Garfield News

The Kearny Board of Education's plan to redistrict schools, including creating a seventh and eighth grade middle school at Lincoln School, poses a budget dilemma for the town.

The victim of a f atal accident this morning on the New Jersey Turnpike in Kearny has been identified as a 32-year-old Turnpike maintenance worker, New Jersey State Police said.

An ordinance for an amended site plan for the former Sketchley Service plant on Cherry and Schley streets, allowing 75 rental units to be built, was adopted by the mayor and council at its July 8 council meeting.

The Wallington Police Department arrested a Garfield resident on June 19 after a search during a motor vehicle stop revealed that the driver was carrying a large bag of marijuana in his car trunk, authorities said.

At her first council meeting as mayor, Tana Raymond said she is making absentee landlords and illegal apartments a priority and asked the city attorney to find ways to take action.

Hailing from Meadowlands, New Jersey, the band AUG's second album, Be Careful What You Wish For.

The first female mayor in Garfield's 97 year history was elected at a special council meeting on July 1, despite a mixed vote from the council.

GARFIELD - Debbie D'Anthony finally has a neighborhood grocery store after a year of having her daughter drive her to ShopRite in Lodi.

The Garfield Council passed a resolution to give the Veterans of Foreign Wars $50,000 in lieu of a grant it lost while negotiating with the city over possibly buying its property.

A night of drinking among friends in the city turned tragic early Saturday morning, when shots rang out and a 33-year-old Garfield man was left to die alone, his friends abandoning him as he lay bleeding in the street, police said Sunday.

Mayor Joseph Delaney is expected to attend an 8 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony. Nearly 100 full- and part-time employees will work at the 41,000-square-foot store.

The Kearny Farmers' Market, sponsored by the Kearny Urban Enterprise Zone program, made its return appearance last Thursday, June 19, with several of the familiar vendors but with one new wrinkle a new location.

The city council has endorsed the Hackensack Regional Chamber of Commerce and encourages small businesses in the city to join.

Garfield's Dundee Dam Riverwalk opened on Saturday. "People always see the Passaic River as a negative.

Police arrested a man who was seen attempting to enter vehicles on Cottage Place and fled the area entering yards on June 10. The Garfield Police Department received a call reporting a male attempting to enter parked vehicles by pulling on car door handles to four cars as he walked down the street on Cottage Place at 12:48 a.m. on June 10. The ... (more)

The Garfield Police Department arrested a man for a home burglary after a witness watched the suspect enter and leave the home and walk into Passaic.

Saddle Brook will be among the few school districts in the state to pilot the New Jersey Kindergarten Entrance Assessment in September, following approval by the Board of Education during its June 11 meeting.

Garfield Police arrested a city woman after finding her in a Van Winkle Avenue home that she had allegedly broken into, police said.

GARFIELD - A 31-year-old city woman was arrested and charged in connection with a Van Winkle Avenue residential burglary, police said Friday.

The Garfield City Council has adopted an ordinance in the aftermath of a firefighter being injured by a juvenile throwing a bottle at a fire truck that was responding to a call.