In the not too distant future, the Stuyvesant Avenue NJ Transit Train Station in Lyndhurst is…
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EDITORIAL: Wasted resources at Walmart
If you’re a regular reader of the Kearny Police Blotter in this newspaper — and we…
Postal worker mows down 2 colleagues in parking lot, KPD says
A U.S. Postal employee at the Newark Turnpike Postal facility has been arrested and charged with…
Kearny man wins $4.5 million Pick-6
One Kearny resident now has 4.5 million reasons to be happy. Stanley M. McKelvin, of Kearny,…
King: Caller says murder occurred on Hoyt St., but it was all a hoax
An incident that demanded a SWAT Team response turned out to be a complete hoax, and…
12 men who served locally credibly accused of priestly sexual abuse
The list of approximately 70 priests of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark credibly accused of…
Ken Green, known by most as X.Ray Burns, dead at 57
For more than 30 years, there was just about one thing — going to church notwithstanding…
Gov. Murphy: Close the Keegan Landfill now
The numbers are staggering. Kearny Mayor Alberto Santos, in a video posted to social media recently,…
Body pulled from Passaic River was that of missing Kearny woman, KPD says
A body pulled from the Passaic River late last week was positively identified as a Kearny…
EDITORIAL: Bravo to those who spoke up at CVS robbery
If you watch television cop shows on a regular basis, you no doubt have seen this…
X.Ray Burns (Ken Green) dead at 57
Kenneth Green -- you may know him as X.Ray Burns from the Glen Jones Program Featuring…
Obituaries for Feb. 6, 2019
Doris Gross Doris Gross (nee MacBride), 87, of Seminole, Florida, formerly of Kearny, died surrounded by…
Correction & clarification: Drug drop off box at Kearny PD HQ may not be used to discard illegal drugs
A story in this week’s edition of The Observer about a new prescription-medication drop box at…
Dramatic video of Feb. 4 fire at 576 Devon St., Kearny
Here's some rather dramatic video from Skyler J. Whitehead of last night's multiple-alarm fire at 576…