Saluting Junior Police

KEARNY – Last Thursday evening, 50 youngsters — ages 11-13 — received their diplomas as proud graduates of the Kearny…

Landfill on short leash?

KEARNY –  Kearny is preparing to give a big meadows tenant the boot. Letters have gone back…

Short-staffing spells OT woes

KEARNY –  Town officials are seeing red around the Kearny Fire Department but it’s not flames that have their…

On Kearny Ave., unwanted attention

KEARNY –  A 32-year-old man was arrested last week after he allegedly accosted a 14-year-old girl on Kearny Ave. and…

Kearny actor featured in NYC production

If you’ve been a long-time reader of this newspaper, you’ve no doubt, at one point or another, read a…

Deer sighted in Kearny! Inside Lincoln School!

KEARNY –  Pop quiz: 1. Which of these animals is NOT native to New Jersey? A. Muskrat…

Former Kearny resident Oyola pens book about faith

James Oyola cherishes the time he spent growing up in Kearny. “We moved to Kearny from New York when I…

Flying crime fighter

KEARNY –  Huge crowds showed up for Kearny’s annual National Night Out Against Crime observance Tuesday, Aug. 4, from 6…

New officers settle in at S.A.

KEARNY –  They’ve only been in town for a little more than a month but Lts. Hwang and…

One field facelift starts, 2nd in wings

KEARNY – Conversion of Veteran’s Memorial Field off Belgrove Drive in Kearny, from natural grass to artificial turf, with associated…

Notes from the KPD blotter

A man wanted on a child-neglect warrant ended up in the Hudson County Jail last week after arresting officers found a…

Kearny’s Meola returns as one of Red Bulls’ all-time best

HARRISON –  It had been a while since Tony Meola had attended a soccer match at Red Bull Arena,…

Finally, funding for firefighters

KEARNY –  The fourth time was the charm for Kearny’s Bravest. It took a lot of persistence, and maybe…

New leader, new uniform, new windows

KEARNY – Having spent four weeks getting readjusted to her old workplace, Kearny High School interim principal Linda Rocco is “thrilled…

Estimated 3rd quarter tax bills going out

KEARNY – Kearny property owners should be getting their third quarter 2015 property tax bills shortly – not that they’ll…