Why is the DEP getting crabby? Just beclaws!

By Karen Zautyk In the mid-1980s, because of all the chemicals and other pollutants that had…

9/11 fund hearing in Hudson

    By Karen Zautyk Sheila Birnbaum, special master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund,…

E. Orange man slain in Belleville

A  54-year-old East Orange man was fatally shot in his car on a residential street in…

Fire was minimal, fear was not

By Karen Zautyk HARRISON — A fire at a local scrap yard last week was quickly…

Family business still booming

    By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – Back in the early part of the 20th century,…

Something to cheer about

  By James A. Vezos While being in competition for only five years, the Kearny Generals…

N.A. cop contract sent back to arbitrator

NORTH ARLINGTON – The state Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) has ruled in the borough’s favor…

3 more towns check in for Night Out Against Crime

  Bloomfield, Harrison and East Newark are among the local communities that will join more than…

2 PDs seek higher rating

Police Departments in Lyndhurst and Nutley will be “graded” on their performance by the New Jersey…

Around town

Belleville Belleville Public Library and Information Center, 221 Washington Ave., is offering patrons tutoring on surfing…

Sometimes hiring a tax preparer is best choice

  By Randy Neumann Is preparing your own taxes getting to be more and more of…

Nutley Police blotter: Dog days of summer

By Karen Zautyk You’d think by now people would know better. Last week, one of the…

Every day is a new chapter

By Karen Zautyk BLOOMFIELD – This Thursday evening at Oakeside Manor, you’ll have the chance to…

Holy Cross gets new tenant

    By Ronald Leir HARRISON – It looks like the empty corridors and classrooms of…

‘Bump-and-run’ carjackings

 By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – Two separate “bump-and-run” carjackings – one at each end of town…