KEARNY – Kearny Board of Health personnel have been engaged in a lot of trash talking…
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Cooling centers open in Kearny during hot weather
The Town of Kearny will provide cooling centers during what will likely be the first heat…
Diverse agenda keeps council busy
KEARNY – Canines, pawnshops, road conditions, baseball and block parties all commanded attention of the mayor…
It’s official: Suez tapped to run water department
KEARNY – After months of negotiations, the Town of Kearny has concluded a deal for Suez…
KPD: An unhappy hooker?
A Kearny woman who allegedly advertised herself as having “unforgettable skills” had an unforgettable encounter with Vice…
Pascrell bolsters local firefighting efforts
KEARNY — If you were wondering why there was a mob of people gathered in front of…
2nd woman, oldest rookie join KFD
KEARNY – About four months ago, eight rookies entered the Morris County Public Safety Academy for…
PSE&G to upgrade gas facilities in Kearny
Beginning July 5, PSE&G will be working in Kearny to replace approximately 5 miles of aging…
Kearny school system’s computers attacked
KEARNY – Someone attacked the Kearny public school district’s computer system last week, threatening to hold…
Fatal accident in Walmart lot
A 35-year-old East Orange man was fatally injured Sunday night when he was struck by a…
Roof on Davis Ave. Firehouse on verge of collapsing
KEARNY — If you’ve been down on Davis Ave. lately, you’ve likely noticed a distinct lack of…
Town won’t stand for chairs on Vets Field
KEARNY – Now that summer is rapidly approaching, Kearny town officials are gearing up for the…
Rt. 7 East closed overnights through Friday
KEARNY — NJDOT officials announced Rt. 7 eastbound will be closed overnight this week to allow for…
‘Green’ education at Roosevelt School thanks to PVSC outreach
By Celeste Regal Special to The Observer KEARNY — Multimedia coordinator Chris Brooks kept a…
KPD: There’s no beer in the ‘can’
A Kearny man, who might have walked away with just a town ordinance summons for drinking…
KPD: Arrest made in Friday-morning shooting
KEARNY — Just 27 hours after a woman was shot and wounded near the intersection of…
KPD statement on Friday-morning shooting
The Kearny Police Department has released the following statement regarding the shooting that occurred Friday morning:…
Konopka: ‘That school’s (KHS) a disaster’
KEARNY — Second Ward Councilman Richard Konopka was on a roll Tuesday night, May 24,…
Forgotten book yields surprise
KEARNY — This is a story about a book. A very small book. With a very…
A campaign to feed the hungry
KEARNY — The first shipment of 287,000 meals — accompanied by clothing and shoes — went…
Fire leads to traffic headaches
KEARNY — Firefighters managed to knock down a two-alarm warehouse blaze within 50 minutes on May 20,…
Expanding handicapped parking rules
KEARNY – The Town of Kearny is once again looking to tighten controls over handicapped parking.…
KPD: A Cobra in the car
A routine traffic stop in the early-morning hours of Saturday, May 14, revealed some potentially lethal contraband…
Kearny park for pooches opens
KEARNY – Canines rule now! On May 10, the Town of Kearny made good on its…
KFD fetes its own & others
KEARNY — A man was working for a PSE&G subcontractor in North Arlington and one of…
KPD: Argued himself into jail
KPD: Argued himself into jail What started as an argument at Town Hall ended with a…
Town picks meadows redeveloper
This story is updated to correct inaccurate information originally listed online — and in the May…
KPD: 2 boys bring fake gun to school
KEARNY — Two boys who reportedly brought a fake gun to Franklin School last Tuesday morning learned…
KPD: DWI charged in hit-run
KEARNY — A Harrison man was transported to University Hospital, Newark, after being struck by a…
Shutting down water utility?
KEARNY – The N.J. Civil Service Commission has sanctioned Kearny’s plan to, essentially, shut down the…