KPD: Going in cycles

A 44-year-old man was arrested last week for the theft of not one, but two, bicycles in Kearny, the KPD…

Perfectly suited to vets

KEARNY –  There’s a new clothing “store” in town. But the clientele is limited to veterans. And they don’t…

1st charter school due in 2016

KEARNY –  The Town of Kearny is getting its first charter school … but it’s going to be…

Storm disrupts access to Schuyler Ave.

KEARNY – A few low-lying areas in Kearny took a bit of a beating last Wednesday from the torrential downpour…

Portal Bridge fire doused by KFD fireboat

KEARNY –  Thanks to an all-hands response by the Kearny Fire Department, including its fireboat, a blaze at the Portal…

Notes from the KPD blotter

June 26  On patrol in South Kearny at 3 a.m., Sgt. Jack Corbett came upon a 2005 Mazda sitting…

Brothers reunited at Project Graduation

KEARNY – The annual Kearny High School Project Graduation festivities featured a very special moment for one member of the…

Kearny’s Yuknalis aiming for national Top Gun at grid competition

When William Yuknalis first played for the Kearny Generals youth football program, he longed to get the chance to make tackles.…

Firefighter hopefuls can apply for test

KEARNY –  The Town of Kearny is getting ready to hire more firefighters – quite a few, in…

New apartments for Passaic Ave.?

KEARNY – He has built a new apartment complex in Lyndhurst and he’s got others nearing completion in Kearny and…

Stranger than fiction

KEARNY –  As they say, you can’t make this stuff up. Arrested Thursday in Newark was a man…

Council OKs ‘trial’ Sunday demolition

KEARNY – It hasn’t happened in a long while so when a member of the Kearny governing body cast…

‘Front-end in first’ or face a fine

KEARNY –  Motorists beware! The town has extended its “Front-End in First” policy to the municipal lot at 285 Kearny…

KPD: Different sort of accident report

If your husband smashes up your car, why not just report it stolen? According to police, that’s what a…

This was an open & shut case

KEARNY –  Local vice detectives, ever vigilant in their efforts to protect the township from nefarious activity, managed to…