KEARNY – As they say, you can’t make this stuff up. Arrested Thursday in Newark was a man…
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Council OKs ‘trial’ Sunday demolition
KEARNY – It hasn’t happened in a long while so when a member of the Kearny governing body cast…
‘Front-end in first’ or face a fine
KEARNY – Motorists beware! The town has extended its “Front-End in First” policy to the municipal lot at 285 Kearny…
KPD: Different sort of accident report
If your husband smashes up your car, why not just report it stolen? According to police, that’s what a…
This was an open & shut case
KEARNY – Local vice detectives, ever vigilant in their efforts to protect the township from nefarious activity, managed to…
Business Review: Alternate paths to relief at Total Pain Care
KEARNY – There’s a myth out there about living with pain. Most people think one of the only solutions…
Shop Rite wins Kearny Little League World Series
There was a time in his life when Mike Landy was a successful high school football and baseball coach at…
Security contractor fills BOE seat
KEARNY – The Kearny Board of Education has appointed Bryan Granelli, a private security firm owner whose daughter is a…
Penalties imposed after 2 kittens killed
KEARNY – One dog was put down and another was put “on probation” after they reportedly mauled two kittens in…
KPD: An appetite for arrest?
Shortly before midnight on Monday, June 15, Kearny police received a report of suspicious persons possibly attempting to enter parked vehicles…
Close call for cop as he fires at oncoming racer
KEARNY – A Kearny police officer attempting to stop a drag race opened fire on one of the vehicles…
Crackdown looming on weekend trash
KEARNY – The Town of Kearny is sending out spies to capture evidence of weekend trash law violations with…
Local grid stars have one last game to remember
Strange twist of fate reunites Banks, Urgola OAKLAND – Kearny native Keon Banks and Lyndhurst’s Peter Urgola had a fateful…
New rec boss eyes expansion
KEARNY – The Town of Kearny has a new Parks & Recreation director, although the individual in the post…
Letters of the law
KEARNY – While visiting Kearny police headquarters the other day, our attention was caught by a delightful crayon drawing — the…
KPD: Arrest served up on a plate
A New York City man was arrested last Thursday on suspicion of credit-card theft and other charges after an obscured…
Fast cars, first loves, ‘50s music in ‘Grease’
Start the summer off right with the West Hudson Arts and Theater Company (W.H.A.T.) production of America’s favorite musical, “Grease.” The…
Town pays tribute to General Kearny
KEARNY– With five of his great-grandchildren in attendance, the Town of Kearny celebrated the 200th anniversary of the birth of…
S.A. duo moving to West
KEARNY – The Corps Officers of the Salvation Army of Greater Kearny are headed west. Capt. Sherry and…
“Outstanding” seniors feted
A Kearny animal advocate and two women from Harrison and East Newark, respectively, dedicated to the needs of the elderly…
It’s official now: Esteves is out
KEARNY – Dan Esteves, who has failed to attend close to 60% of the meetings held by the Kearny Board…
Suspected teen burglar nabbed
KEARNY – A 16-year-old from Newark was arrested last week on criminal charges after leading cops on a 3 a.m.…
Leadbeater sentencing set for Sept. 14
NEWARK – The U.S. Attorney’s Office confirmed this week that the sentencing of former Kearny councilman John Leadbeater has been…
POLICE CHARGE HARRISON HIT-AND-RUN SUSPECT
By Kevin Canessa Jr. and Ron Leir Observer Correspondents HARRISON — Harrison police say they have…
Public event safety eyed in new rules
KEARNY – Kearny’s VFW post is asking the town to divert traffic off Belgrove Drive, from Bergen Ave. to…
School trustee facing removal
KEARNY – Once part of a majority voting bloc on the Kearny Board of Education, Dan Esteves this week faced…
Town awaits ABC ruling on bar
KEARNY – Theresa Sullivan was happy when she bought her brand new house on Brighton Ave. in Kearny’s First Ward.…
4 new promotions but still understaffed
KEARNY – He’s been a Kearny cop since 1999 but five years prior, Adriano Marques learned what it was like…
BOE settles with Doran on back pay
KEARNY – The Kearny Board of Education has agreed to settle a tort claim for wrongful termination brought by…
KPD: No Coke. Pepsi.
Three Kearny juveniles who mistakenly thought they were smarter than the cops ended up in custody last week after they stole…