KEARNY – In the Dec. 28 edition of The Observer, the headline on the KPD…
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Kearny grapplers move on after losing their mentor
It was the first week of December and the Kearny High School wrestling team was just…
I-280 westbound traffic shift begins this weekend
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials remind motorists that a long-term traffic shift on I-280…
Martin Luther King Jr. flag-raising Jan. 16
BELLEVILLE — Mayor Raymond Kimble and the Township Council sponsor the third annual Dr. Martin Luther…
Kearny Second Ward Councilman Giordano dead at 50
KEARNY – Kearny Second Ward Councilman Jonathan Giordano died Saturday, Jan. 7. He was 50. Giordano,…
Cardinal Tobin takes throne as Archbishop of Newark
NEWARK – Amid great pomp and circumstance and musical fanfare, Cardinal Joseph William Tobin was installed…
Tougher standards for food trucks
LYNDHURST – It’s a real enough potential danger to what extent propane tanks in mobile food…
Arena tax deal costly, but town still gains
HARRISON – At long last, the sticky tax case is in the books – but it…
Keeping lid on taxes priority for ’17: Santos
KEARNY – Getting a grip on a pattern of rising local property taxes will continue to…
Jeweler’s killer gets life in prison
The Bloomfield man convicted of killing a Kearny jeweler during a robbery more than seven years…
KPD: Out with the old, in with the old
In Kearny, the 2016 blotter ended with yet another shoplifting, this one at ShopRite, and this one…
FieldTurf playing sites under review
KEARNY – The Kearny High Kardinals football team plays its home games on it. In Lyndhurst,…
Call it a case of instant ‘carma’
KEARNY/HARRISON – From the Department of You Can’t Make This Stuff Up comes this story of a…
280 east ramp to Parkway exit 145 emergency closure Jan. 5
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) announces emergency maintenance work requiring the temporary closure tomorrow…
Dawn of a new Wittpenn
KEARNY – Don’t expect to see planes taking off and landing on the new Wittpenn (Rt.…
Attack victim, 25, succumbs to injuries
The 25-year-old Kearny woman who was brutally attacked by an East Rutherford man Dec. 17 has…
Only bidder will fix firehouse
KEARNY – It was the lone bid submitted but the town went with it. At long…
New librarian at the helm
BELLEVILLE – A somewhat circuitous path brought Michelle Malone to the Belleville Public Library in…
KPD: From one lockup to another
Back on Sept. 2, Kearny police were called to a Bergen Ave. apartment complex on a report…
Panel: Keegan’s worth $7.88 million
KEARNY – Here’s a holiday fable that’s guaranteed to knock you for a loop. Remember the…
Passaic River park projected
HARRISON – There may be another municipal park in Harrison’s future. The “Cape May St.…
Tips on keeping cars from being vandalized
LYNDHURST/NORTH ARLINGTON – Even in the wintertime, Riverside County Park – stretching along the banks of the…
And no partridge in a pear tree, either
KEARNY – A 26-year-old Kearny man spent Christmas in the Hudson County Jail, and unless Santa showed…
Ciampaglia completes monster year with Coccia
LYNDHURST – If you were to judge Ray Ciampaglia on his accomplishments in real estate, you’d probably…
Shot by police, he now faces charges
BELLEVILLE – A Belleville man is in police custody in connection with a shooting incident that…
Mary A. Tortoreti, Observer owner, 1942-2016
Mary A. Tortoreti, who for the last four decades was the matriarch of The Observer and…
The news stories that made headlines in 2016
Compiled by Ron Leir & Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondents It was another banner year for…
B&C picked to build new Harrison school
HARRISON – A contractor that ended up in arbitration with the Kearny Board of Education on…
Trooper lists online safety tips
BELLEVILLE – On the heels of the arrest of a Belleville man earlier this month for…
5-year deal to reassess local properties
NORTH ARLINGTON – Nobody told the borough to do it – there was no order from…