Proposed lot sale irks neighbors

By Ron Leir HARRISON – Nudged by the state to shed any excess public properties, this…

The greening of a borough

By Ron Leir EAST NEWARK – This community has done some late spring planting. In less…

The art of being a good witness

    By Karen Zautyk NUTLEY — The John Walker Middle School on Franklin Ave. was…

‘Big Dog’ left lasting impression on all who knew him

  By Anthony J. Machcinski KEARNY – ‘The Big Dog is Closed” reads the sign on…

‘Summer Is Here’

By Lisa Pezzolla Tomorrow, summer is officially here. Looking back to my childhood, I remember that…

A candy caper and other crime news

By Karen Zautyk NUTLEY — A bank robbery (but not what you’d think), a case of…

New Yorker nabbed in local drug sales

By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — Following a monthlong investigation, members of the Kearny Police Department’s Vice…

News from the Kearny Police Blotter

By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – Police are investigating a pair of overnight burglaries at two Kearny…

Lincoln Jumpers for American Heart

By James A. Vezos If you happened to pass by Kearny’s Lincoln School on May 27,…

Around town

Bloomfield Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center, 240 Belleville Ave., announces the performance of “Songs From the Heart,”…

Saving money using the DRIP method

  By Randy Neumann I love English grammar.  I attended a Catholic grammar school where the…

At 125, LFD is still going strong

From bucket brigades to state-of-the-art rigs By Karen Zautyk LYNDHURST – Back in 1886, when this…

Raging fire displaces 11 victims

By Ron Leir HARRISON – Eleven people were left homeless by a fire that swept through…

Driver hunted in fatal crash is caught

By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — The Elmwood Park man sought in connection with a May 6…

Torch-bearers for Special Olympics

KEARNY – On Friday, Kearny’s Finest were among more than 3,000 law enforcement officers who took…