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…