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…