KFD rescues injured cat stuck in a tree

The Kearny Fire Department rescued an injured cat that got stuck in a tree last Sunday.…

Limited prospects for landfill use

KEARNY — If and when Kearny convinces the N.J. Sports & Exposition Authority to vacate the Keegan…

Settlement: team stays, pays PILOT

HARRISON – The Red Bull Arena property will be tax-exempt but Harrison will collect an annual…

NPD: Lock your car doors!

NUTLEY — The township continues to see a spike in thefts from vehicles, and the police…

Fire damages Washington Ave. home

KEARNY – A midday fire in a two-family Washington Ave. residence on Friday resulted in significant damage…

Kearny named school ‘District of Distinction’

KEARNY — The Kearny Board of Education has been named a “District of Distinction” by District…

Havana is her haven

By Karen Zautyk By the time you read this, our President should have wrapped up his…

Narcan saved 9 in 1st year of deployment: NPD

NUTLEY — After saving another person’s life from a potentially fatal drug overdose using Narcan on…

Guilty of obtaining, selling Oxys

BELLEVILLE — A Belleville woman pleaded guilty last week in Newark Federal Court to leading a conspiracy…

KPD:  Dial ‘R’ for robbery

  A Kearny man who was transporting a batch of Apple iPhones in his car was the…

Obituaries for 23 March 2016

Brian ‘BJ’ Gleason Brian “BJ” Gleason, formerly of Kearny, died suddenly in Seoul, South Korea, on March…

Blue Tide’s diamond dandies ready to roll this season

The Harrison High School baseball team won 15 games last year in head coach Jairo Mendez’s…

Kearny softball: Veteran group looks to repeat solid season

The Kearny High School softball team had a great 2015 campaign, posting a 17-7 record, only…

Lyndhurst softball wants to keep winning tradition going

  The Lyndhurst High School softball team won 18 games last year in head coach Emily…

Holy Cross Cemetery

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Intense radio transmissions from KFD @ Washington Ave. fire

Click to listen to excerpts of radio transmissions from the Kearny FD working the fire at…

Pulaski Skyway will be closed in both directions this weekend

New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials today announced the Pulaski Skyway will be closed in…

DEVELOPING: Fire tears through home at 150 Washington Ave., Kearny

A fire tore through a home this afternoon at 150 Washington Ave., Kearny. We're told no…

Irish eyes were smiling

Sights from the 2016 West Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade.  

 Goodwill NYNJ names new president/CEO

HARRISON — Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey has announced the appointment of…

2016 W.H. St. Patrick’s Day Parade didn’t disappoint

When I first knew, for sure, I’d be coming back to Kearny after spending four years…

All set for $19M referendum

LYNDHURST – The Board of Education and Township Commissioners are now officially on the same page…

Car insurance fraud a family affair: NJOAG

TRENTON — A Harrison couple and their adult son have been indicted on charges including conspiracy and…

Car wash faces civil rights suit

KEARNY — A Kearny carwash could be in hot water after the state filed a civil-rights…

Ribbon cut for upgraded Vets Field

KEARNY – Last Tuesday, Mayor Alberto Santos and the Town Council held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for…

‘Hairspray’ shaping up nicely at KHS

KEARNY – Make way for “Hairspray,” the upcoming spring musical at Kearny High School, opening on…

It’s off to Neverland at HHS

HARRISON — Patrons of the arts had better brace themselves for something different at the upcoming…

Educating kids about WTC attacks

HARRISON — Three Harrison public school teachers were among a group of educators honored at the…

Arrest ‘record’ for two suspects?

KEARNY — A man and a woman, arrested here last week on marijuana-possession charges, may have…

KPD:  N.Y.C. cabby assaulted, robbed

Shortly after midnight last Thursday, March 10, Kearny police were alerted to a “commotion” at Passaic and…