By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – The mercury had dropped to near-freezing last Friday night, Nov. 14,…
Category: Public Safety
90 displaced by 3-alarm blaze
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A three-alarm fire in an apartment building on Beech St. at…
OCI will reopen, owners say
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – Akitchen fire sent about 30 customers scurrying out of a popular Nutley…
3 rescued in Beech St. house fire
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY– The Kearny Fire Department, responding to a Beech St. house fire last Thursday…
Black ice creates havoc
KEARNY– November temperatures, half-a-month overdue, arrived with a vengeance last week, bringing with them that bane of winter travel: black…
KPD: Mother knows best
A teenage auto-theft suspect who led police on both a car chase and a foot chase ended up cooling…
Merchant stuck with fake bills & more: NPD blotter
A Franklin Ave. business in Nutley was the apparent victim of a counterfeit sting. The business representative informed Nutley PD that…
90 displaced by three-alarm Kearny fire on Sunday
Above: A woman awaits rescue on a fire escape at a Beech St. fire Sunday afternoon…
Nutley cops hunt driver in fatal hit-run
A photo (above) of the suspect van was released Nov. 19 by the Essex County Prosecutor’s…
Cop promotions upcoming
KEARNY – Kearny Police Chief John Dowie, who has repeatedly warned that his ranks are being stretched thin with a…
Bribery: By hook…
A Belleville man who was a Jersey City fire inspector pleaded guilty last week to accepting bribes from brothels, U.S.…
2nd victim identified in Rt. 21 accident
BELLEVILLE – Authorities last week identified the second person killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on Rt. 21 on…
Now he can tell it to the judge: KPD blotter
Kearny driver who told police they were violating his legal rights ended up facing the weight of the law.…
Hits car & flees; later, leaves kid: cops
What started as a hit and run led Kearny PD to a suspect who, initially, eluded them while leaving…
Jailed on pain-pill, cocaine charges
LYNDHURST – Following a two-week investigation, officers of the Lyndhurst Police Department and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force…