66-year-old Kearny man dies in fire

By Kevin Canessa KEARNY — A man and one of his eight dogs died in a…

Man dies from burns sustained in Kearny fire

The victim at today’s fire at 422 Forest St., Kearny, has died. Fire Chief Steven Dyl…

Thankful this Thanksgiving

By Kevin Canessa It’s hard to believe Thanksgiving is already here. Maybe it’s because of the…

That squad is on fire

KEARNY — Leonor Nasert is a very lucky mom. A year-and-a-half ago, her daughter, a sixth-grader…

Someone across the Passaic dropped the ball

Having had the honor of sitting down with Kearny police Capts. Scott Macfie and Tim Wagner…

BOCCE BOYS

If you’ve ever taken a drive in Belleville’s Branch Brook Park, around the cherry blossom trees,…

Obituaries for 18 Oct. 2017

Frances L. ‘Fran’ Kong Frances L. “Fran” Kong died suddenly Oct. 10. She was 69. Born…

14-year-old Kearny boy reported missing last week still has not been found

A 14-year-old boy whose family reported him missing a week ago today has still not yet…

NYC college lecturer, a Kearny resident, charged with federal offenses for selling fake college certificates

Mamdouh Abdel-Sayed, a 68-year-old Kearny resident and a full-time, tenured lecturer at the City University of…

Festivals were fun, as was KFD Open House

By Kevin Canessa So much has happened over the last few weeks locally that I thought…

2 GRAND BIRTHDAYS — LYNDHURST @ 100 & KEARNY @ 150

If there’s such a thing as a weather god, it really did a great job this…

DIVERSITY ON DISPLAY at HARRISON FEST ’17

The hot late-September temperatures were no match for Harrison Fest 2017. For the 22nd consecutive year,…

European-like living at Harrison Urby

HARRISON — On a beautiful Tuesday morning in September, Ironstate Development and the Pegasus Group cut…

The hell of 9/11/01 turned to joy on 9/21/01

Sept. 21, 2001, was my 27th birthday. Following the terror attacks just 10 days earlier, it…

GAZING AT THE SUN

Elaine McCarthy and Jess McMasters have been friends for a long time. Many years ago, they…