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…

Senior transit trauma

It’s coming. Not tomorrow, not next week but certainly sometime this year.

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…

HPD: Thefts, burglaries, swiped smokes

HARRISON – Two thefts of items delivered to residences, a shoplifting and two burglaries, one from…

Guest columnist Sgt. Anthony Limite, Kearny PD: ‘Don’t blame cops for doing their jobs’

By Sgt. Anthony Limite Kearny Police Department Special to The Observer I’d like to comment on…

They did it! QPHS survives

NORTH ARLINGTON — Somehow, despite the daunting task of raising at least $1 million in just…

Learning to ‘look out for each other’

NUTLEY — When the school year ended last month, most Nutley students couldn’t wait to jump right…