Around town

Belleville Belleville Public Library and Information Center, 221 Washington Ave., is offering patrons tutoring on surfing…

Hunt is on for predator

BLOOMFIELD – Local police, assisted by the State Police and the sex crimes unit of the…

Arrested on child porn charges

NORTH ARLINGTON – A 58-year-old borough man was arrested last week for alleged possession and distribution…

Downsize house in retirement?

By Randy Neumann You’re near retirement. Your large home is nearly or fully paid off. The…

Oh, Rhett! Oh, Scarlett! Oh, Kearny!

  By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – Next week marks the 75th anniversary of the publication of…

Keeping up appearances

By Karen Zautyk NORTH ARLINGTON – “Borough asks residents to maintain their property” read the headline…

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,…