A front-page story in the Feb. 1 edition of The Observer misidentified a Kearny police official being…
Month: January 2017
Justly deserved honor for patriot Phil Kearny
KEARNY – Standing orders have arrived per digital dispatch: U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Philip Kearny, commander…
Scary drug facts to go with your coffee
BELLEVILLE – It was billed as “Coffee with a Cop,” but there was a lot more…
BOE pitching $66M referendum
NUTLEY – If Nutley property owners want to support a plan to relieve overcrowding in the…
No replacement yet for the late Jon Giordano
KEARNY – As of last week, no candidate has yet surfaced to fill the Second Ward…
KPD blotter: N.J. bail reform at work
At 1 p.m. last Wednesday, Jan. 18, Officer Luis Moran responded to Bergen Ave. and Elm St.…
Small raises for 2 employee groups
KEARNY – Some Kearny municipal employees are now members of the 1%. No, they’re not part…
A trifecta for Kearny cops
KEARNY – Interesting day for the Kearny PD on Thursday, Jan. 12. Officers recorded three separate arrests…
4 years for ‘stolen’ car scam
HARRISON – A 27-year-old Harrison man has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role…
WiFi hotspots available from LPL
LYNDHURST – Township residents who don’t have Internet access at home just got a great gift…
Blue Lines Matter!
By Karen Zautyk Last year, as a symbol of support for their police officers, towns across…
Obituaries for 25 Jan. 2017
Maria Garcia Maria Garcia, of Kearny, died peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on Jan. 17. She…
QP hires Russo to take over beleaguered grid program
The revolving door, also known as the Queen of Peace head football coaching carousel, has been…
Thousands of points, memories as Kearny hoop greats return
Of all the hundreds of boys’ basketball players that have played for Kearny High School over…
Harrison’s Leiras leads basketball revival with Blue Tide
Johnathan Leiras doesn’t exactly live the life of a conventional high school student. You see, Leiras…
Basile steps down as Nutley grid coach
When Tom Basile left the head coaching position at Barringer High School in 2004 to join…
PSE&G prepared for Monday storm
PSE&G is preparing for the approaching storm system that could bring heavy rain and gale-force winds.…
Confessore calls it a career
HARRISON – As one longtime administrator leaves, a new one enters at the Harrison Board of…
Getting into the spirit of the paranormal
How do you get 130+ high school students to sit in absolute silence, listening with rapt…
Kearny Rec creates policy for transgender participants
KEARNY – Given the recent action by the Secaucus chapter of the Boy Scouts of America…
‘Remember, Jon, there’s another carpenter (up) there’
KEARNY – An overwhelming sense of loss. That was the obvious sentiment that prevailed at the…
KPD: Victim helps nab burglary suspect
At 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7, Kearny police received a report of a burglary in progress…
2 motorcycles stolen from 1 township man: NPD
NUTLEY – Two motorcycles parked in their assigned parking spaces at a River Road apartment complex…
Water fails test but is OK to drink
BELLEVILLE – It happened in 2015 and, again, in 2016. As per a Dec. 29, 2016…
DOT to brief SKIA on traffic changes
KEARNY – Local business owners will huddle with state transit officials this week to learn about…
LPD seek 2 in Bridge Exxon holdup
LYNDHURST – Two suspects were being sought in connection with the armed robbery of a service…
4 charged as deli-nquents
KEARNY – In the Dec. 28 edition of The Observer, the headline on the KPD…
They were the best they could be
By Ron Leir As we usher in the new year and, with it, hope for renewal,…
Obituaries for Jan. 18, 2017
John McAllister John McAllister, of Morristown, formerly of Harrison, died Friday, Dec. 30. He was 54.…
Kearny grapplers move on after losing their mentor
It was the first week of December and the Kearny High School wrestling team was just…