Kearny’s Brandon Enriquez was among 22 Paramus Catholic High School students who viewed a live video feed of Pope Francis’…
Year: 2015
Returns to car, finds someone inside: NPD
A motorist got more than he bargained for on Sept. 28 after he went to his car on Whitford…
Therapist indicted for Medicaid fraud
LYNDHURST – A Lyndhurst woman, employed as a professional counselor to children with autism was indicted last week on 43 criminal…
around town
Belleville Belleville Public Library, 221 Washington Ave., offers a candy corn art craft program, open to all ages, on…
Concern over ‘non-standard’ KHS shirt
KEARNY – Public school officials are cautioning Kearny High School students and parents to refrain from doing business with an…
Harrison harriers marching to a different drummer in Kartanowicz
Although he’s an accomplished musician and drummer for a jazz band that played all sorts of venues in Manhattan, Paul…
NA boys’ soccer: Heading to Bergen tourney
Jesse Dembowski has been the head boys’ soccer coach at North Arlington High School for seven years now. He’s been able…
Lyndhurst’s Guerriero more than your average quarterback
Petey Guerriero spent the first two years of high school at St. Mary’s of Rutherford, but decided after his sophomore…
Obituaries
Christian V. Garcia Christian V. Garcia, 52, of Kearny, died at home on Sept. 26. Arrangements were by…
Kearny man found dead on RR tracks
A young Kearny man was found dead on the PATH tracks in Jersey City late Friday night, police said. Port…
Baranowski is top seller
Just a few months into his tenure as a sales agent at the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate |…
Hudson County household hazardous waste fall collection dates announced
Hudson County household hazardous waste fall collection dates have been announced. Click on the headline, then…
Students celebrate 9/11 heroes
HARRISON – Most of the eighthgraders at Harrison’s Washington Middle School weren’t yet born when the 9/11 tragedy unfolded in New…
Town’s lone movie house is history
KEARNY – That’s all folks! The closing credits have rolled at Kearny’s remaining movie theater, leaving West Hudson communities without any…
No indictments in fatal shooting
LYNDHURST – A state grand jury sitting in Trenton has refused to indict two Lyndhurst police officers, a Rutherford…
A garden grows
KEARNY – The transformation is pretty much complete: Lincoln Middle School’s courtyard is now fully equipped with an outdoor “green infrastructure”…
KPD blotter: The little Purple Pill
On Sunday, Sept. 20, at approximately 9:45 p.m., the proprietor of the CVS store at Schuyler and Bergen Aves. reportedly…
Correction
In a story in this week’s edition about a Sept. 22 fire at 199 Laurel Ave.,…
Man hurt trying to stop alleged shoplifter
NORTH ARLINGTON – A gallant customer tried to prevent a shoplifting at the Dollar General store on River Road…
Nutley PD arrest suspected laptop thief
A 48-year-old Clifton man has been arrested and charged with the theft of a laptop from a local liquor store,…
Thoughts & Views: Yogi caught on with a lot of us fans
Say what you want about the disproportionate advantage held by the millionaire owners of the Bronx Bombers of the late…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
‘TANELLI MERITS RE-ELECTION’ To the editor: As a South Bergen resident, I am often angered by the lack…
Cops grab accused serial burglars
KEARNY/LYNDHURST – Two men have been arrested in connection with at least 25 commercial burglaries across Bergen, Hudson and Passaic…
Promoting ‘breast health’
Join St. Michael’s Medical Center for a Breast Cancer Awareness Month event, “Breast Health Bingo,” on Saturday, Oct. 10, from…
Armed robbery suspect captured: BPD
Within a less than half-hour interval on Aug. 21, a lone gunman discharged his weapon five times at two Belleville shops…
C of C’s Bracken to speak
Thomas Bracken, president and CEO of the N.J. Chamber of Commerce, will address local business owners Oct. 7 at…
Blood passes evaluation as supt.
KEARNY – It took several months longer than it was supposed to, but the chief school administrator of Kearny…
State watchdog slams gate on dog park cash
KEARNY – Kearny dog park advocates will have to wait a bit longer to see their long-awaited dream fulfilled.…
around town
Bloomfield Job Haines, 250 Bloomfield Ave., hosts an AARP safety driving program on Oct. 1, from 9:30 a.m. to…
Devastating fire at Laurel Ave. home
A house that reportedly was due to be sold this week was left “no longer habitable” after fire ripped through…