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KEARNY – It was a hail and farewell day for certain Kearny public safety employees last Tuesday.…

Burglary/theft suspect nabbed

KEARNY – A 28-year-old Newark man, on parole after a 2007 conviction for aggravated manslaughter, was back behind…

Spreading the love among the unfortunate

KEARNY – Matt and Timothy Farias are practicing being brothers’ keepers. Sure, they’re brothers but it goes far…

Justly deserved honor for patriot Phil Kearny

KEARNY – Standing orders have arrived per digital dispatch: U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Philip Kearny, commander…

KPD blotter: N.J. bail reform at work

At 1 p.m. last Wednesday, Jan. 18, Officer Luis Moran responded to Bergen Ave. and Elm St.…

Small raises for 2 employee groups

KEARNY – Some Kearny municipal employees are now members of the 1%. No, they’re not part…

A trifecta for Kearny cops

KEARNY – Interesting day for the Kearny PD on Thursday, Jan. 12. Officers recorded three separate arrests…

Kearny Rec creates policy for transgender participants

KEARNY – Given the recent action by the Secaucus chapter of the Boy Scouts of America…

‘Remember, Jon, there’s another carpenter (up) there’

KEARNY – An overwhelming sense of loss. That was the obvious sentiment that prevailed at the…

KPD: Victim helps nab burglary suspect

At 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7, Kearny police received a report of a burglary in progress…

Kearny Second Ward Councilman Giordano dead at 50

KEARNY – Kearny Second Ward Councilman Jonathan Giordano died Saturday, Jan. 7. He was 50. Giordano,…

Jeweler’s killer gets life in prison

The Bloomfield man convicted of killing a Kearny jeweler during a robbery more than seven years…

KPD: Out with the old, in with the old

In Kearny, the 2016 blotter ended with yet another shoplifting, this one at ShopRite, and this one…

FieldTurf playing sites under review

KEARNY – The Kearny High Kardinals football team plays its home games on it. In Lyndhurst,…

Dawn of a new Wittpenn

KEARNY – Don’t expect to see planes taking off and landing on the new Wittpenn (Rt.…

Attack victim, 25, succumbs to injuries

The 25-year-old Kearny woman who was brutally attacked by an East Rutherford man Dec. 17 has…

Only bidder will fix firehouse

KEARNY – It was the lone bid submitted but the town went with it. At long…

KPD: From one lockup to another

Back on Sept. 2, Kearny police were called to a Bergen Ave. apartment complex on a report…

Panel: Keegan’s worth $7.88 million

KEARNY – Here’s a holiday fable that’s guaranteed to knock you for a loop. Remember the…

And no partridge in a pear tree, either 

KEARNY – A 26-year-old Kearny man spent Christmas in the Hudson County Jail, and unless Santa showed…

Ciampaglia completes monster year with Coccia

LYNDHURST – If you were to judge Ray Ciampaglia on his accomplishments in real estate, you’d probably…

Mary A. Tortoreti, Observer owner, 1942-2016

Mary A. Tortoreti, who for the last four decades was the matriarch of The Observer and…

KPD: Here’s a door — to the county jail

  At 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 11, after KPD headquarters received a report of two individuals…

Korean delegation visits Lincoln Middle School

KEARNY – A delegation of 21 representatives from the Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS)…

Killer of Kearny jeweler up for sentencing

JERSEY CITY – More than seven years after he killed a Kearny jeweler during a robbery,…

Apartments at industrial park?

KEARNY – As bulldozers keep moving mounds of dirt on the site of the former Jeryl…

Firehouse fix expected to start soon: chief

KEARNY – Public safety infrastructure and personnel were among the focal points at the Dec. 6…

KPD Bloody mess-up at Walmart

The report came in at 10:57 p.m. on Dec. 1: Large fight at Walmart. Turned out it…

Charged in bank robbery spree

KEARNY – The suspect in the Nov. 29 robbery of the Provident Bank in Kearny, arrested in…

Kearny wrestling coach Carratura dies

It was learned early Monday morning with incredible sadness that long-time Kearny High School wrestling coach…