By Lisa Pezzolla Last week it was shockingly reported that 49 exotic animals were shot…
Category: News
Message to mischief-makers: Boo!
By Karen Zautyk NUTLEY – As Halloween approaches, mischief-makers have been out in force, and the…
Belleville man ripped off clothing-bin charity
By Karen Zautyk A 57-year-old Belleville man has pleaded guilty to extortion for stealing used-clothing donation…
Warning on daytime home break-ins
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – The residential area of Passaic Ave. has been the recent target…
Afternoon armed robbery on Dukes St.
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – A 22-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint Thursday afternoon on Dukes…
Around town
Belleville The Friends of the Belleville Public Library annual Harvest Desserts and Fun Auction date has…
The oracle in the capital
By Randy Neumann In April, I took the Acela train from the Metropark station in…
Info sessions for prospective HCCC students
Hudson County Community College will assist prospective students in becoming better acquainted with the school and…
Mtn. Lakes killer ID’d as Kearny man
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – On Friday afternoon, as police from various jurisdictions headed…
Out on bail, he targeted 9 more banks
By Karen Zautyk A Newark man who was released on bail after being arrested for…
Residency law changed to achieve more diversity
By Ron Leir KEARNY – When Kearny Firefighter Martina Smith was hired in 2009, she…
Wireless firm withdraws tower plan
By Ron Leir BLOOMFIELD – The cell tower battle is over . . .…
Book is just what the ‘Doc’ ordered
By Karen Zautyk LYNDHURST — ‘You could take 100 people,” Paul “Doc” Gaccione told us…
Armed robbery at Nutley store
By Karen Zautyk Nutley police are hunting three men who robbed a Centre St. convenience store…
Get the job done!
By Lisa Pezzolla Why do we procrastinate? Why do we put off what needs to be…
Four Loko gets two locos arrested
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – Add one more to the Asking-to-be-Arrested file. Actually, make that two…
Around town
Belleville St. Anthony of Padua Church, 63 Franklin St., Belleville, will have its 110th anniversary celebration…
Maximizing a ‘4’ plan
By Randy Neumann Are you maximizing your 401(k)? If not, why not? Let’s begin by…
Recipe contest for Nutley youngsters
Nutley Mayor Joanne Cocchiola, the township Board of Education and Chartwells, the district’s hot-lunch food service…
Marsh madness over taxes
By Ron Leir LYNDHURST – The EnCap bankruptcy and subsequent demise of plans to…
Tragic end to river search
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – A four-day search for a Kearny man who disappeared in…
Burglary suspects nabbed
KEARNY – Police were able to solve four daytime break-ins and attempted break-ins when they apprehended…
Cops thwart cycle theft; grab 1, hunt 2
By Karen Zautyk NUTLEY – Two sharp-eyed officers patrolling River Road in the wee hours…
Red Cross volunteer earns kudos
By Ron Leir KEARNY – Fires, floods, storms – they’re all things we would run…
You’ll shoot your eye out, kid
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – At 3:40 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 2, police responded to Forest St.…
Kitchen fire at local eatery
KEARNY- A fire Oct. 2 in the kitchen at Hodnett’s Steakhouse & Lounge, 188…
Hello, Fall
By Lisa Pezzolla You could have fooled me that summer was over. This past weekend…
News from the Nutley police blotter
By Karen Zautyk NUTLEY – Vandalism to cars and property, scatterings of used hypodermic needles, burglaries…
Around Town
Belleville Friends of the Belleville Public Library will have its annual Harvest Desserts and Fun Auction…
Framing your legacy plan
By Randy Neumann “I never saw a Brink’s car in a funeral parade.” —Dr. John…