KEARNY – Matt and Timothy Farias are practicing being brothers’ keepers. Sure, they’re brothers but it goes far…
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Tragedy on Kearny Ave.
KEARNY – At 6:50 a.m. last Thursday, Jan. 26, Kearny police received a 911 call reporting a…
Obituaries for 1 Feb. 2017
Bill Kay Bill Kay died Jan. 24. He was 79. Born in Fair Lawn, Bill lived…
Correction
A front-page story in the Feb. 1 edition of The Observer misidentified a Kearny police official being…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…