KPD: 5 teens, a few believed to be loosely gang-affiliated, savagely beat teenage couple on Kearny Ave.

One may recall a group of juveniles who were recently arrested after a robbery, multiple aggravated…

Lyndhurst PD: Man wanted in Pa. arrested, is headed back to Keystone State

A Newark man who was wanted by authorities in Pennsylvania is now behind bars, awaiting extradition,…

Zapata: Canessa, The Observer should really stick to old-school, fact-based journalism

To the Editor: In a recent article titled “Doyle in, Zapata out, as clerk to the…

KPD: Two women, one from East Newark, thought they were in the UK, possessed slew of illicit drugs

Two women, one from East Newark, should have stayed home one early morning last week —…

Tony Mondaro joins Kevin tonight @ 7 p.m. for weekend storm update

Tony Mondaro joins The Observer’s Kevin Canessa tonight at 7 p.m. ET to discuss the pending…

ALERT — Street sweeping suspended Jan. 18 & 19 in Harrison

Street sweeping is suspended Jan. 18 and Jan. 19 in Harrison, the town said in a…

Tonight’s Kearny Council meeting postponed

VIDEO — Kearny’s 2024 Reorganization Meeting

Please note — this video was filmed by the Town of Kearny using Zoom. We had…

NJDOT implementing travel restrictions for Jan. 6

New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti has issued a commercial vehicle travel restriction…

Wittpenn Bridge closed most of this weekend

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) today announced a full closure of the Route 7/Wittpenn…

Get ready for potential long-term traffic nightmare on Newark-JC Turnpike

One lane of CR 508/Newark-Jersey City Turnpike eastbound between I-280 and U.S. Post Office Drive is…

Doyle in, Zapata out, as clerk to Hudson commissioners

Kearny Mayor Carol Jean Doyle has a new position to add to her resume and it…

BCPO: Nutley man awaiting trial for vehicular homicide now facing charges he sexually assaulted minor

A Nutley man who was charged with reckless vehicular homicide in the 2019 death of an…

KPD: Good Samaritan helping woman in distress has car rammed 3 times by drunken driver just outside HQ

No good deed goes unpunished and one Kearny Good Samaritan learned that the hard way this…

Man, 37, shot dead in Belleville; 4-year-old also shot in same incident: ECPO

A 37-year-old man was shot and killed in the afternoon of Dec. 16 on Mill Street…