News in Kearny, New Jersey

Kearny Financial Corp. Reports Second Quarter 2012 Operating Results
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:00:00 -0800

FAIRFIELD, NJ-- - Kearny Financial Corp. , the holding company of Kearny Federal Savings Bank , today reported net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 of $470,000, or $0.01 per diluted share.The ...

Randy Barkowski
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:41:55 -0800

Randy Barkowski died on Jan. 17 in St. Michael’s Medical Center. He was 56. Born in Orange, he was a lifelong Kearny resident.

Edison braces for economic setback if mail center moves
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:20:40 -0800

A summary of the Area Mail Processing proposal and presentation materials are available at http://about.usps.com/streamlining-operations/area-mail-processing.htm . Public comments can be sent by Jan. 25 to Manager Consumer and Industry Contact, USPS, Nortern New Jersey District, 494 Broad St., Newark, NJ 07102-9331.

Crowds come out to fight mail operations transfer
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:04:56 -0800

BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Keep the mail center in Edison open. That was the consensus among hundreds of people who attended the U.S. Postal Service’s public hearing on its proposal to consolidate and move operations from the Kilmer Processing & Distribution Center (P&DC) in Edison to the Dominick V. Daniels Center in Kearny. read more

Documentary outlines NJ Turnpike history
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:20:46 -0800

Constructed in four years (1948-1952) and running from the George Washington Bridge to just south of the Delaware Memorial Bridge, the NJ Turnpike seems like an engineering marvel. Today the NJ Turnpike is the nation’s sixth busiest toll road. But the real stories that bring it to life are about the people who travel it and created it and its coexistence with nature in the Meadowlands area. It ...

New Jersey Postal Workers Bracing For Cuts
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:52:35 -0800

Fewer people are mailing letters or bills and four out of ten stamps are now bought at grocery and drug stores. That's why they’re considering closing a mail processing center in Teterboro and shifting duties to their Kearny center.

Community notes
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:18:45 -0800

Kearny UNICO has changed its meeting date to the second Thursday of the month. The January membership meeting will be held tonight at 7:30 p.m. Anyone interested in attending the meeting and/or learning more about Kearny UNICO should contact Chapter President Lou Pandolfi at (201) 368-2409.

Woman's Club of Arlington plans book event
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:48:41 -0800

The Woman's Club of Arlington is hosting a "Literary Winter Warm-up" on Sunday at the Arlington Players Club, 12 Washington Place, in Kearny, from 2 to 5 p.m.

In February, America Uniquely Celebrates Faith and Interfaith Efforts of the 'Four Chaplains' from the Floor of ...
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:51:07 -0800

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a commemoration of one of America's worst maritime tragedies and a celebration of the faith and self-sacrifice of four heroic U.S. Army Chaplains, thousands of Americans soon will meet in churches, synagogues, VA Hospital Chapels, veterans' posts and even in Congress in special interfaith memorials.

Community in the spotlight
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:08:09 -0800

The dedication ceremony for the gymnasium in the Ice Rink Center at Bayonne High School will take place tonight at 5 p.m. The gymnasium will be named after girls basketball coach Jeffrey R. Stabile.