Upgrades to water lines in the pipeline

KEARNY – Kearny officials want to end the flow – not go with it – so…

KPD: Drug suspect ID’d, hunted

Last week’s Kearny police blotter included an Aug. 17 incident involving a suspected heroin transaction in the…

Burglar prowled as family slept: BPD

BELLEVILLE – A recent rash of burglaries has prompted the Belleville Police Department to alert residents…

Nabbed in multiple car burglaries: NPD

LYNDHURST — A suspected car burglar was arrested in Lyndhurst last week. LPD Det. Vincent Auteri…

Indicted for insurance fraud in Belleville doc’s office

  BELLEVILLE — A Monmouth County man has been charged with submitting fraudulent health insurance claims in…

Cop thwarts truck theft: Harrison PD

HARRISON – A Harrison police officer’s quick response, aided by a GPS, was credited for the…

3 strikes, you’re out – and back in jail

KEARNY – If the mug in the mugshot accompanying this story looks familiar, that’s because it graced…

Guilty plea in ‘stolen’ auto scam 

HARRISON — A Harrison man has pleaded guilty in a scheme to falsify an insurance claim on…

Score one for Mother Nature

By Ron Leir With a stroke of his pen, President Obama – against the wishes of…

Letter: Obey traffic laws as schools reopen

To the Editor: The Kearny Police Department’s Traffic Bureau would like to remind the residents of…

New charter school may cost teacher aide jobs

KEARNY — The first-ever charter school in Kearny has yet to open but already it has…

KPD: ATM skimmer at QuickChek

A QuickChek customer who suspected that the ATM at the store “had been manipulated” alerted police, who…

We are all to blame for Aleppo disaster

By Ron Leir Well, here we are in the midst of a sticky, steamy summer with…

Obituaries — edition of Aug. 17, 2016

Patricia A. Jimmerson Patricia A. Jimmerson (Harland), of Harrison, died Saturday, Aug. 6, at Columbus Hospital…

River jumper still missing

HARRISON – Where is Keith Jean? That’s what police continue to ponder after Jean jumped into…