Kearny teen nabbed after Newark chase

KEARNY — A Kearny teenager, one of three people in an SUV stolen from this town, was…

Four years after his death, Jose Cespedes is still missed

By Kevin Canessa Jr. April 12 marks the fourth anniversary of the death of Kearny High…

Obituaries for 29 March 2017

Leonard Rivchin Leonard Rivchin, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Kearny, died March 22 in Naples. He…

Obituaries for 22 March 2017

Anne Elizabeth Shea Slane Anne Elizabeth Shea Slane, of the Red Bank section of Middletown, formerly…

Lyndhurst Golden Bears look to contend once again

The Lyndhurst High School baseball team won 19 games last year, earned a share of the…

Lyndhurst softball: A year older, a year better

The Lyndhurst High School softball team had a very young roster a year ago, including replacements…

Blue Tide looks to roll once again on baseball diamond

It was one of the biggest feel-good stories of the 2016 high school baseball season in…

Half-day preK-3 classes coming in the fall

KEARNY – Starting this fall, the Kearny Board of Education will be starting an in-house “half-day integrated program for…

Town clearing mold in Annex basement

KEARNY – A lingering environmental sore point that has shut down a municipal storage space is…

‘We’ll straighten out BOE,’ monitor vows

BELLEVILLE – There’s been a parade of finance administrators at the Belleville Board of Education who’ve come and gone in…

KPD: Smile, you’re on your own camera …

This week’s Walmart crime does not (for once) involve shoplifting, but the losses to the store reportedly…

Fin-tastic news about Passaic River fish

By Karen Zautyk I have probably shared this story before, but bear with me. This time…

The heroin/opioid crisis in Bergen Co.

A report released Thursday, March 9, by Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal revealed a 6.9% increase in…

Accused druggie trapped in mudflats

LYNDHURST – An out-of-town “visitor” has been checked into another location for safekeeping after being retrieved…

Obituaries for 15 March 2017

Carmen Arevalo Carmen Arevalo, of Kearny, died March 8. She was 90. Visiting was at the Armitage &…

Defending Hudson County softball champ Kearny gears up for another run

The 2016 high school softball season was a magical one for the Kearny Kardinals, filled with…

NA baseball: Looking to build off success

The North Arlington High School baseball team won 15 games a year ago, including a win…

Maroon Raider baseball team looks strong once again

The Nutley High School baseball team won 16 games last season, a fine total considering that…

Belleville man charged in fatal Verona crash

NEWARK – A 25-year-old Belleville man has been charged with first-degree death by auto in connection with…

Guaranteed to give you a lift …

KEARNY – Kearny High School thespians are getting ready to “Bring It On.” What they’re bringing…

Planners focus on Russo project traffic flow

KEARNY – Further review of traffic flow strategies is – for now – delaying preliminary approvals…

Residents laud paraders, decry project

BELLEVILLE – Last Tuesday’s Belleville Township Council meeting started out with lots of bonhomie as congratulations…

This couple’s still got plenty in Reserve

LYNDHURST – Wayne and Donna Alexander have spent 30 of their 44 years of married life…

2 guns off the streets, 1 ‘at large’

KEARNY – Offering yet more proof that no arrest, or traffic stop,  is necessarily “routine,” Kearny police…

KPD: Bluetooth, toothbrushes & bullets

A Walmart shoplifting suspect ended up in the Hudson County Jail after he was found to be…

Hit twice crossing street, she survives

BELLEVILLE – An elderly out-of-town woman was struck – twice – while crossing a Belleville street…

Riverwalk becomes car launch

HARRISON – An out-of-town motorist ended up in the drink in the wee hours this past…

This is one very special cardinal

By Kevin Canessa Jr. I haven’t met him yet (though I hope to do so soon),…

Obituaries for 8 March 2017

Susan Joan DiScerni Susan Joan DiScerni (nee Kirby), of North Arlington, formerly of Kearny, died March 1.…

New Nutley grid coach is an old one: DiGregorio

When Steve DiGregorio stepped down as the head football coach at Nutley High School five years…