SEELEY SPEEDWAY: KPD hunts hit-run driver

KEARNY — A 71-year-old Kearny woman was undergoing treatment at University Hospital in Newark for multiple injuries…

STATE CHAMPS! Kearny wins NJSIAA Group IV soccer title; 10th overall; first since 2004

UNION — Midway through the first half of Sunday’s NJSIAA Group IV boys’ soccer championship against…

Town aims to curtail fowl deeds

KEARNY — The chickens have come home to roost. Spurred on by the clucking of henpecked…

Dowie set to retire Dec. 1 as KPD chief

KEARNY — After 19 years as chief of the Kearny Police Department, John Dowie will retire…

LIVING HISTORY

KEARNY — On the western side of Belgrove Drive, between Bergen Ave. and Afton St., Veterans Memorial…

Intruder shot & killed by Belleville resident

BELLEVILLE/NUTLEY – The calm of a residential neighborhood on the Belleville/Nutley border was shattered Halloween night,…

North Arlington’s Kearns running wild for Stonehill College

Brian Kearns Jr. was a standout running back at St. Joseph’s of Montvale during his high…

TIPPING THE SCALES: Lyndhurst cops bust 2 who ‘hid’ 70 lbs. of marijuana in car

It appeared that a pair of Essex County residents stopped by police had a lot of…

That squad is on fire

KEARNY — Leonor Nasert is a very lucky mom. A year-and-a-half ago, her daughter, a sixth-grader…

2 new rec programs forthcoming in Kearny

KEARNY — Two new sports will be introduced by the Kearny Recreation Department for the upcoming…

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Grant will allow for 8 new firefighters HARRISON — She neither lives nor works in Harrison,…

NPD responds to overturned vehicle

NUTLEY — The Nutley Police and Fire departments responded to Woodland Ave. on Oct. 27 after…

PARCC results inching up in Kearny

KEARNY – For Kearny public school students who took the PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness…

Addicts using pets to get narcotics

The New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program (NJPMP) is a centralized database for prescribers and pharmacists in New…

KFD performs 2 water rescues

KEARNY – Two water rescues were successfully performed by Kearny Fire Department crews this past weekend…