KEARNY – An unoccupied two-family home at 64 Laurel Ave. was severely damaged by a fire of unknown…
Month: March 2017
Feds raid Kearny Avenue rooming house
KEARNY – Until last Monday, March 20, Chukwuemeka (AKA Emeka) Okparaeke was living in a studio apartment…
Building manager was witness to raid (Sidebar)
KEARNY – At around 7:30 p.m. last Monday, landlord Len Rosenberg started getting nervous calls from tenants…
Trained & ready to go …
KEARNY – Thirteen new probationary firefighters, including the fire chief’s son, are now riding KFD rigs. Although…
News in brief …
KEARNY – The Peruvian Civic Association of New Jersey has asked the Kearny municipal government to set…
KPD: DWI & assault by auto
At 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 19, Kearny police responded to the report of a “serious accident”…
Worries about what the traffic will bear
KEARNY – Potential transportation headaches may be plaguing Kearny motorists from two different sources – one for…
Town sues for share of meadows cash
KEARNY – The Town of Kearny is taking the state to court to try and compel payment…
Kearny teen nabbed after Newark chase
KEARNY — A Kearny teenager, one of three people in an SUV stolen from this town, was…
Four years after his death, Jose Cespedes is still missed
By Kevin Canessa Jr. April 12 marks the fourth anniversary of the death of Kearny High…
Obituaries for 29 March 2017
Leonard Rivchin Leonard Rivchin, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Kearny, died March 22 in Naples. He…
Obituaries for 22 March 2017
Anne Elizabeth Shea Slane Anne Elizabeth Shea Slane, of the Red Bank section of Middletown, formerly…
Lyndhurst Golden Bears look to contend once again
The Lyndhurst High School baseball team won 19 games last year, earned a share of the…
Lyndhurst softball: A year older, a year better
The Lyndhurst High School softball team had a very young roster a year ago, including replacements…
Blue Tide looks to roll once again on baseball diamond
It was one of the biggest feel-good stories of the 2016 high school baseball season in…
Half-day preK-3 classes coming in the fall
KEARNY – Starting this fall, the Kearny Board of Education will be starting an in-house “half-day integrated program for…
Town clearing mold in Annex basement
KEARNY – A lingering environmental sore point that has shut down a municipal storage space is…
‘We’ll straighten out BOE,’ monitor vows
BELLEVILLE – There’s been a parade of finance administrators at the Belleville Board of Education who’ve come and gone in…
KPD: Smile, you’re on your own camera …
This week’s Walmart crime does not (for once) involve shoplifting, but the losses to the store reportedly…
Fin-tastic news about Passaic River fish
By Karen Zautyk I have probably shared this story before, but bear with me. This time…
The heroin/opioid crisis in Bergen Co.
A report released Thursday, March 9, by Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal revealed a 6.9% increase in…
Accused druggie trapped in mudflats
LYNDHURST – An out-of-town “visitor” has been checked into another location for safekeeping after being retrieved…
Obituaries for 15 March 2017
Carmen Arevalo Carmen Arevalo, of Kearny, died March 8. She was 90. Visiting was at the Armitage &…
Defending Hudson County softball champ Kearny gears up for another run
The 2016 high school softball season was a magical one for the Kearny Kardinals, filled with…
NA baseball: Looking to build off success
The North Arlington High School baseball team won 15 games a year ago, including a win…
Maroon Raider baseball team looks strong once again
The Nutley High School baseball team won 16 games last season, a fine total considering that…
Belleville man charged in fatal Verona crash
NEWARK – A 25-year-old Belleville man has been charged with first-degree death by auto in connection with…
Guaranteed to give you a lift …
KEARNY – Kearny High School thespians are getting ready to “Bring It On.” What they’re bringing…
Planners focus on Russo project traffic flow
KEARNY – Further review of traffic flow strategies is – for now – delaying preliminary approvals…
Residents laud paraders, decry project
BELLEVILLE – Last Tuesday’s Belleville Township Council meeting started out with lots of bonhomie as congratulations…