Cooling centers are open today in all three West Hudson towns, the Hudson County Office of…
Month: July 2015
Video of last night’s fire in East Newark
We'll have a full story on this Grant Ave. fire in East Newark from last night…
Expect occupants by 2017: developer
BELLEVILLE – It’s all systems go for converting the old Essex County Isolation Hospital multi-building complex and, more recently, Garden State…
Thieves plunder garden
KEARNY – It’s not just the planters who’ve been hard at work at the Kearny Community Garden. Some produce…
A&P bankruptcy dooms supermarket
BELLEVILLE – Another area supermarket is being dealt a death blow. The Belleville Pathmark, located on Belmont Ave.…
LL parking? Tough call
NORTH ARLINGTON – With help from the borough and state, the Joseph Mellino Memorial North Arlington Little League field on…
Bizarre behavior leads to 2 arrests: KPD
KEARNY – Maybe it was the heat. Last week, which saw Kearny sweltering in torrid temperatures, found local cops with their…
Ripped returning for Woodstock Festival
LYNDHURST – Get ready for Woodstock redux. Well, that’s actually the second annual Woodstock Festival, co-sponsored by the Lyndhurst Youth Performing…
Hearing-impaired teen wins scholarship
NORTH ARLINGTON – A North Arlington teenager who overcame profound hearing loss to graduate high school as an honor roll…
Thoughts & Views: The kindness of strangers
Why is there a photo of the Geico gecko accompanying this column? Because he is my alter ego. At least…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
‘LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT I MEANT’ To the Editor: I write to explain my position that the…
Killer of Kearny teen gets life in prison
KEARNY – The Pennsylvania man who murdered 16-yearold Alishia Colon in her Belgrove Drive home in 2013 was sentenced Friday…
Burglar surprises sleeping teen: cops
KEARNY – A Newark man was arrested in the early-morning hours of July 18 after allegedly burglarizing a ground-floor…
C.S. Osborne donates shade trees to town
HARRISON – Several of the pride and joy of C.S. Osborne & Co. are no more. The longtime…
around town
Belleville Mayor Raymond Kimble and the municipal council sponsor an Ecuadorian flag raising in celebration of Ecuadorian Independence Day, at Town…