EAST NEWARK — A visit from a children’s book writer, free books and new book cabinets.…
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New occupants for old parish schools
KEARNY – The moribund parish school campus of St. Cecilia in Kearny will be seeing…
KPD: Say ‘hello’ to our little friend
We start this week’s Kearny blotter with an incident that occurred in another town. According to authorities,…
Owner ordered to clean up boat yard
KEARNY – It looks like the last voyage for the old Rapp’s boatyard. Since the yard…
To jump-start your imagination … read
Several years in the making, the project was no flight of fancy — but the final…
Sketch leads to arrest of suspected burglar
BELLEVILLE — A Newark man is in police custody in connection with an overnight Belleville home…
Obituaries for 31 May 2017
Arthur W. Miller Arthur W. Miller, 86, died May 15, at the Hackensack University Medical Center.…
‘I don’t want to discuss this’
If you’ve taken a ride along River Road in North Arlington near the Belleville Turnpike recently,…
New commission roster in place
LYNDHURST — Lyndhurst’s five newly elected township commissioners were sworn into office at a reorganization session in…
Cooking up a storm at new HHS kitchen
HARRISON — There’s nothing half-baked about Harrison High School’s newly completed culinary kitchen. Three years in…
Honoring Belleville’s World War I dead
BELLEVILLE – Embedded in the cemetery wall just west of the main entrance of St. Peter’s Church…
Training to protect town residents
HARRISON – The Harrison Fire Department has trained all of its 28 members, along with director…
Cops seek home invader, deli slasher
BELLEVILLE — A township resident woke up to her worst nightmare when she discovered a stranger inside…
No grave markers at cemetery?
NORTH ARLINGTON — There’s a proud legacy of U.S. military service in the Hancox family.…
Oval plans still up in the air
KEARNY – Twice around the Gunnell Oval. That’s where the spinning went last Wednesday night (May 17)…