Trained & ready to go …

KEARNY – Thirteen new probationary firefighters, including the fire chief’s son, are now riding KFD rigs. Although…

News in brief …

KEARNY – The Peruvian Civic Association of New Jersey has asked the Kearny municipal government to set…

KPD: DWI & assault by auto

At 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 19, Kearny police responded to the report of a “serious accident”…

Half-day preK-3 classes coming in the fall

KEARNY – Starting this fall, the Kearny Board of Education will be starting an in-house “half-day integrated program for…

Town clearing mold in Annex basement

KEARNY – A lingering environmental sore point that has shut down a municipal storage space is…

2 guns off the streets, 1 ‘at large’

KEARNY – Offering yet more proof that no arrest, or traffic stop,  is necessarily “routine,” Kearny police…

KPD: Bluetooth, toothbrushes & bullets

A Walmart shoplifting suspect ended up in the Hudson County Jail after he was found to be…

Push for funding to help curb opioid plague

KEARNY – The Town of Kearny will be one of 70 government agencies and NGOs competing…

KPD: Drug charges, fake IDs & bail reform

A routine traffic stop last week led to the arrest of a man whose car allegedly held…

Doffont to lead St. Paddy’s Day parade

The grand marshal of the United Irish of West Hudson’s 2017 St. Patrick’s Day parade is…

Surf & turf at Walmart

KEARNY – Three alleged members of what Walmart security termed a a shoplifting ring” ended up in…

At World Trade Center, tragedy strikes beloved rower

By Jim Hague & Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Sports Writer & Observer Correspondent NEW YORK CITY…

Council selects tri-lingual Santana for Second Ward opening

KEARNY – Davis Ave. resident Peter Santana was appointed Second Ward Councilman at a special council…

Proposed pipeline posing problems

KEARNY – The Town of Kearny and the state’s biggest utility may be going to war…

KPD:  Get the drift? You’re under arrest

By 9 p.m. last Thursday, Feb. 9, the snow had stopped falling, but Kearny police reportedly had…

KHS bomb threat probe continues

KEARNY – As reported online by The Observer last week, a written bomb threat was found in…

Developer revising apartment project

KEARNY – Plans to build new apartments on a Kearny Ave. site occupied by a now-closed gas…

KPD: A not-so-nice walk in the park

At 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 26, Officers Derek Hemphill and Sean Podolski were approached on Kearny…

Sugar cookie’s bitter aftertaste

  KEARNY – On Friday, Jan. 27, Kearny police received a 9 p.m. report of a…

Domestic livestock prompts complaints

KEARNY – The Town of Kearny is considering drafting a law to deal with an emergence…

5 public safety promotions

KEARNY – It was a hail and farewell day for certain Kearny public safety employees last Tuesday.…

Burglary/theft suspect nabbed

KEARNY – A 28-year-old Newark man, on parole after a 2007 conviction for aggravated manslaughter, was back behind…

Spreading the love among the unfortunate

KEARNY – Matt and Timothy Farias are practicing being brothers’ keepers. Sure, they’re brothers but it goes far…

Justly deserved honor for patriot Phil Kearny

KEARNY – Standing orders have arrived per digital dispatch: U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Philip Kearny, commander…

KPD blotter: N.J. bail reform at work

At 1 p.m. last Wednesday, Jan. 18, Officer Luis Moran responded to Bergen Ave. and Elm St.…

Small raises for 2 employee groups

KEARNY – Some Kearny municipal employees are now members of the 1%. No, they’re not part…

A trifecta for Kearny cops

KEARNY – Interesting day for the Kearny PD on Thursday, Jan. 12. Officers recorded three separate arrests…

Kearny Rec creates policy for transgender participants

KEARNY – Given the recent action by the Secaucus chapter of the Boy Scouts of America…

‘Remember, Jon, there’s another carpenter (up) there’

KEARNY – An overwhelming sense of loss. That was the obvious sentiment that prevailed at the…

KPD: Victim helps nab burglary suspect

At 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7, Kearny police received a report of a burglary in progress…