KEARNY – When Kearny police, having travelled to Newark on the hunt, apprehended a suspect in two town muggings, he…
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A look back at 2015
As we do every year, here’s a look back at the top stories that made headlines…
BOE inks 2 union pacts; teachers waiting
KEARNY – Two more school employee groups were placed in the fold last Monday, Dec. 21, as the Kearny…
Combatting ‘hate rhetoric’ in a big way
KEARNY – A local industrialist is responsible for a billboard erected along Truck Rt. 1&9 in Kearny that decries anti-immigrant sentiment,…
5 area creches robbed of Baby Jesus statue
Baby Jesus statues were stolen from Christmas Nativity displays set up at two churches in Kearny, and from church grounds in…
‘All life is precious’
KEARNY – The latest rescue equipment acquired by the Kearny Fire Department cost only $109, but to animal-lovers, it…
‘They gave it their all’
KEARNY – They gave it their all in a six-week “heat,” but, alas, they lost the race. Kearny…
Is KHS project ready now for final go-round?
KEARNY – The Kearny Board of Education has received a new round of bids to complete the long-delayed high school…
Dogged pursuit of park victory for canines
KEARNY – He’s only a 13-year-old Lincoln School biped, but Nate Jablonski, a Star Scout with Troop 305,…
KPD: We’re not in Clifton anymore, Toto
Of late, there seems to have been a spate of incidents involving drivers found asleep at the wheel. The latest…
Retirements force town to borrow $1.5M
KEARNY – While Kearny’s municipal payroll is getting a bit lighter from a surge of retirements, the town is still…
News in Brief …
NORTH ARLINGTON/EAST NEWARK – Residents of two Observer communities will shortly be seeing new faces in the police ranks.…
Sentencing for Kearny man put off again
NEWARK – A Kearny man who admitted playing a role in a $13 million mortgage fraud scam will be…
Hometown ‘Legends’
“Legendary Locals,” just released by Arcadia Publishing, focuses on the residents -- famous and not --…
Family Success Center up & running
KEARNY – Prevention Links’ Liberty Family Success Center, the 53rd such state-funded facility in New Jersey, has begun operating in…