By Ron Leir Have you heard the commercials pleading with New York City drivers to be…
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Obituaries for 9 May 2016
Jesus Gonzalez Jesus Gonzalez, of Kearny, died April 27, 2018. He was 84. Visiting was at…
Obituaries for 2 May 2018
Margaret Johnson Margaret Johnson (nee Catrambone), of Kearny, died April 24, 2018. She was 95. Visiting was…
‘Those who fail to learn from history…’
By Karen Zautyk “… are doomed to repeat it.” I would attribute that quote, but my…
‘BRAVEST MAN I KNEW’
By Karen Zautyk Earlier this month, historian/writer Timothy Daudelin, a former Belleville resident who is a…
Pavers offered for entrance to KHS
KEARNY — Wanna buy a brick? As the Kearny Board of Education prepares to tackle the…
CLIMBING THE LADDER
KEARNY Four Kearny Fire Department promotions took effect on April Fool’s Day but you’d be a…
East Newark school chief resigns
EAST NEWARK — For Patrick Martin, it was always about the kids. That’s what brought him…
Getting at the truth can be dangerous to your health
By Ron Leir It’s a dangerous world out there and nobody knows that better than foreign…
Obituaries for 18 April 2018
Stavroula Kourkoulis Stavroula Kourkoulis died April 6, 2018. Visiting was at the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral…
Kearny crime rate continues to drop
KEARNY — The Kearny Police Department has released its Uniform Crime Report Index for 2017, and the…
Memories of (pre-casino) Atlantic City
By Karen Zautyk What do Louis Armstrong, Conway Twitty, Mr. Peanut and Elsie the Cow have in…
Obituaries for April 11, 2018
Hon. John A. McLaughlin; was NJ Superior Court Judge The Hon. John A. McLaughlin, 83, of…