Kearny News

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> In this video press release, the Assembly Democrats announce the election of new legislative leaders for the 214th Legislature.

The diagram above represents the state Department of Transportation's plans for the Route 1&9 Truck Viaduct Project.

In a courtroom artist's sketch, former Filipino police official Michael Ray Aquino, foreground, stands at his arrignment before U.S. District Judge William H. Walls, right, in Newark, N.J., Thursday.

Kearny has begun giving students the H1N1 vaccinations with free clinics in the schools.

Public Services Electric and Gas Company is offering free energy audits and other services to eligible customers in 25 Urban Enterprise Zones .

Anthony Rose has been charged with the murder of Jersey City resident Darius Burgess.

"Keeping It Real" program at Hudson County jail helps former inmates kick bad habits and lead productive lives.

As South Bergen weathers the effects of the nationa s longest, deepest recession since the 1930s, at least one type of business seems to be thriving.

A Kearny resident donates blood. Our Lady of Assumption Catholic War Veterans Post 1612, Bayonne Chapter of Unico and the American Red Cross will be hosting one of three blood drives for 2009 on November 21, according to chairmen of the drive, John Nicaretta, Art Van Horn and Unico president Steve Lazskow.

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Teens need place to shoot hoops A s Kearny has unveiled a host of renovated playgrounds over the past couple of years, a problem has emerged: places for teenagers to shoot hoops outdoors are now few and far between.

A grand jury has indicted a counselor at the Hudson County jail in Kearny on charges she smuggled drugs to inmates.

Lidette Avila, 57, of Jersey City made her first appearance in court via videolink from the Hudson County jail today on charges she hit her boyfriend in the head with a flowerpot and stabbed him.

A fire ripped through the rear of two townhouses in a group of four attached homes and displaced five people yesterday, Harrison Fire Department officials said.

Dementia Caregiver Program Scheduled in Kearny, November 19th By Clara Maass Continuing Care Center 11/9/2009 On Thursday, November 19, from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., Clara Maass Continuing Care Center at West Hudson will host a free community program titled, Advanced Alzheimer's Disease - Emotional Concerns for Caregivers.

Fire raced through a six-family house in Harrison this afternoon, going to 3-alarms before being brought under control.

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> For this episode of New Jersey Education Briefs, Dr. Richard Bozza interviews the president-elect of the NJASA, Judith Rattner.

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Team Wright wins at karate match T eam Wright members from Bayonne, Kearny, Union, Irvington, Jersey City won awards at a match in September at Marist High School.

Kearny Mayor Alberto Santos, shown here earlier today, has declared victory in his election with Republican candidate John Leadbeater.

On Tuesday, November 10, from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., Clara Maass Continuing Care Center at Kearny, located at 195 Belgrove Drive in Kearny, will host a free glucose screening for community members.

T he popular administrator of Mater Dei Academy in Kearny has been transferred by the Archdiocese of Newark, angering parents who have lauded the Rev.