2 Kearny cops facing discipline: chief

KEARNY — Two veteran Kearny cops are in for trouble ahead. Police Chief John Dowie has…

Cats & gosling peacefully coexist …

On June 6, Len Twist of Kearny’s TNR (Trap, Neuter, Release) program for feral felines, found a…

New comes the hard work: training

KEARNY — Once again, Kearny’s public safety rosters have been bolstered with last week’s appointment of…

KPD: Understaffed and under pressure

Kearny police blotter — continued from print edition in its entirety.  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent…

KPD: This driver was on a roll

KEARNY — At 4 a.m. on July 4, Kearny police responded to an accident on Devon St.,…

A year later, Davis Ave. firehouse reopens

KEARNY — A little more than a year after it was shuttered for emergency repairs, Kearny’s…

Locals remember the late ‘Father Tom’

The Rev. Msgr. G. Thomas Burns, who for 22 years was a parochial vicar at St.…

Suez deal questions; Oval vote put off

A year after Kearny signed up Suez to take over the town’s water utility, town officials…

KPD: Is that a lobster in your pocket or …?

KEARNY – This week, we have the privilege of recounting what has to be one of the…

SENIORS SAVOR PICNIC PLEASURE

If the 27th annual Kearny senior citizens’ picnic had been a day earlier, the mercury, which had…

KPD:  Son of a ditch!

KEARNY— A Newark man was arrested last week after he managed to navigate his car into a…

Still on the fence about Oval redesign

KEARNY — A visit to a neighboring recreation facility with portable fencing has led a key…

Bail reform: Get the point?

KEARNY —   Kearny police reported the arrest last week of a burglary suspect, whom they tracked…

KPD: Did you forget something, sir?

KEARNY —   Last week’s Kearny police blotter began with a report about a woman who…

KPD: This aunt had to cry ‘uncle’

KEARNY — A Newark woman was arrested at Walmart last week for allegedly using a juvenile —…

KPD: Say ‘hello’ to our little friend

We start this week’s Kearny blotter with an incident that occurred in another town. According to authorities,…

KPD: Girl charged in Kearny Ave. slashing

Police said it started with a friendly conversation at Dunkin’ Donuts, escalated to a robbery and ended…

The Observer turns 130 …

KEARNY — Because not all editions of The Observer can be found in the library or…

Kearny kicks off 150th anniversary celebration

KEARNY – Colette Koeppel came to see her 6-year-old granddaughter Ava sing “My Country ‘tis of Thee”…

KPD: What a lovely bracelet you have! 

If someone gave you an ankle bracelet from, say, Tiffany’s, it would just be an item of…

Delayed report, quick arrests

  KEARNY – It apparently took a local robbery victim nine hours to notify police of the…

As Mother’s Day nears … 

At about 10:10 a.m. on Monday, April 24,  Kearny police received a call about an apparently impaired…

Time to kick back & relish beginnings

KEARNY – After a lot of talk and planning, it’s finally happening: Kearny is set to kick…

 KPD: Baby formula & pepper spray 

At 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 17,  Officer David Bush was in the BJ’s lot conferring with…

KPD Facebook post: Cop’s quick thinking may have saved lives

The following post is from the Kearny Police Department's Facebook page. It's sparked a large-scale discussion…

KPD: You snooze, you lose 

Shortly after noon on Friday, April 7, Officer John Donovan was called to the BJ’s lot on…

Familiar faces on Primary ballot

KEARNY/NORTH ARLINGTON – In the upcoming June 6 Primary municipal elections, Kearny’s sitting Democrats face no opposition…

New apartments, R&D, OK’d

KEARNY – The Kearny Planning Board voted last week to greenlight two new developments, one residential and…

Fire rips through Seeley Ave. home

KEARNY –  A Kearny family of four has been displaced from their home following a fire,…

Homicide victim identified as Luisa Cristina Reyna-Tello, 46

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez released the following information about last night’s Kearny homicide: On April…