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…
$1,600-plus fraudulently charged to victim’s credit cards: NPD
A resident was the victim of identity theft — and it cost him nearly $1,600 in…
Kearny poised for big baseball campaign
Frank Bifulco has been around long enough as the head baseball coach at his high school…
NA baseball team looks for solid improvement
Paul Marcantuono pulls no punches about his North Arlington High School baseball team. Plain and simple,…
Lyndhurst looks to keep winning baseball tradition going
In his first season last year as the head baseball coach at Lyndhurst High School, after…
What should you do if NJ Transit rail workers strike?
NJ Transit Rail Operations faces the prospect of a systemwide shutdown should the membership of its rail…
1916 Remembrance
NUTLEY – Every year, on the morning of its annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, the Nutley Irish…
Arbitrators: BOE must pay $2.9 million
KEARNY — The Kearny Board of Education has lost – bigtime – the first of two important…
New leader at Holy Cross/St. Anthony’s
HARRISON – The Archdiocese of Newark has assigned an administrator to take charge of the combined…
KPD: You’ve won a trip to Florida!
It started with a shoplifting-turned-robbery, morphed into a foot chase in the brush and with an assault…
New river cleanup plan: $1.3 bn, 9-10 years
The federal government is inching closer to cleaning the lower eight miles of the Passaic River,…
Three chosen to lead West Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade
When the 43rd annual West Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade steps off Sunday at 2 p.m.…
Speeder eludes cops after chase: NPD
Nutley police are looking for a man they say led them on a high-speed chase along…
A college ‘tax’ & other thoughts
It’s no secret these days that a lot of municipalities are hurting for cash, especially…
Mill St. in Belleville closed from Franklin Ave. to Harrison St. today through Friday (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
From the Township of Belleville and the Belleville Police Department: Mill Street will be closed for…
Obituaries for 9 March 2016
Edward P. Orzechowski Edward P. Orzechowski passed away suddenly at his home on Feb. 28. He…
Nutley’s Pena finishes fourth in NJSIAA state championships
When Darwin Pena arrived in the United States in Nutley from his native Dominican Republic five…
Ferriero comes home again as Harrison grid coach
The American novelist Thomas Wolfe once penned a bestselling book entitled “You Can’t Go Home…
QP’s Loyal makes name for himself with strong finish
For the first two years of his high school career, Ibn Loyal _ and yes, that…
Learn about open government, Sunshine laws, at seminar
The New Jersey Foundation for Open Government (NJFOG) is hosting a free educational seminar during National…
Crooks bank on ATM skimmers
NUTLEY — Nutley police, who have been warning residents about skimming devices being placed on ATMs throughout New…
Will Town tax hospital?
BELLEVILLE — Could Clara Maass Medical Center turn into a cash cow for the Township of Belleville?…
Nutley’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade is Saturday; honorees named
NUTLEY — They’ll be marching along in the big parade this Saturday afternoon starting at 1…
Are more parking controls coming to Kearny?
KEARNY — Kearny has moved to tighten regulations governing the allocation and use of designated curbside…
Town to NJSEA: ‘Get off our land’
KEARNY — Come June 30, there’ll be a showdown at the Keegan landfill, pardners, so don’t…