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…