Part of Franklin Ave., Belleville, to be closed Wednesday for ‘Just a Party’

Franklin Avenue will be closed to all traffic from 3 p.m. to midnight from Joralemon St.…

2nd showdown for bar

A Kearny tavern that has been the target of neighborhood and police complaints is up against it, once again. The…

21 mos. in prison for jailer

KEARNY –  The deputy director of the Hudson County Correctional Facility — a/k/a the Hudson County Jail in South…

Fire unions accept comp time

KEARNY –  The Town of Kearny has averted a pending crisis arising from depleting the overtime account for the…

Plan to expand resident permit parking scrapped

EAST NEWARK – It appears that East Newark will not have a shot at expanding off-street resident permit parking…

Public asked to report health concerns

Belleville is reaching out to its residents for help in cleaning up the township. The Belleville website allows residents…

Mid-Realty supports battle against cancer

Mid-Realty, 572 Kearny Ave., sponsors a fun-filled family event on Oct. 3, from noon to 4 p.m., to raise…

Man arrested in aftermath of attack

HARRISON – A Harrison man has been arrested for allegedly driving away a suspect wanted in an armed attack…

KPD: No holiday for Walmart suspect

The man in the mugshot accompanying this week’s KPD blotter began his Labor Day with a visit to Walmart and…

Suspected car burglars nabbed: NPD

NUTLEY –  Nutley police have arrested and charged two — a 22-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy — after catching…

2 charged in car burglaries: LPD

Two Lyndhurst teens allegedly targeting parked automobiles were collared in the early morning hours on Sept. 4. Police said they…

around town

Belleville  Belleville Public Library and Information Center, 221 Washington Ave., announces the following programs for children. Registration is required for all…

PATH system getting much-needed upgrades following Sandy

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and U.S. Reps. Albio Sires (D-8th District) and Donald Payne (D-10th District) recently joined the Port…

Nutley starts grid season with style

Maroon Raiders win opener, 62-12 Nutley High School head football coach Tom Basile knew that the 7-3 record that…

Blue Tide girls’ soccer: Moving forward

When Raphael Viana took over the Harrison High School girls’ soccer program last year, coming back to coach girls’ soccer at…

Kearny football turns to new coach Kryzanowski

After spending the last 12 years as an assistant under three coaches with the football program at Kearny High School,…

Value Act Cleaners opens in Kearny

Newark-based Value Act Cleaners plans to shake up  the competition by offering a low-price strategy and same day service…

Diamond Jubilee

KEARNY –  This Sunday, Sept. 13, Our Lady of Sorrows Church, at Davis and Bergen Aves., will mark its…

Showdown looming on O.T.

KEARNY –  Town officials and union representatives are still grappling over what to do about finding overtime pay for Kearny…

Prepared to party hardy

BELLEVILLE –  Once again, Belleville is getting ready to party. On Wednesday, Sept. 16, Mayor Raymond Kimble and the…

Courtyard at Lincoln School going green with urban garden

KEARNY – As fall classes resume this month, there’ll be a new look to Lincoln Middle School as it…

See WTC beam during NA 9/11 observance

NORTH ARLINGTON –  A steel beam recovered from the WTC, donated to the North Arlington Volunteer Fire Department by the…

Driver nabbed in highway hit-run

A Belleville man was being held in the Bergen County Jail on $100,000 bail following his arrest last week on…

KPD: Truck was weapon, fuel was vodka

Shortly before 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 1, Officer Jay Ward was directing traffic in a work zone at Schuyler…

3 robbery suspects collared

KEARNY –  A Saturday night party in a Quincy Ave. backyard morphed into a crime scene Aug. 29 when…

around town

Belleville  The Township of Belleville will hold its “We Remember Sept. 11, 2001” ceremony on Friday, Sept. 11, at…

Men’s Wellness Day upcoming at SMMC

St. Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, hosts a “Men’s Health and Wellness Day” in partnership with the American Cancer Society and…

Vikings hope to stay healthy, more competitive this season

The 2014 high school football season was rolling along for the Vikings of North Arlington. They had just won their…

Amid turmoil, QP’s grid team trudges on

It has not been an easy offseason for the Queen of Peace football program. First, former head coach Bob Kearns,…

Lyndhurst boys’ soccer: dramatic improvement in 2015

Denis Jelcic begins his second season as the head boys’ soccer coach at Lyndhurst High School, knowing full well that the…