When John Cousins took over the girls’ basketball program at Lyndhurst High School three years ago, the program was already bereft…
Month: December 2015
Obituaries
Archie Barber Archie Barber, of Toms River and formerly of Kearny, died on Dec.15. He was 75. Private arrangements…
Hometown ‘Legends’
“Legendary Locals,” just released by Arcadia Publishing, focuses on the residents -- famous and not --…
Schools need 60M in repairs
BELLEVILLE – The bill to fix Belleville’s public schools has come due … and it’s a whopper. In…
Family Success Center up & running
KEARNY – Prevention Links’ Liberty Family Success Center, the 53rd such state-funded facility in New Jersey, has begun operating in…
Will Silver Lake firehouse reopen? Stay tuned …
BELLEVILLE – Another disastrous fire in Belleville’s Silver Lake section has sparked cries for restoration of the Franklin St. firehouse which…
Kearny native competing for ‘Top Chef’
Karen Akunowicz remembers making an apron in the seventh-grade at Lincoln School in home economics class back in 1991. “We used…
KPD: Now, a front-row seat — in jail
Remember the man from last week’s blotter who was reportedly found sitting in one of the cinemas at the now-closed Lincoln…
Thoughts & Views: To the NRA: Keep doing what you’re doing
Have you ever heard of something called a “community gun”? We learned about this not too long ago after one…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
‘REOPEN THE FIREHOUSE’ To the editor, I am certain that all of you now know that another…
Feds: N.A. man defrauded investors
NORTH ARLINGTON – A 23-year-old North Arlington man was to appear last week in Newark Federal Court to face charges…
Burglary suspect also combative: KPD
An East Newark man was remanded to the Hudson County Jail on $15,000 bail last week on charges including burglary and…
Charged in Superstorm Sandy fraud
NUTLEY – A Nutley woman has been charged criminally by the state for allegedly filing fraudulent applications for relief funds…
Selective shoplifters at work: NPD
Maybe it was really Viagra that he needed? The Nutley Police Department announced that a Harrison St. business was the victim…
around town
Belleville Clara Maass Medical Center will offer a series of parent education classes for which pre-registration is required. To register,…
Can QP’s girls become dominant overnight? Sure looks that way
Perhaps one of the biggest and best moves Queen of Peace High School made last spring was hiring former St.…
Blue Tide girls: Moving on with limited roster
As Al Ruiz begins his sixth year as the head coach of the Harrison High School girls’ basketball team, he…
Lyndhurst boys’ hoops squad welcomes familiar face in McGuire
Tom McGuire left the head boys’ basketball coaching position at his alma mater Queen of Peace last spring after four years,…
Obituaries
Lawrence Angelo Lawrence “Larry” Angelo passed away on Dec. 8. He was 82. Born in Newark, he lived in…
Official: Crash ‘looked a lot worse than it was’
If you were stuck in traffic on the Belleville Pike, or Kearny Ave., or Ridge Road,…
Clarification: Band, choir won’t perform at Kearny Walgreens’ grand opening
In a story we published last week, we were told by officials from Walgreens that a…
Chamber of horrors?
KEARNY – Like many other older communities with combined sanitary and storm water sewers, Kearny is facing a new federal mandate…
Chief to leave in ‘16
BELLEVILLE – After more than four decades spent in uniform, Belleville’s highest-ranking cop will be turning in his badge next…
Walgreens open for business
KEARNY – It took demolition of two homes, the old Lynn Chevrolet showroom/service center, The Irish Shop and former Teddy’s…
Meters that go with the flow
HARRISON – The Town of Harrison hopes to further increase its flow of water revenues by requiring property owners to…
KPD: He lost his shirt at Walmart
At 10:30 a.m., Nov. 19, KPD Officers Pete Jahera and Jon Dowie responded to a report from Walmart that a…
News in Brief
BELLEVILLE – A Belleville man has been sentenced to two years in prison for accepting bribes in exchange for…
Another new apartment complex opens
HARRISON – In what has become a happy habit for the Town of Harrison, municipal officials joined with a…
Thoughts & Views: To the NRA: Here’s a battle you can join
Here’s a public service message to all those Second Amendment advocates from the National Rifle Association: I respect your right…
CORRECTION!
An entry in the Kearny police blotter published Nov. 25 incorrectly listed the bail amount for…