A routine traffic stop in the early-morning hours of Saturday, May 14, revealed some potentially lethal contraband…
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Please keep your paws off baby wildlife
This is a message for you animal lovers out there: If you find a seemingly “abandoned” baby…
Scarpelli sworn in as new Nutley mayor
NUTLEY – Continuing a family legacy of public service, Nutley Township Commissioner Joseph Scarpelli is the…
NPD: Alert leads to shoplifting arrest
A police investigation of a shoplifting that occurred on May 15 on Franklin Ave. led to…
Finally resting in peace
For nearly 73 years, the body of Titanic hero Robert John Hopkins has rested in an…
Police Week marked
KEARNY — The observant among you will notice that, this week, all members of the Kearny Police…
Kearny park for pooches opens
KEARNY – Canines rule now! On May 10, the Town of Kearny made good on its…
KFD fetes its own & others
KEARNY — A man was working for a PSE&G subcontractor in North Arlington and one of…
News in brief
KEARNY – The Town of Kearny and the Kearny Fire Superior Officers Association Local 218, representing…
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…