Car hits pole, catches fire, it extends to building (VIDEO)

We’ll have more on this soon — in the meantime, here’s an incredible video of a…

Ed Lucas featured speaker at Woman’s Club of Arlington’s author event

The Woman’s Club of Arlington’s ninth annual Author Event takes place Sunday, April 7, at the…

Town will sue under ‘Environmental Rights Act,’ Santos says

Despite actions taken by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to make it more difficult…

Stop dumping on Kearny (1992)

Editor’s note: The following editorial appeared on The Observer’s Opinion Page on Thursday, Jan. 16, 1992.…

CLUELESS NJSEA

Some came on one of the Kearny-owned senior citizen jitney buses, including Mayor Alberto G. Santos,…

Fentanyl mill ended in Harrison: AG

Three men were arrested in the takedown of a major fentanyl and heroin mill in Harrison…

KPD: P.O. Castillo saves man at Walmart using Narcan

On March 15 at 4:11 a.m., Kearny Police Officers Anthony Oliveira and Jose Castillo and Sgt. Tom…

Kearny looks to be Smart, have a baseball season to remember

The high school baseball season will begin in earnest April Fool’s Day, but you can definitely…

SANTOS TO MURPHY: SHUT KEEGAN NOW!

There are 17 million reasons why the State of New Jersey has not closed the Keegan…

Sights & scenes of the West Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade (Part 1)

These photos are courtesy of Laura Comppen

Kearny man wins $4.5 million Pick-6

One Kearny resident now has 4.5 million reasons to be happy. Stanley M. McKelvin, of Kearny,…

King: Caller says murder occurred on Hoyt St., but it was all a hoax

An incident that demanded a SWAT Team response turned out to be a complete hoax, and…

BIG GOOD WOLF

With all due respect to those who love wolves — if I encounter one in the…

12 men who served locally credibly accused of priestly sexual abuse

The list of approximately 70 priests of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark credibly accused of…

Ken Green, known by most as X.Ray Burns, dead at 57

For more than 30 years, there was just about one thing — going to church notwithstanding…