Owners: ‘Don’t kick us out’

BELLEVILLE –  Ecuadoran immigrant Washington Pesantez has spent 17 years on Cortlandt St. in Belleville’s Valley section where he has…

New retailer replaces Food Basics

BELLEVILLE –  A new supermarket has surfaced in Belleville’s Valley area in place of another that has been sold…

Fire leaves 3 homeless, pet dead

BELLEVILLE – A 91-year-old woman and two men made it safely out of a burning Belleville house Saturday night. Unfortunately,…

Lip syncing for art raises $1,200-plus

Students and teachers engaged in friendly competition at Belleville High School’s Connie Francis Theatre on Nov. 10 in the school’s…

News in brief

KEARNY –  So far, the transition from the old Meadowlands tax sharing formula to a tax on meadows hotel…

Music to stop bullying by

BELLEVILLE –  Last year, Belleville High School seniors composed poems on the theme of anti-bullying and one student urged business…

Hotel, eatery, medical offices at Roche site?

BELLEVILLE –  The designated developer of the Roche Diagnostic property in Belleville has completed acquisition of the 19-acre parcel, thereby clearing…

Township probing BOE

BELLEVILLE –  Belleville’s municipal government is taking the unusual step of undertaking a very public examination of the township’s Board of…

All fired up

Belleville Fire Department held its annual Fire Prevention Open House on the evening of Friday, Oct. 16, at Fire Headquarters…

Fatal shooting still mystery

BELLEVILLE –  The Belleville Police Department’s Homicide/Major Crimes Unit and Essex County Prosecutor’s Office are investigating a fatal shooting in the…

Fall term: sweeping changes

BELLEVILLE –  New classrooms, updated academic policies and courses, revamped security and staff appointments were all part of the Belleville public…

Chinese presence marked

BELLEVILLE –  It is commonly known that in the latter part of the 19th century, waves of Chinese immigrants…

Inherent conflict in dual role?

BELLEVILLE – Will Kevin Esposito have to step down as interim township manager or as township tax assessor? Will he…

Armed robbery suspect captured: BPD

Within a less than half-hour interval on Aug. 21, a lone gunman discharged his weapon five times at two Belleville shops…

Local motorist charged in death of cabbie

BELLEVILLE – A 23-year-old Belleville woman has been charged with vehicular homicide in connection with the death last week of…