Klepacki returns home as new rowing vessel named for him

KEARNY – The greatest rower in the history of the Kearny High School crew program returned home Saturday, as the…

Pooches at the ready for ‘Pawrade’

KEARNY –  Get your favorite pooch into the Halloween spirit at the 2nd annual Kearny Doggie Halloween PAWrade and Festival,…

Video shows tanker truck that exploded yesterday trying to avoid mattress on NJ Turnpike

A stunning video taken by Kevin Hauer shows the tanker truck that exploded yesterday on the…

Eastwood in Kearny for ‘Sully’

KEARNY – Hollywood came to Kearny again last week in the person of veteran film personality Clint Eastwood. Eastwood, who…

Their futures are bright

KEARNY –  Melanie Bendezu is just a 12th-grader but already pondering a possible career as a surgeon. Fellow senior Eddie…

Congrats to Bixlers on new arrival

Another member of the Bixler Group has arrived! Parents Scott and Kathleen Bixler welcome Colin Scott Bixler. He was born…

KFD welcomes all to Open House

  TOP photo courtesy KFD, remaining photos by Karen Zautyk Scenes from the Kearny Fire Department’s…

Prayers for the pets

KEARNY – If things continue thus, people are going to start bringing fish to the Blessing of the Animals…

KPD: In parking lot, a lot of drugs

Surveillance of a suspicious car in the Walmart parking lot paid off big time for the Kearny Vice Unit last…

Kearny parade moves to Halloween

KEARNY–  The town’s annual Halloween Parade arrives early this season … or rather, on time, depending on how you look…

Concern over ‘non-standard’ KHS shirt

KEARNY – Public school officials are cautioning Kearny High School students and parents to refrain from doing business with an…

Kearny man found dead on RR tracks

A young Kearny man was found dead on the PATH tracks in Jersey City late Friday night, police said. Port…

Town’s lone movie house is history

KEARNY –  That’s all folks! The closing credits have rolled at Kearny’s remaining movie theater, leaving West Hudson communities without any…

A garden grows

KEARNY – The transformation is pretty much complete: Lincoln Middle School’s courtyard is now fully equipped with an outdoor “green infrastructure”…

KPD blotter: The little Purple Pill

On Sunday, Sept. 20, at approximately 9:45 p.m., the proprietor of the CVS store at Schuyler and Bergen Aves. reportedly…