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…