town the last few weeks is…