Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., will lead the people of the Archdiocese of Newark in a…
Year: 2019
Fentanyl mill ended in Harrison: AG
Three men were arrested in the takedown of a major fentanyl and heroin mill in Harrison…
KPD: P.O. Castillo saves man at Walmart using Narcan
On March 15 at 4:11 a.m., Kearny Police Officers Anthony Oliveira and Jose Castillo and Sgt. Tom…
A year later, bravo to Lyndhurst and North Arlington for adopting ‘Stigma-Free Zones’
Mental-health awareness has been in the forefront of the news, globally, quite a bit in the…
Obituaries for March 20, 2019
Rosa M. Pinho Rosa M. Pinho died March 15, 2019. She was 81. She was born…
Kearny looks to be Smart, have a baseball season to remember
The high school baseball season will begin in earnest April Fool’s Day, but you can definitely…
Belleville softball looks to make up for lost season
The Belleville High School softball team endured an uncharacteristic 6-15 record a year ago. It was…
NA’s Vikings look to strong pitching depth on baseball diamond
The North Arlington High School baseball team won 12 games last year and will look to…
SANTOS TO MURPHY: SHUT KEEGAN NOW!
There are 17 million reasons why the State of New Jersey has not closed the Keegan…
Sights & scenes of the West Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade (Part 1)
These photos are courtesy of Laura Comppen
Lyndhurst PD helps woman who’d just given birth, was locked inside apartment
A newborn Lyndhurst baby is going to have one heck of a tale to tell about…
TRAIN TO THE FUTURE
In the not too distant future, the Stuyvesant Avenue NJ Transit Train Station in Lyndhurst is…
NABOE buys QPHS from Archdiocese of Newark
Back in June of 2017, Queen of Peace High School closed its doors after 86 years…
EDITORIAL: Wasted resources at Walmart
If you’re a regular reader of the Kearny Police Blotter in this newspaper — and we…
Obituaries for 6 March 2019
Angelo F. Costello Angelo F. Costello, 82, of North Arlington, formerly of Pennsylvania and raised in…
Nutley icemen win first-ever McMullen Cup championship
Nutley High School had never won a hockey cup championship before recently. However, that all changed…
Lyndhurst’s Weaver finishes third at 138 pounds at states
Dylan Weaver’s dream of winning an NJSIAA state wrestling championship died last Friday evening in the…
Postal worker mows down 2 colleagues in parking lot, KPD says
A U.S. Postal employee at the Newark Turnpike Postal facility has been arrested and charged with…
Kearny man wins $4.5 million Pick-6
One Kearny resident now has 4.5 million reasons to be happy. Stanley M. McKelvin, of Kearny,…
King: Caller says murder occurred on Hoyt St., but it was all a hoax
An incident that demanded a SWAT Team response turned out to be a complete hoax, and…
12 men who served locally credibly accused of priestly sexual abuse
The list of approximately 70 priests of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark credibly accused of…
Ken Green, known by most as X.Ray Burns, dead at 57
For more than 30 years, there was just about one thing — going to church notwithstanding…
Gov. Murphy: Close the Keegan Landfill now
The numbers are staggering. Kearny Mayor Alberto Santos, in a video posted to social media recently,…
Obituaries for 20 Feb. 2019
Richard J. Wiedemann Richard J. Wiedemann, 89, of Kearny died peacefully at home surrounded by his…
Baeza, Ostanski, Matthew Mauricio crowned District 11 champs; 10 move on
Pardon Tony Carratura Jr. if he doesn’t have his finger on the pulse of the history…
Nutley boys’ basketball: A tale of two seasons
The boys’ high school basketball season didn’t exactly start as planned for the Maroon Raiders of…
Lyndhurst’s Weaver finally gets to win wrestling championship for father
It was almost predestined. Eventually, the day would come where Dylan Weaver would be wrestling for…
Body pulled from Passaic River was that of missing Kearny woman, KPD says
A body pulled from the Passaic River late last week was positively identified as a Kearny…
DEVON STREET INFERNO
By Kevin Canessa and Ron Leir A multi-alarm fire of undetermined origin ripped through a three-story…