New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials announced temporary overnight lane closures on Rt. 21 in…
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KPD: Heroin, coke & cutlery
When Kearny police stopped a pick-up truck on Passaic Ave. last week, they reportedly had reason…
He chose wrong home to burgle: HPD
An inept accused home burglar blundered thrice when he was reportedly practicing his craft in…
Got drugs? The KPD will take them
KEARNY – For more than a decade, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has been sponsoring a…
Scholarship for BHS’ DiAndrea
BELLEVILLE — Belleville High School senior Kayla DiAndrea has been awarded a $1,000 Grow NJ Kids…
Eagles honored for 80 years of service
KEARNY — A longstanding service organization was singled out for commendation at last Tuesday night’s meeting…
Nutley eyes parking meter upgrades
NUTLEY — The Township of Nutley is exploring the possibility of upgrading its aging stock of…
KPD: Defining ‘public nuisance’
If you were near the main branch of the Kearny Public Library on the morning of Saturday,…
Slavery fled when they fell in the foggy dew
By Karen Zautyk “As down the glen one Easter morn to a city fair rode I…
Belleville street renamed for vet KIA
BELLEVILLE – A decorated Belleville veteran who made the ultimate sacrifice for his country was honored…
See Kearny man’s play in Nutley
Thirty-eight years ago, Steven Jon Kaplan dashed off a one-act play called “Nine O’Clock To Five…
3+ years later, guilty plea in Bloomfield fatality
BLOOMFIELD — On the night of Sept. 29, 2012, 16-year-old Christina Lembo, a soccer star at Bloomfield…
2 from Kearny in NJ porn sweep
Two Kearny residents, one of them a 17-year-old boy, were among 16 people arrested in a statewide…
Still no Red Bull settlement
HARRISON – Harrison’s pitch to reach a tax settlement with the Red Bull ownership on the…
If at first you don’t succeed …
KEARNY — Ordinarily, local shoplifting suspects are listed in the Kearny police blotter (this week’s is…