Eleanor McGarril Eleanor McGarril (nee Reagan), formerly of North Arlington, died in Alexandria, Va., on June…
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KPD: Did you forget something, sir?
KEARNY — Last week’s Kearny police blotter began with a report about a woman who…
Distracted drivers, you have been warned
TRENTON – N.J. Attorney General Christopher Porrino and the Division of Highway Traffic Safety announced last week…
Letter: You’ve got a gem in Karen Zautyk
To the Editor: RE: Karen Zautyk … I have recently begun reading your articles, and the Kearny Police…
Here’s how to get America back in the black
By Ron Leir Have you ever seen the National Debt Clock? It’s an electronic recounting, to…
Obituaries for 14 June 2017
Dallas W. Henry Dallas W. Henry died at home on June 5. He was 41. Born…
EVERYTHING LOST
KEARNY — A fast-moving fire severely damaged a home at 664 Elm St. the night of May…
Managers getting pay hikes
KEARNY/HARRISON — It’s been more than three years since key non-union administrative municipal employees in Kearny…
Offering a path to citizenship
KEARNY — The Portuguese Cultural Association of Kearny is partnering with We Are One New Jersey’s…
4 collared in mugging/robbery: HPD
HARRISON – Four out-of-towners – a Kearny senior and three North Arlington females – were held…
KPD: This aunt had to cry ‘uncle’
KEARNY — A Newark woman was arrested at Walmart last week for allegedly using a juvenile —…
When the fountain flowed flakes …
LYNDHURST — Call it the case of the frothy fountain. If you walked by the fountain…
WWI memorial restored
Photo by Michael Perrone The May 24 Observer featured a story, “Honoring Belleville’s World War I dead,”…
Charged with DWI in Davis Ave. hit-run
KEARNY — A 43-year-old town man is facing numerous charges — including DWI, assault by auto…
Guilty plea in bank-robbery spree
NEWARK — A Newark man has pleaded guilty in Federal Court to robbing five banks —…
You can’t make this stuff up
KEARNY — Two men, ostensibly friends, reportedly turned Kearny police headquarters into a boxing ring recently, resulting…
‘Fearless Girl’ is a lot of bull
By Karen Zautyk The other day, I had an unexpected visit from my old friend the…
Obituaries — 7 June 2017
Wilburt ‘J.R.’ Rocco Wilburt “J.R.” Rocco, 72, of Kearny, died May 29. A funeral service took…
Homes of the Brave
EAST NEWARK — The Borough of East Newark covers a grand total of 0.102 square miles…
‘It’s all about the reading’
EAST NEWARK — A visit from a children’s book writer, free books and new book cabinets.…
New occupants for old parish schools
KEARNY – The moribund parish school campus of St. Cecilia in Kearny will be seeing…
KPD: Say ‘hello’ to our little friend
We start this week’s Kearny blotter with an incident that occurred in another town. According to authorities,…
Owner ordered to clean up boat yard
KEARNY – It looks like the last voyage for the old Rapp’s boatyard. Since the yard…
To jump-start your imagination … read
Several years in the making, the project was no flight of fancy — but the final…
Sketch leads to arrest of suspected burglar
BELLEVILLE — A Newark man is in police custody in connection with an overnight Belleville home…
Obituaries for 31 May 2017
Arthur W. Miller Arthur W. Miller, 86, died May 15, at the Hackensack University Medical Center.…
‘I don’t want to discuss this’
If you’ve taken a ride along River Road in North Arlington near the Belleville Turnpike recently,…
New commission roster in place
LYNDHURST — Lyndhurst’s five newly elected township commissioners were sworn into office at a reorganization session in…
Cooking up a storm at new HHS kitchen
HARRISON — There’s nothing half-baked about Harrison High School’s newly completed culinary kitchen. Three years in…
Honoring Belleville’s World War I dead
BELLEVILLE – Embedded in the cemetery wall just west of the main entrance of St. Peter’s Church…