Civilians in control

KEARNY – It took a while to achieve but now that the civilian dispatching system for the Kearny Fire…

See school opening by 2019

HARRISON –  The Harrison public school district is a step closer to seeing a new primary school built –…

Election contest heating up early

    BELLEVILLE –  Two Belleville residents disaffected by the policies of the current administration have picked up nominating petitions…

KPD: One driver was alert, one wasn’t

A concerned motorist and a drug expert from Bergen County figured in the arrest last week of man thought to…

11-year-old shows keyboard know-how

HARRISON –  Arthur Zang of Harrison is only a sixth-grader but already the 11-year-old has shown a surprising mastery of…

Chalet indicted on bribery & other charges

TRENTON –  Bloomfield Councilman Elias N. Chalet, arrested in November for allegedly soliciting and accepting a $15,000 bribe from a…

19 cars burgled over 5 days: NPD

Nutley Mayor and Police Commissioner Al Petracco and Police Chief Thomas Strumolo are warning residents to lock their cars at all times…

How much ground could a groundhog hog?

Late last Tuesday night, the doorbell rang. I peered out the window and, to my surprise, there stood a friend…

Scammer: ‘Send me $2K or I’ll kill your dad’

NUTLEY – A township man got the shock of his life when he got a phone call from a…

Bald Eagles spotted here

Bald Eagles in Kearny? You’re not seeing things. Kearny resident Barbara Third-Dobrovics spotted these two in town a few weeks ago.…

aroundtown

Belleville St. Peter’s Church, 155 William St., listed the following Ash Wednesday (Feb. 10) Mass schedule: 9 a.m. and noon and…

NA’s Seca signs with Drexel

NORTH ARLINGTON –  It was a day that most high school kids simply dream about, never mind kids…

NA has nothing to be ashamed of in Jamboree loss

TENAFLY –  It had the makings of “Hoosiers,” the truest tale of David and Golaith, the littlest of Group I…

Nutley’s Merkle to continue grid career at Wagner

There was never any doubt who was the most talented of the football-playing Merkle brothers of Nutley was, namely the…

Video offers comfort to Catholic mourners

The Archdiocese of Newark has introduced a short video highlighting the significance of the Church’s funeral rituals to help Catholics…