KPD: Two boys had fake gun at Franklin School
KEARNY — The Kearny Police Department offered the following account of an incident that took place…
KPD: DWI charged in hit-run
KEARNY — A Harrison man was transported to University Hospital, Newark, after being struck by a…
Shutting down water utility?
KEARNY – The N.J. Civil Service Commission has sanctioned Kearny’s plan to, essentially, shut down the…
KFD welcomes new fire official
KEARNY – He may have grown up in neighboring Harrison, but Juan Barroso has become very…
News in brief …
BELLEVILLE – An old stone bridge on Mill St. in Belleville that reportedly once led…
Another Walgreens coming to Belleville
BELLEVILLE – A new Walgreens with a drive-thru pharmacy is coming to Belleville. The township Planning…
From the streets of JC to an art show in Kearny
KEARNY — Derek Tunia grew up in a rough neighborhood in Jersey City — it’s commonly…
KPD: Drug bust was in the bag
If you saw a man strolling down Kearny Ave., holding some currency in his hand, you’d likely…
Migrants of all kinds, legacy & peppy poet
By Ron Leir The civil strife that has torn apart so many countries in the Middle…
Man charged with sex crime: BCPO
A 35-year-old married Barnegat man has been arrested and charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault and…
Belleville doc stripped of medical license
NEWARK — An anesthesiologist who ran several pain management clinics, including one in Belleville, has been stripped…
Obituaries for 4 May 2016
Craig Kearney Craig Kearney passed away April 25. He was 79. Born in East Orange, he…
Kearny’s Liaci earns place in N.J. Boxing Hall of Fame
Cosmo Liaci was headed for a life on the streets of Newark. In the late 1940s,…
NA softball team is hitting in bunches
The North Arlington softball team is enjoying its best season in recent years, posting a…
Nutley’s Ramezzana breaks out in big way
Jake Ramezzana was in a huge slump and he knew it. “It was actually pretty hard…
Kearny tax hike anticipated
KEARNY — Kearny’s municipal government is shedding part of its support system by opting not to…
New leader picked for Nutley schools
NUTLEY – The Nutley Board of Education was poised Monday night to appoint a Union…
Rt. 21 lane closures expected this weekend
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials announced temporary overnight lane closures on Rt. 21 in…
[Slideshow] Car crash near Bergen Ave. & Maple St. in Kearny Wednesday
Our thanks to our friend Skyler J. Whitehead, AKA Skyler Fire. Skyler often provides us with…
KPD: Heroin, coke & cutlery
When Kearny police stopped a pick-up truck on Passaic Ave. last week, they reportedly had reason…
Uber & Lyft may be the best inventions of the 21st century
By Kevin Canessa Jr. I’ve said it before and will continue to believe it — two…
He chose wrong home to burgle: HPD
An inept accused home burglar blundered thrice when he was reportedly practicing his craft in…
Got drugs? The KPD will take them
KEARNY – For more than a decade, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has been sponsoring a…
Harrison PD accreditation up for renewal, public comments
HARRISON — A team of assessors from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police…
Scholarship for BHS’ DiAndrea
BELLEVILLE — Belleville High School senior Kayla DiAndrea has been awarded a $1,000 Grow NJ Kids…
Nutley PD reaccredited
NUTLEY — The Nutley Police Department has maintained the status of an Accredited Police Agency in…
Softball complex renamed after long-time coach
Carl Corino remembers growing up in Belleville and playing sports on local fields. “As a kid…
Belleville softball: Trying to find right answers
It’s sort of like a tough algebra or calculus exam. But the Belleville High School softball…
Kearny softball slugger is back and right on Pace for unbeaten Kards
A little over a year ago, Sydney Pace was already playing basketball on an injured knee,…
Inferno at Bloomfield apartments
BLOOMFIELD — At least six families were displaced by a three-alarm fire that destroyed as…