Addicts using pets to get pain pills

The New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program (NJPMP) is a centralized database for prescribers and pharmacists in New…

‘Restaurant Row’ inching closer in Lyndhurst

LYNDHURST — Is there a “restaurant row” in Lyndhurst’s future? That’s the hope of the township…

Supor gets super deal

HARRISON — Municipal officials have put into motion plans to build a mixed-use project on the…

W.H.A.T.’s ‘Kearny’ show is this week, weekend

History is usually the domain of straight plays, so the mind-blowing success of “Hamilton” last year…

A license to be a journalist? No way

By Ron Leir James Bond, it is said, had a license to kill as a fictional…

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…

Enough with the Newark noise, neighbors say

KEARNY — It won’t be the U.S. cavalry rushing to the rescue like in the Old…

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…

Fedex project in NA moves forward

It looks like all the pieces are rapidly coming together for the FedEx Freight distribution center…

Will Nutley voters approve referendum?

NUTLEY — As township residents plunge into what will be the last two weeks of Christmas…

Sights from Lyndhurst’s 100th Anniversary celebration

Here's a photo gallery from Lyndhurst's 100th anniversary celebration on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017.

Grace United Methodist Church fair is Saturday, Oct. 7

Grace United Methodist Church hosts its annual fair Saturday, Oct. 7, from 9 a.m. to 3…

Sights from Kearny’s 150th Anniversary celebration

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

2 GRAND BIRTHDAYS — LYNDHURST @ 100 & KEARNY @ 150

If there’s such a thing as a weather god, it really did a great job this…

Longo no longer on Belleville Council

BELLEVILLE — Joseph Longo is gone from the township governing body. He says he’s a casualty…

Locals prepare relief for Puerto Rico

BELLEVILLE — Local volunteers are organizing a collection drive to help victims of the catastrophic storms…

News in brief … KFD getting new thermal-imaging cameras

KEARNY – The Kearny Fire Department is getting new equipment with some help from Uncle Sam.…

KPD: Chivalry is dead

By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — A female shoplifting suspect  fleeing Walmart last week was abandoned in the…

Nutley wins huge football game over state-ranked Irvington; Maroon Raiders earn first victory in second tenure for coach DiGregorio

The high school football season wasn’t exactly going well for the Maroon Raiders of Nutley High…

This week’s full AroundTown

Because of space considerations, we were unable to publish AroundTown in its entirety in this week's…

DIVERSITY ON DISPLAY at HARRISON FEST ’17

The hot late-September temperatures were no match for Harrison Fest 2017. For the 22nd consecutive year,…

Goodwill closing Harrison location

HARRISON — Goodwill Industries of Greater N.Y. and Northern N.J. will be shutting down its Harrison…

European-like living at Harrison Urby

HARRISON — On a beautiful Tuesday morning in September, Ironstate Development and the Pegasus Group cut…

DPW chief Kerr prepares to call it a career

KEARNY — A loyal Kearny civil servant who will be leaving the town’s employ the end…

Noise from Newark annoying Kearny residents, bike-share plan rejected

Kearny residents fed up with music blasting at them from across the Passaic River into the…

Kearny parish will bless animals

Sacred Heart of Jesus American National Catholic Church will host the Blessing of the Animals on…

Teen arrested on gun charges 

Following an incident last week, police reported the arrest of three young town males, one of whom…

KPD: Living up to expectorations?

KEARNY — Alternative headline: “Oh, spit!” At midnight on Sept. 17, Officer Andre Fernandes and back-up…

Aid will allow for new seats at Franklin auditorium, other projects

KEARNY — Improvements to athletic facilities, school facility infrastructure, personnel and pay hikes will all be…