Aid will allow for new seats at Franklin auditorium, other projects

KEARNY — Improvements to athletic facilities, school facility infrastructure, personnel and pay hikes will all be…

New flu shots soon to be available for Kearny, East Newark residents

KEARNY – It’s time to think about getting a flu shot and the Kearny Health Department…

Will 101 Kearny Ave. be used for overnight parking?

KEARNY — The fate of a municipal parking lot located in the heart of Kearny’s main…

THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE: No one knew firefighter gave life in line of duty in 1941 … until cadets did research

This is the story of a hero. A man who fought in two wars and then dedicated…

Drive sober or you will get pulled over

KEARNY — Police agencies around New Jersey — including in Kearny — are gearing up for…

Chisari elevated to construction official

KEARNY — Kearny has a new construction official. Anthony Chisari, who has worked for the town…

TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN

THE FIRST TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN IN 99 years — well, it’ll almost be a…

Cadets & K-9

KEARNY – Dictionary definition of the noun “dog”: “A domesticated carnivorous mammal that typically has a long…

Cruising in style in new senior bus

KEARNY — Well, it took some doing but Kearny finally has a new bus to help…

C.O. charged with drunken driving: HPD

HARRISON — A state corrections officer, who lives in Kearny, has been charged with drunken driving…

FROM PANAMA TO KEARNY

KEARNY — A bridge deck too far? Well, not quite.​ The newfangled orthotropic deck for the…

2 Kearny cops facing discipline: chief

KEARNY — Two veteran Kearny cops are in for trouble ahead. Police Chief John Dowie has…

Cats & gosling peacefully coexist …

On June 6, Len Twist of Kearny’s TNR (Trap, Neuter, Release) program for feral felines, found a…

New comes the hard work: training

KEARNY — Once again, Kearny’s public safety rosters have been bolstered with last week’s appointment of…

KPD: Understaffed and under pressure

Kearny police blotter — continued from print edition in its entirety.  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent…

KPD: This driver was on a roll

KEARNY — At 4 a.m. on July 4, Kearny police responded to an accident on Devon St.,…

A year later, Davis Ave. firehouse reopens

KEARNY — A little more than a year after it was shuttered for emergency repairs, Kearny’s…

Locals remember the late ‘Father Tom’

The Rev. Msgr. G. Thomas Burns, who for 22 years was a parochial vicar at St.…

Suez deal questions; Oval vote put off

A year after Kearny signed up Suez to take over the town’s water utility, town officials…

KPD: Is that a lobster in your pocket or …?

KEARNY – This week, we have the privilege of recounting what has to be one of the…

SENIORS SAVOR PICNIC PLEASURE

If the 27th annual Kearny senior citizens’ picnic had been a day earlier, the mercury, which had…

KPD:  Son of a ditch!

KEARNY— A Newark man was arrested last week after he managed to navigate his car into a…

Still on the fence about Oval redesign

KEARNY — A visit to a neighboring recreation facility with portable fencing has led a key…

Bail reform: Get the point?

KEARNY —   Kearny police reported the arrest last week of a burglary suspect, whom they tracked…

KPD: Did you forget something, sir?

KEARNY —   Last week’s Kearny police blotter began with a report about a woman who…

KPD: This aunt had to cry ‘uncle’

KEARNY — A Newark woman was arrested at Walmart last week for allegedly using a juvenile —…

KPD: Say ‘hello’ to our little friend

We start this week’s Kearny blotter with an incident that occurred in another town. According to authorities,…

KPD: Girl charged in Kearny Ave. slashing

Police said it started with a friendly conversation at Dunkin’ Donuts, escalated to a robbery and ended…

The Observer turns 130 …

KEARNY — Because not all editions of The Observer can be found in the library or…

Kearny kicks off 150th anniversary celebration

KEARNY – Colette Koeppel came to see her 6-year-old granddaughter Ava sing “My Country ‘tis of Thee”…