Man dies from burns sustained in Kearny fire

The victim at today’s fire at 422 Forest St., Kearny, has died. Fire Chief Steven Dyl…

SEELEY SPEEDWAY: KPD hunts hit-run driver

KEARNY — A 71-year-old Kearny woman was undergoing treatment at University Hospital in Newark for multiple injuries…

STATE CHAMPS! Kearny wins NJSIAA Group IV soccer title; 10th overall; first since 2004

UNION — Midway through the first half of Sunday’s NJSIAA Group IV boys’ soccer championship against…

Town aims to curtail fowl deeds

KEARNY — The chickens have come home to roost. Spurred on by the clucking of henpecked…

Dowie set to retire Dec. 1 as KPD chief

KEARNY — After 19 years as chief of the Kearny Police Department, John Dowie will retire…

That squad is on fire

KEARNY — Leonor Nasert is a very lucky mom. A year-and-a-half ago, her daughter, a sixth-grader…

2 new rec programs forthcoming in Kearny

KEARNY — Two new sports will be introduced by the Kearny Recreation Department for the upcoming…

News in brief …

Grant will allow for 8 new firefighters HARRISON — She neither lives nor works in Harrison,…

PARCC results inching up in Kearny

KEARNY – For Kearny public school students who took the PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness…

KFD performs 2 water rescues

KEARNY – Two water rescues were successfully performed by Kearny Fire Department crews this past weekend…

Billboards finally yielding ca$h

KEARNY — It took five years, a lawsuit and perseverance but it was worth the wait.…

14-year-old Kearny boy reported missing last week still has not been found

A 14-year-old boy whose family reported him missing a week ago today has still not yet…

All creatures, great and small, were blessed at Boystown ceremony

KEARNY — Have you ever met a bearded dragon? We encountered one for the very first time…

NYC college lecturer, a Kearny resident, charged with federal offenses for selling fake college certificates

Mamdouh Abdel-Sayed, a 68-year-old Kearny resident and a full-time, tenured lecturer at the City University of…

Sights from Kearny’s 150th Anniversary celebration

Here’s a photo gallery from Kearny's 150th anniversary celebration on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017.