Pastor ending 6-year stay

HARRISON –  For Joan Finnerty, a leader of the Vincentian Society, the Rev. Joseph Girone proved himself to be “a very…

Station back on track?

KEARNY –  He still hears that train acomin’. At last Wednesday’s annual reorganization meeting, Mayor Alberto Santos took the…

PSE&G: Stay warm & control costs

NEWARK –  Frigid weather has finally arrived, and heating systems have been working extra hard. With that in mind,…

Reorganization surprises

HARRISON –  For public safety advocates, in particular, last Tuesday night’s reorganization of the Harrison municipal government was a time to…

KPD: Bloomfield woman had 7 warrants

At approximately 9 p.m. on Jan 2, Officer Jason Rodrigues responded to Walmart to take into custody an alleged shoplifter who…

5 facing drug charges: LPD

LYNDHURST – On Dec. 30, Lyndhurst PD busted two township residents and one New Yorker on drug charges in the…

Consumer alert issued on hoverboards

This holiday season’s hottest gift item turned out to be literally that – reportedly having a tendency to explode into…

Thoughts & Views: Remembering former Kearny Police Chief Tim Sharples, dead at 67

First, he’d park his car — a Chevy Impala or whatever it was at the time — on the…

Deja vu all over again. Again.

KEARNY –  Yes, faithful readers, that is the same mugshot that accompanied last week’s Kearny police blotter — at which…

Resident nearly bilked of $4K: NPD

A Nutley resident was nearly bilked of $4,000 — but some quick thinking saved him from sending a scam artist…

aroundtown

Belleville  The Woman’s Club of Belleville meets the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the clubhouse,…

Bagpipes & vocalizing amplify reorganizing

KEARNY –  When the Kearny municipal government held its 2016 reorganization last week, they did it in style, with…

Lyndhurst/NA wrestling co-op gets new coach in Collins

The truth be told, Joe Collins really had no interest whatsoever in coaching the Lyndhurst/North Arlington High Schools wrestling cooperative.…

NA girls’ basketball: Trying to find right rhythm

North Arlington High School girls’ basketball coach Rob Lado believed that his team would be much improved over last season, his first…

Fischer resigns as Belleville grid coach

It was the spring of 2014 when Joe Fischer proclaimed his happiness about returning once again as the head…