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…

Cardinal making first pastoral visit to Kearny Sept. 7

The calendar may indicate it’s still summer during the first few weeks of September, but at the Roman…

Lyndhurst man, a firefighter, arrested on child-porn charges: BCPO

LYNDHURST — A 49-year-old Lyndhurst man who lists his occupation as a firefighter with an unknown…

Obituaries for 23 Aug. 2017

  Werner Manjkow Werner Manjkow, 63, died Tuesday, Aug. 15, at his home in Kearny. The…

TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN

THE FIRST TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN IN 99 years — well, it’ll almost be a…

C.O. charged with drunken driving: HPD

HARRISON — A state corrections officer, who lives in Kearny, has been charged with drunken driving…

Senior jitney ride … a true lesson in history

By Kevin Canessa Jr. As you may have read already, elsewhere in this newspaper, on Tuesday,…

After car crashes, pole catches fire

BELLEVILLE — Firefighters faced an unusually dangerous incident Thursday, July 13, as a utility pole caught…

On Game 6 of ’86 & more

By Kevin Canessa Every so often, you sit down, whether it’s at home at the dining…

Correction

A photo caption in this week’s edition incorrectly identified a member of the Lyndhurst 100th anniversary…