KEARNY – Two water rescues were successfully performed by Kearny Fire Department crews this past weekend…
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Billboards finally yielding ca$h
KEARNY — It took five years, a lawsuit and perseverance but it was worth the wait.…
14-year-old Kearny boy reported missing last week still has not been found
A 14-year-old boy whose family reported him missing a week ago today has still not yet…
All creatures, great and small, were blessed at Boystown ceremony
KEARNY — Have you ever met a bearded dragon? We encountered one for the very first time…
NYC college lecturer, a Kearny resident, charged with federal offenses for selling fake college certificates
Mamdouh Abdel-Sayed, a 68-year-old Kearny resident and a full-time, tenured lecturer at the City University of…
Sights from Kearny’s 150th Anniversary celebration
Here’s a photo gallery from Kearny's 150th anniversary celebration on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017.
DPW chief Kerr prepares to call it a career
KEARNY — A loyal Kearny civil servant who will be leaving the town’s employ the end…
Noise from Newark annoying Kearny residents, bike-share plan rejected
Kearny residents fed up with music blasting at them from across the Passaic River into the…
Teen arrested on gun charges
Following an incident last week, police reported the arrest of three young town males, one of whom…
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…
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…