NORTH ARLINGTON — There’s a proud legacy of U.S. military service in the Hancox family.…
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Oval plans still up in the air
KEARNY – Twice around the Gunnell Oval. That’s where the spinning went last Wednesday night (May 17)…
KPD: Please pay $10,000, in real money
At 11 p.m. on Sunday, May 14, Sgt. Chris Levchak and Officers Michael Gontarczuk, Chris Medina and…
Merit pay bump for Kearny’s Blood
KEARNY — The Kearny Board of Education concluded that its chief educational administrator achieved three of the…
New leader for Harrison schools
HARRISON — Last October, Cynthia Baumgartner retired after a lengthy career as educator and administrator, spread between…
Obituaries for 24 May 2017
Elizabeth (Betty) M. Rodgers Miss Elizabeth (Betty) M. Rodgers, a long time North Arlington resident, died…
‘Lights … action … budget!’
KEARNY — No one from the public showed up to speak at last Thursday night’s hearing on…
Remembering the fallen
Like the rest of working America, they get up every day, kiss their loved ones good-bye and…
Absentees were key in contested Lyndhurst election
LYNDHURST — A lot of people didn’t go to the polls in last Tuesday’s municipal election in…
KPD: Girl charged in Kearny Ave. slashing
Police said it started with a friendly conversation at Dunkin’ Donuts, escalated to a robbery and ended…
New 9/11 memorial & more in Belleville police lobby
BELLEVILLE — The Belleville Police Department headquarters, hidden in a first-floor wing at the Municipal Building, has…
Neighboring towns both claim general
KEARNY — Now that Kearny’s adopted general is, in spirit, anyway, keeping company with the likes of…
Bloomfield pol admits bribery, faces jail
BLOOMFIELD — Bloomfield Township Councilman Elias N. Chalet pleaded guilty last week to soliciting and accepting a…
Of grammar, baseball & more
By Ron Leir Seems that virtually every talk show you happen to tune in to, somebody…
Obituaries for 17 May 2017
Matthew Wayne Carbone Matthew Wayne Carbone, of Kearny, died May 10. He was 38. Private arrangements…