A lifetime of library service
BELLEVILLE – She started as a maternity leave replacement in 1989 and spent the past 17…
Firehouse fix-up still on hold
KEARNY – Five months ago, after learning that the building was structurally compromised, the Kearny Fire…
Shaming owners into restoring residences
KEARNY – The house once under construction at 36 Oakwood Ave., between Belgrove Drive and…
KPD: Whisky, you’re the devil
A man with an apparent fetish for Hennessy whisky was arrested last week on suspicion of being…
Presidential race rocks the vote
KEARNY – Worried that you- haven’t yet received your sample ballot for the Nov. 8…
13 displaced by Johnston Ave. fire
KEARNY – A fire in a three-family home at 90 Johnston Ave. last week was declared under…
Don’t forget to vote Nov. 8
By Ron Leir Time for some election problems in New Jersey. Well, hopefully that got your…
Obituaries for 2 Nov. 2016
Reginia Pellegrino Was Harrison realtor for many years Reginia Pellegrino, 57 of Clifton, died Sunday, Oct.…
Eight is great! Kearny wins girls’ soccer county title again
When the Hudson County girls’ soccer tournament was formulated eight years ago, including perennial power Kearny…
It’s an NJIC championship for NA boys’ soccer
It’s been 14 years since North Arlington High School had a championship to celebrate in boys’…
Lyndhurst’s Pezzolla a shining star with a brighter future
It didn’t take far for Giulia Pezzolla to find the wherewithal and strength to become a…
Harrison is playoff bound! Blue Tide headed to football playoffs for first time since 1989
When Harrison High School lost its head football coach to a drunken traffic accident in August,…
Belleville’s hidden history
BELLEVILLE – If you were in the vicinity of the historic Belleville Dutch Reformed Church at Main…
Labor peace achieved with Harrison firefighters
HARRISON – Members of the Harrison Fire Department have averted both a Newark takeover and a…
Raptors at risk from methane flame
LYNDHURST – In recent years, the Hackensack Meadowlands has drawn both humans curious about nature and…
Monumental undertaking for Explorers
HARRISON – For those Harrison eighth-graders who had never before set foot in the nation’s capital,…
KPD: The right to bare legs?
At 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 14, Officer Michael Alvarez was on patrol at Kearny Ave. and Rose…
Fashion & art & Goodwill
HARRISON — Well, they did it again. “They” being Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern…
They give their all for you …
LYNDHURST – The Township of Lyndhurst is painting part of the community red and blue in…
Utility planning upgrades in area
KEARNY – New Jersey’s biggest utility wants to run an underwater power line from Newark to…
‘Security’ man robs local bank: HPD
HARRISON – The Harrison Police Department is seeking a man who robbed a local Kearny Bank…
The times they were a-changin’
By Karen Zautyk A few weeks ago, the name of Oxford, Miss., came up in a…
Obituaries for 26 Oct. 2016
Mary F. McKay Mary F. McKay, of Kearny, died Oct. 17. She was 89. Private arrangements…
Nutley finally earns hard-fought victory
NUTLEY – It didn’t matter that the Nutley High School football team owned a 1-5 record…
Local volleyball teams team up to raise money to fight cancer
A year ago, the administration at Harrison High School, in particular athletic director Kim McDonough Huaranga,…
NA’s Ribeiro lifts team to NJIC championship game
Most of the North Arlington High School soccer team that went to the NJSIAA North Jersey…
ALERT: Trucktoberfest canceled Saturday, Oct. 22
The Kearny PBA Local 21’s Trucktoberfest, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 22, has been canceled because of…
Lucky 13 join Kearny’s bravest
KEARNY – Now there will be three. If she makes it through training, Haley Girdwood will…
New effort to redevelop Porete Ave.
NORTH ARLINGTON – More than a decade after several south Bergen communities were battered by…