DEVELOPING — Kearny Police Department issues missing-person alert (CANCELED)

UPDATE: Mr. Carroll was located early this morning, shortly before 1 a.m. This is an emergency…

REMINDER — Links to tonight’s mayoral debate in Kearny

Here are the links for tonight’s debate — there are four platforms where you may choose…

ALERT — Wittpenn Bridge will be closed overnights Oct. 16 & 17

The Wittpenn Bridge will be closed during overnight hours for the next two days. Beginning at…

Police: Nutley home burgled as woman took shower

Nutley’s public-safety authorities are advising of a burglary that occurred on Raymond Avenue earlier this week.…

Fire damages Nutley’s (fortunately unoccupied) Lincoln School

A fire caused extensive damage to Nutley’s Lincoln School, authorities said “This morning, at 11 a.m.,…

Do we even need a headline for this anymore? It’s the weekend — you should know the drill …

The Wittpenn Bridge will be closed this weekend as testing of the lift span machinery continues.…

ECPO: Man charged with murdering Nutley woman in Belleville

Authorities in Essex County have announced the arrest of a Belleville man who stands accused of…

Essex sheriff’s officer arrested after investigation into serious 2022 crash in Kearny: HCPO

A 36-year-old Essex County Sheriff’s Officer has been arrested by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in…

Pascrell, Murphy et al: Menendez must go; NA Mayor Dan Pronti also weighs in

Calls for U.S. Sen Robert Menendez, D-N.J., to leave office continue to grow from pols in…

Man who thought he’d driven from Ecuador to Kearny arrested on DWI charges: police

On Sept. 17 shortly after midnight, Officers Jose Perez-Fonseca and David Vazquez responded to Quincy Avenue…

Kearny’s virtual Mayoral Debate set for 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 17

The three candidates running to become the first new mayor of Kearny since Alberto G. Santos…

Participate in The Observer’s informal mayoral poll

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Lyndhurst mourns loss of former chief and current county fire marshal Bryan Hennig

The Township of Lyndhurst, the Lyndhurst Fire Department and the Bergen County Fire Marshal’s Office is…

The news you’ve been waiting for … that bridge is closed again this weekend

The Wittpenn Bridge between Jersey City and Kearny will be closed this weekend as testing of…

U.S. Att’y: NA man, 2 others plead guilty in computer-counterfeiting operation

  A North Arlington resident is one of three New Jersey men who have admitted their…