KHS alum earns high marks as Rosa realtor

Rosa Agency reports that Steven Lartiga is quickly establishing himself as a top agent in the area. Lartiga has been…

Kearny tabs veteran assistant Kryzanowski to be new football coach

When Nick Edwards abruptly resigned as head football coach at Kearny High School recently, the school’s administration didn’t have to search…

Billy & Amelia Pena now part of Century 21 Semiao

KEARNY –  Century 21 Semiao and Associates announces that Billy Pena and Amelia Pena have joined their marketing team. Formerly agents…

Board hires interim KHS principal

KEARNY — The Board of Education voted May 18 to hire a retired educator from the Jersey Shore as interim…

Colon case: jury returns’ guilty verdict

A Hudson County jury of nine men and three women returned a guilty verdict for the man accused of…

Town’s credit rating downgraded

KEARNY –  Kearny took two shots across its bow this month from Moody’s Investor Service but the captain of…

KPD: Arrest was warranted

A Kearny man was remanded to the Hudson County Jail following his arrest May 9 on five outstanding warrants, totaling more…

Tune up for karaoke next week at W.H.A.T.

The West Hudson Arts and Theater Co. (W.H.A.T.) will hold its first-ever Broadway Karaoke Open Mic Night Fundraiser, Friday, May…

Santos retreats on F/T

Read the full story to find out why Mayor Alberto Santos pulled an ordinance that would…

It’s the cat’s meow!

KEARNY –  Last year, this community was embroiled in a cat fight. The claws were out. The fur was…

Starting to look like a house

KEARNY – Habitat for Humanity is back on its feet and rising to the occasion in Kearny. Revitalized by…

KPD: Heroin raid on Elm St.

Pursuant to an ongoing investigation into heroin distribution in Kearny, KPD vice officers, armed with a search warrant, raided an apartment…

At their other jobs …

Currently, Mayor Alberto Santos and Town Council members Carol Jean Doyle, Susan McCurrie, Michael Landy and Eileen Eckel – all of…

How Kearny defines ‘full-time’

Here is a draft of the proposed ordinance that laid out a defense of categorization of Kearny’s elected officials as…

Campisano Agency ranked in ‘top 100’

Louis Campisano Agency, of Florham Park, formerly of Kearny, has been performing at high levels and recently acknowledged as one…

Patriots honored by VFW

Kearny’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1302 held its annual awards night Friday, paying tribute to…

More promotions for Kearny’s Bravest

  KEARNY –  It may have seemed like déjà vu. Just a few weeks ago, four Kearny firefighters…

KPD: Arrest warrants multiple charges

Sharp-eyed vice detectives patrolling on Schuyler Ave. at 10:30 p.m. last Wednesday, April 29, noticed a passenger in a passing…

2 nabbed in multiple ATM thefts

KEARNY –  On Jan. 24, at about 4:45 a.m., thieves hit Buy Rite Liquors on Harrison Ave. in Kearny,…

WE’VE GOT MAIL

‘HERE’S WHY I LEFT’ To the editor:  I have read your recent article on Al Gilson, Principal at…

Charged with DUI, unsecured child

KEARNY – A 28-year-old Perth Amboy woman was arrested April 25 and charged with drunken driving on the Belleville Pike…

Kearny’s Muniz enters contest to win specialized van

Read the full story by Jim Hague to find out how you can help Muniz win…

Kearny’s Rodriguez emerges as mound ace

Josue Rodriguez has been groomed for the role he currently has with the Kearny High School baseball team for the…

‘Don’t change insurer,’ teachers say

KEARNY –  Lincoln Middle School teacher April Amenta is dreading a possible switch in her health care coverage because she…

Optimists, Ficeto to be feted at Salvation Army dinner

The Salvation Army of Greater Kearny will honor Gerald Ficeto, president of the West Hudson Arts & Theatre Co. (W.H.A.T.), and…

3 nabbed in drug bust

KEARNY — A Harrison woman was remanded to the Hudson County Jail on $10,000 bail following her arrest in Kearny…

Body recovered from river; no ID

KEARNY –  The body of an unidentified male was found floating in the Hackensack River in South Kearny last…

KPD: From rested to arrested

Kearny police were called to a home on the 300 block of Forest St. at 4:45 a.m. last Friday,…

Looking for bargains? Check out Yard Sale

Shoppers, take your mark! The immensely popular Annual KUEZ Kearny Town-Wide Yard and Sidewalk Sale returns Saturday and Sunday, May 2 and…