Key town employees leaving next year

KEARNY – Like the N.Y. Yankees, Kearny will be looking to fill some key positions in…

News in brief: KHS opening several days late & more

KEARNY – Kearny High School will have a delayed opening for the fall term to allow…

Special needs focus at Lighthouse campus

LYNDHURST — Having settled in as Lyndhurst superintendent of schools (having swapped places with James Corino,…

Scenes from Kearny’s ‘Night Out’

All photos by Karen Zautyk

KPD: A gun in the glove box

At 2 a.m. last Wednesday, Aug. 3, Officers David Bush and Jonathan Dowie pulled over a…

Wells Fargo robbery suspect nabbed 

KEARNY — A 25-year-old Passaic man was arrested last week in connection with a bank-robbery spree that…

82-year-old driver takes out poles: KPD

KEARNY – An octogenarian driver knocked down a utility pole, traffic signal and hit two cars…

Corrections

Corrections: A story in the Aug. 3 edition of The Observer incorrectly listed the first name…

A case of marijuana munchies?

  KEARNY — This job is so educational. While it is common knowledge that marijuana can…

Search continues for man who jumped into Passaic River to avoid HPD

Where is Keith Jean? That’s what police continue to ponder after Jean jumped into the Passaic…

Summer session ‘enriches’ kids

HARRISON – This has been the sixth season of enrichment for Harrison school children. During a…

Court says NJSEA can take dump; Kearny to appeal

KEARNY — Don’t believe everything you’re told — unless you get it in writing in an…

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,…