NUTLEY — The Nutley Police and Fire departments responded to Woodland Ave. on Oct. 27 after…
Year: 2017
PARCC results inching up in Kearny
KEARNY – For Kearny public school students who took the PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness…
Addicts using pets to get narcotics
The New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program (NJPMP) is a centralized database for prescribers and pharmacists in New…
KFD performs 2 water rescues
KEARNY – Two water rescues were successfully performed by Kearny Fire Department crews this past weekend…
Someone across the Passaic dropped the ball
Having had the honor of sitting down with Kearny police Capts. Scott Macfie and Tim Wagner…
Obituaries for 1 Nov. 2017
Emily Gladwell Emily Gladwell (nee Mills) died at University Hospital, Newark, on Thursday, Oct. 26. She…
Belleville boys’ soccer team captures SEC Colonial title
When Daniel Pinedo joined the boys’ soccer team at Belleville High School a little more than…
Laverde: Kearny’s new running sensation
When Maria Laverde was growing up in Queens, N.Y., she always fancied herself as being a…
Lyndhurst’s DiTonto finishing with a flourish
When Vincent DiTonto was an incoming freshman at Lyndhurst High School a little more than three…
BOCCE BOYS
If you’ve ever taken a drive in Belleville’s Branch Brook Park, around the cherry blossom trees,…
Portal North Bridge project underway in South Kearny
Construction of a new, more reliable Portal North Bridge in South Kearny is underway, as the…
Billboards finally yielding ca$h
KEARNY — It took five years, a lawsuit and perseverance but it was worth the wait.…
Free flu shots ready for Kearny, EN residents
KEARNY — The Kearny Health Department (KHD) has received its supply of flu vaccine. Flu shots…
KPD: Next time, go to a bar in Summit, bro
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — Shortly after 11 p.m. on Oct. 5, Officers Jonathan Dowie, David Bush,…
Nutley cops get long-awaited raises
NUTLEY — Now it’s official: police officers and police superiors in Nutley are getting pay raises.…
Addicts using pets to get pain pills
The New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program (NJPMP) is a centralized database for prescribers and pharmacists in New…
‘Restaurant Row’ inching closer in Lyndhurst
LYNDHURST — Is there a “restaurant row” in Lyndhurst’s future? That’s the hope of the township…
Supor gets super deal
HARRISON — Municipal officials have put into motion plans to build a mixed-use project on the…
W.H.A.T.’s ‘Kearny’ show is this week, weekend
History is usually the domain of straight plays, so the mind-blowing success of “Hamilton” last year…
A license to be a journalist? No way
By Ron Leir James Bond, it is said, had a license to kill as a fictional…
Obituaries for 18 Oct. 2017
Frances L. ‘Fran’ Kong Frances L. “Fran” Kong died suddenly Oct. 10. She was 69. Born…
Escandon leads Kearny to big 3-2 win in Hudson semifinals; defeat rival Harrison will face St. Peter’s Prep in county finale Saturday
JERSEY CITY — Forty minutes had transpired in the spirited Hudson County Boys’ Soccer Tournament semifinal matchup…
NA’s Modhagala wins NJIC cross country title
When Sirish Modhagala was in eighth grade in North Arlington, he aspired to become a football…
Lyndhurst’s Partyla makes sudden impact with new team
Even though he was part of the Lyndhurst Recreation youth football growing up, Piotr Partyla first…
14-year-old Kearny boy reported missing last week still has not been found
A 14-year-old boy whose family reported him missing a week ago today has still not yet…
All creatures, great and small, were blessed at Boystown ceremony
KEARNY — Have you ever met a bearded dragon? We encountered one for the very first time…
Enough with the Newark noise, neighbors say
KEARNY — It won’t be the U.S. cavalry rushing to the rescue like in the Old…
NYC college lecturer, a Kearny resident, charged with federal offenses for selling fake college certificates
Mamdouh Abdel-Sayed, a 68-year-old Kearny resident and a full-time, tenured lecturer at the City University of…
Fedex project in NA moves forward
It looks like all the pieces are rapidly coming together for the FedEx Freight distribution center…
Will Nutley voters approve referendum?
NUTLEY — As township residents plunge into what will be the last two weeks of Christmas…