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A quiet, tree-lined drug bust
LYNDHURST — A township couple was arrested last week at their Summit Ave. home in connection with…
New command set at Belleville PD
BELLEVILLE — He was installed as the leader of the Belleville Police Department only a few…
Harrison’s website back online
HARRISON – Harrison’s municipal website, which was taken down July 7 after hackers attacked the site,…
Leadbeater, others, ordered to repay $3M+
KEARNY — Former Kearny Board of Education member and ex-Councilman John Leadbeater has been ordered to…
DeVita takes new job in Cedar Grove, resigns Kearny BOE position
KEARNY – Soon he’ll be trading in his Kardinal logo for that of a Panther. Michael…
KPD: Fidgeting is dead giveaway
Last Thursday, July 28, Officers Chris Manolis and Jon Dowie were on patrol at Bergen and…
Dumb & dumberer
KEARNY – This is the sort of story that cries out for mugshots, but, alas, we cannot…
Arrest in Belleville vehicular homicide
BELLEVILLE — Two months after the tragedy, a 19-year-old Bloomfield man has been arrested on a charge…
‘O brave new world . . . .’
By Karen Zautyk More evidence (as if we needed any) that the world is going mad:…
GUEST COLUMN — Cop’s fear: ‘Vilification for something I do’
By Capt. Timothy Wagner Kearny Police Department Special to The Observer I recently gave the following…
Obituaries for Aug. 3, 2016
Mary Rosamilia Mary Rosamilia (nee Casciano), of Harrison, died on Monday, July 26, at Alaris at…
Light rail train, SUV collide in Belleville
An NJ Transit Light Rail train collided with an SUV in Belleville this morning, causing one…
The night the world exploded
JERSEY CITY — In Liberty State Park, with its views across New York Harbor to where the…
Final chapter of KHS renovations?
KEARNY – It’s all systems go for what the Kearny Board of Education hopes will…
Town scores Red Bull revenues
HARRISON — Municipal officials in Harrison will never know which way the state’s highest court was…
When the web walls came tumbling down
HARRISON – Behind the digital walls, the keepers put up the good fight. But the relentless…
Accused bike thief ‘smoked’ out: HPD
HARRISON — A weary traveler is getting an ill-deserved rest now … with some assistance from…
Distracted driver in hit-run: HPD
HARRISON – A man reportedly involved in a hit-and-run on July 15 was subsequently arrested on…
Tried to make clean getaway: police
HARRISON — He had an appetite for starch — for both his stomach and for his…
KPD: She was bellicose & belligerent
A ShopRite “shopper” who tried to avoid check-out checked into the Hudson County Jail on $50,000 bail…
Spend a ‘Night Out’ with neighbors
KEARNY-HARRISON — Mark your calendar! Next Tuesday, Aug. 2, more than 16,000 communities across the United States…
Child hurt in hit-run; driver charged
KEARNY — A 4-year-old boy was injured last Wednesday when he was struck by a hit-run driver…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘Check the facts before drawing conclusions’
This letter is written in response to an article that appeared in The Observer on July…
Obituaries for July 27, 2016
Robert St. John Robert (Bobby) St. John, of Orlando, Fla., formerly of East Newark, died July…
Police: Beware of online real estate scam
KEARNY — Persons looking to lease a residential property here are being cautioned by Kearny police that…
KPD: Dopey drivers, name games & warrants
Shortly before noon on July 8, Officer Jordenson Jean was on patrol at the Belleville Pike…
News in brief …
KEARNY – Kearny residents who want to reserve a municipal off-street overnight parking space had better…
Fire wrecks Court Ave. house
LYNDHURST – Township police personnel responded to a report of a house fire on Court…