Pooches at the ready for ‘Pawrade’

KEARNY –  Get your favorite pooch into the Halloween spirit at the 2nd annual Kearny Doggie Halloween PAWrade and Festival,…

Video shows tanker truck that exploded yesterday trying to avoid mattress on NJ Turnpike

A stunning video taken by Kevin Hauer shows the tanker truck that exploded yesterday on the…

One dead in tanker truck fire in Kearny on NJTPK: NJSP

At least one person is dead in a massive tanker truck fire that took place today…

Eastwood in Kearny for ‘Sully’

KEARNY – Hollywood came to Kearny again last week in the person of veteran film personality Clint Eastwood. Eastwood, who…

Chinese presence marked

BELLEVILLE –  It is commonly known that in the latter part of the 19th century, waves of Chinese immigrants…

‘Cookie Factory’ now apt. complex

HARRISON –  For many years, the Century Cookie Factory stood on Bergen St., just west of the Rt.…

Their futures are bright

KEARNY –  Melanie Bendezu is just a 12th-grader but already pondering a possible career as a surgeon. Fellow senior Eddie…

Inherent conflict in dual role?

BELLEVILLE – Will Kevin Esposito have to step down as interim township manager or as township tax assessor? Will he…

Congrats to Bixlers on new arrival

Another member of the Bixler Group has arrived! Parents Scott and Kathleen Bixler welcome Colin Scott Bixler. He was born…

KFD welcomes all to Open House

  TOP photo courtesy KFD, remaining photos by Karen Zautyk Scenes from the Kearny Fire Department’s…

Prayers for the pets

KEARNY – If things continue thus, people are going to start bringing fish to the Blessing of the Animals…

Thoughts & Views: When child’s play isn’t

Today’s column was prompted by a news item out of Washington State. Last month, the Mercer Island, Wash., school district tried…

CORRECTION

In a story in last week’s edition about a Sept. 22 fire at 199 Laurel Ave.,…

KPD: In parking lot, a lot of drugs

Surveillance of a suspicious car in the Walmart parking lot paid off big time for the Kearny Vice Unit last…

Kearny parade moves to Halloween

KEARNY–  The town’s annual Halloween Parade arrives early this season … or rather, on time, depending on how you look…