Belleville Mayor Michael Melham, who is certainly no stranger to pushing back against rivals, is demanding an…
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Police: Brother of woman arrested & noted in last week’s blotter is arrested himself this time, marking the 18th KPD visit to that home since Sept. 11
On Sept. 18 at 7:53 p.m., a 31-year-old Kearny woman, whose story was anonymously chronicled in…
Kearny man charged with manslaughter following death of Corey McFadden: Suarez
Additional charges have been filed against a 32-year-old man in connection with the fatal stabbing of…
Bloomfield man killed in Glen Ridge motorcycle crash: ECPO
The Essex County Prosecutor’s Crime Scene Investigations Bureau is investigating a fatal car and motorcycle collision…
Watch live TV coverage of Hurricane Ian
Have friends and/or family on the West Coast of Florida? Watch news coverage here from ABC…
2 local COs among 14 indicted in Mahan Prison incident
A state grand jury voted Sept. 27 to indict 14 corrections officers — two of whom…
Several locals arrested in HCSO warrant sweep, Schillari says
The Hudson County Sheriff’s Office arrested 33 people during a warrant sweep across the county Saturday,…
PREP TURNS 150
When St. Peter’s Prep’s doors were first opened, the world was a lot different than it…
Obituaries for Sept. 28, 2022
Corey Alexander McFadden Corey Alexander McFadden, 34, of Kearny, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022.…
One lane in each direction on Newark-JC Turnpike to be closed through Nov. 15, NJDOT says
Well, this stinks, especially if you commute from Harrison and Kearny to Jersey City and…
LaClair: Mr. Paszkiewicz, care to debate me on these issues?
Paul LaClair responds to last week's letter by David Paszkiewicz.
Eagle Court of Honor fetes three Scouts from Troop 305
Boy Scout Unit 305 convened the Eagle Court of Honor at St. Stephen’s Church in Kearny…
2 years late, KHS Class of 1970 finally has its 50th reunion
Sure, it was two years later than it was supposed to be — but what hasn’t…
Melham, DePena & others collecting items for victims of Hurricane Fiona
The Mayor Michael Melham Civic Association is teaming up with Councilwoman Naomy DePeña and Board of…
Second arrest made in Kearny homicide, HCPO says
A second arrest has been made in the Sept. 20 Kearny homicide that took the life…