MORRISTOWN – Nutley Commissioner Steven L. Rogers is running for Governor of New Jersey – and…
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Killer of Kearny jeweler up for sentencing
JERSEY CITY – More than seven years after he killed a Kearny jeweler during a robbery,…
Apartments at industrial park?
KEARNY – As bulldozers keep moving mounds of dirt on the site of the former Jeryl…
Firehouse fix expected to start soon: chief
KEARNY – Public safety infrastructure and personnel were among the focal points at the Dec. 6…
PHA smokers beware! Ban is coming
HARRISON – The Harrison Housing Authority is in the final stages of upgrading its closed-circuit TV…
KPD Bloody mess-up at Walmart
The report came in at 10:57 p.m. on Dec. 1: Large fight at Walmart. Turned out it…
Charged in bank robbery spree
KEARNY – The suspect in the Nov. 29 robbery of the Provident Bank in Kearny, arrested in…
BCPO: 4 Belleville cops arrested in North Arlington
Four Belleville police officers were among five men arrested Monday, Dec. 5, in the aftermath of…
Kearny wrestling coach Carratura dies
It was learned early Monday morning with incredible sadness that long-time Kearny High School wrestling coach…
Local veterans speak out on protections for Old Glory
As might be expected, veterans’ advocates in The Observer coverage area applaud, in principle, President-elect Donald…
Schuyler Co. 2 carries long family legacy
NORTH ARLINGTON — This is the story of a volunteer fire company that is celebrating its centennial…
KPD: Sometimes, things can get UGGly
Another “routine” traffic stop led to the arrest Nov. 26 of a motorist with a car containing…
Boat storage fire was arson, cops say
LYNDHURST – As families were making last-minute preparations for the Thanksgiving holiday, one or more mischief…
Will you puh-leeze protect your cars?
KEARNY – A Newark man, released from prison Oct. 31 after serving a sentence for a…
Holiday crackdown on drunken drivers
KEARNY — Starting this Friday, Dec. 9, and continuing through Jan. 1, Kearny police will participate in…
Holocaust Museum trip an eye-opener for kids
HARRISON – “So much better than I expected,” said sixth-grader Maria Navarrete. For seventh-grader David…
Nutley’s Rogers expected to announce run for Gov this week
Nutley Commissioner and retired police Lt. Steven L. Rogers has called a press conference for noon,…
End of a golden era as Kearny’s Millar retires
When John Millar was a student and soccer player at Kearny High School nearly 50 years…
ICE detention program stirs controversy
KEARNY – The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia,…
A souvenir for the Sesquicentennial
KEARNY – Maybe it will be a collector’s item one day featured on Antiques Road Show.…
Lots of surprises in store for ‘The Big Day’
KEARNY – Dec. 2 will be “The Big Day” for a lot of anxious Kearny…
KPD: Or are you just glad to see us?
At 6 a.m. on Nov. 17, Officers David Bush and Jonathan Dowie pulled over a 2013 Hyundai…
Woman rescued after leaping into river
KEARNY — What started as relatively minor traffic accident in South Kearny Saturday morning ended with…
Stewart’s matriarch dies
The matriarch of Stewart’s Scottish Market has died. Phyllis L. Stewart, who with her late husband…
Kearny Ave. fire displaces 17
KEARNY – A Thanksgiving-eve fire on Kearny Ave. displaced 17 people from their apartments, but all escaped…
You gotta BELIEVE in yourself: LeGrand
KEARNY – Kearny youngsters got a lesson they’ll likely never forget last Friday, Nov. 18, when Eric…
Remembering Pearl Harbor as 75th anniversary nears
LYNDHURST – The crew of the USS Arizona battleship was due to depart Pearl Harbor on…
Making learning fun & rewarding
EAST NEWARK – Unrepentant cynics would call it a bribe. But for progressive educators like Patrick…
Sign of hope for billboards’ arrival
KEARNY – In Oct. 2012, Kearny hired a firm to begin preparations to develop and market several vacant…
News in brief …
KEARNY – Motorists who use a busy, pothole-strewn roadway in the South Kearny area should be experiencing smoother driving soon.…