BELLEVILLE/EAST NEWARK — Public school teachers in Belleville will be going back to their classrooms…
Category: News
KPD: Arrests from A to Z-z-z-z
This week’s blotter is topped by two sleepyheads from Hoboken who reportedly opted to take an early-morning…
Walk for Love organizer recognized
HARRISON — When Eddie Acosta turned to Desert Hope Treatment Center, an American Addiction Centers facility…
Legion sells post hall but won’t fade away
HARRISON – Bid farewell to a fixture in the Harrison firmament: American Legion Post 282 is…
’15W Picnic’ is Sept. 24 at Riverbank Park
KEARNY — Get ready to party like it’s 1968. Or 1978. Or even 1988. Why? Because…
Schuyler Savings robbed … again
KEARNY – For the second time in two weeks — exactly two weeks — the Schuyler Savings…
Reported burglar behind bars on $30K bail: BPD
BELLEVILLE – A Newark man linked to the would-be burglary of a Smallwood Ave. residence on…
This week’s stories will be available later today
This week’s stories will be available on our blog later this afternoon. However, in the meantime,…
BJ’s opens Kearny club
KEARNY — You may never shop the same way again. That’s because BJ’s has opened its…
New turf for soccer field
KEARNY – A municipal play site will be getting an upgrade at no cost to the…
Upgrades to water lines in the pipeline
KEARNY – Kearny officials want to end the flow – not go with it – so…
Rogers right at home on FOX Newtorks
NUTLEY — If you live in this area and have turned on the news anytime in…
KPD: Drug suspect ID’d, hunted
Last week’s Kearny police blotter included an Aug. 17 incident involving a suspected heroin transaction in the…
Burglar prowled as family slept: BPD
BELLEVILLE – A recent rash of burglaries has prompted the Belleville Police Department to alert residents…
Nabbed in multiple car burglaries: NPD
LYNDHURST — A suspected car burglar was arrested in Lyndhurst last week. LPD Det. Vincent Auteri…
Indicted for insurance fraud in Belleville doc’s office
BELLEVILLE — A Monmouth County man has been charged with submitting fraudulent health insurance claims in…
Cop thwarts truck theft: Harrison PD
HARRISON – A Harrison police officer’s quick response, aided by a GPS, was credited for the…
3 strikes, you’re out – and back in jail
KEARNY – If the mug in the mugshot accompanying this story looks familiar, that’s because it graced…
Clifton man accused in beating of Kearny man
NUTLEY — A 27-year-old Clifton man has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault and…
Guilty plea in ‘stolen’ auto scam
HARRISON — A Harrison man has pleaded guilty in a scheme to falsify an insurance claim on…
Harrison’s Ferriero actions beyond belief
In today’s new-fangled world that is dominated by social media and the little catch-phrases and abbreviations…
New charter school may cost teacher aide jobs
KEARNY — The first-ever charter school in Kearny has yet to open but already it has…
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…