No new taxes in Kearny’s upcoming school budget

Ladies and gentlemen, prepare yourself for perhaps the most shocking news you’ve heard in years.
This year’s school budget in Kearny will represent NO INCREASE IN TAXES. That’s right. For the upcoming budget, which residents will have to vote on next month, thanks to state aid, residents won’t have to shell out any extra money [...]

John Campbell leads in strawpoll voting

With less than a month to go before voters head to the polls to select candidates for various boards of education, it’s former board member and current candidate John Campbell leading our strawpoll on the race for the Kearny Board of Education.
Campbell served on the board from May 2004 to May 2007.
Tied for second are [...]

Brush fire burns near 280 in Kearny

A brush fire was burning along Route 280 and Harrison Avenue in Kearny early this afternoon, Fox 5 News reports. Click here for the report. If anyone has photos of the fire, please submit them by clicking here.
Firefighters from Kearny, Harrison, East Newark, Jersey City, Belleville, Secaucus, North Arlington, Lyndhurst and the North Hudson [...]

Kearny man arrested in Ocean Township after throwing underage kegger

A Kearny man was one of four people arrested after a keg party got out of hand in Ocean Township over the weekend, The Asbury Park Press reported in its edition today. Some 30 others were also issued summonses for underage drinking, the story says. In addition to the three others, Angel Mendoza, 20, of [...]

Kearny girl OK after being involved in deadly Delaware drag race

A 19-year-old Kearny girl was the passenger in a car believed to have been in a deadly drag race in Delaware, according to AP reports and Channel 3 Philadelphia. The girl, Viviana R. Londono, was taken to a hospital, and is expected to survive, according to reports. The driver of the car, Michael Tirado, of [...]

New column on faith By David Paszkiewicz debuting soon

I am delighted to announce that in the coming weeks, we’ll be debuting a new column on faith and religion written by Kearny High School history teacher David Paszkiewicz. I am sure all readers here are familiar with David, who is also a Youth Pastor at The Kearny Baptist Church on Elm Street in Kearny. [...]

Fire damages garage, spreads to shed

A fire damaged a garage to the rear of a Chestnut Street home, and then spread to a small shed in the rear of a Beech Street home yesterday shortly after 11 a.m. There was minor damage to both structures. Deputy Chief Joseph Viscuso says the Beech Street shed contained canisters of propane gas, but [...]

Mary Ellen Tarnacki dies at 60

Mrs. Mary Ellen Tarnacki, of Lyndhurst, who for six years prior to this school year led the former Sacred Heart School, of Kearny, as its principal, died Jan. 17 at Clara Maass Hospital, Belleville. She was 60. Mrs. Tarnacki spent more than two decades at Sacred Heart, and was, for many years, a math teacher [...]

KOTW chat board gets hacked

Well, it appears the chat board on Kearny on the Web has met its maker. If you log on to the board, you’ll find what you see in this photo (click the image to see it in its full size):

There is still another chat board out there if you feel the need to post. Click [...]

Will central booking work?

If anyone ever tells you there’s not much going on in Hudson County, let that person know he or she is lying. There is never a dull moment in this county, from West Hudson to North Hudson, to Jersey City to the suburbs in Bayonne (sorry, I couldn’t resist that last one).
Therefore, once a week, [...]