Arrest ‘record’ for two suspects?

KEARNY — A man and a woman, arrested here last week on marijuana-possession charges, may have…

KPD:  N.Y.C. cabby assaulted, robbed

Shortly after midnight last Thursday, March 10, Kearny police were alerted to a “commotion” at Passaic and…

Arbitrators: BOE must pay $2.9 million

KEARNY — The Kearny Board of Education has lost – bigtime – the first of two important…

KPD: You’ve won a trip to Florida!

It started with a shoplifting-turned-robbery, morphed into a foot chase in the brush and with an assault…

Three chosen to lead West Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade

When the 43rd annual West Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade steps off Sunday at 2 p.m.…

Are more parking controls coming to Kearny?

KEARNY — Kearny has moved to tighten regulations governing the allocation and use of designated curbside…

Town to NJSEA: ‘Get off our land’

KEARNY — Come June 30, there’ll be a showdown at the Keegan landfill, pardners, so don’t…

Another Bulger moves up the ladder

KEARNY – A veteran member of the Kearny Fire Department moved up in the ranks last…

Purloined pooch found as investigation continues

KEARNY — The talk of this town last week was the 12-week-old puppy reported stolen from a local…

KPD: From ABC to CDS at local pub 

On Feb. 8, KPD detectives from the Vice/Alcoholic Beverage Control unit paid a visit to the…

Leadbeater sentencing postponed … for the 4th time

NEWARK – For the fourth time in the last eight months, the sentencing of a former…

Purloined pooch found

The puppy stolen this week from a Kearny pet store has been recovered by the Kearny…

Meet & greet inner-city pups this Saturday and perhaps walk away with a new pet

KEARNY – This Saturday, Feb. 27, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., there will be a very…

New charter school will have 30 teachers

KEARNY — Hudson Arts & Science Charter School, slated to open this September at the site of…

KPD: Juvenile behavior

Shortly after 10 p.m. on Friday, Feb 12, Officers Michael Santucci and Esteban Gonzalez were dispatched to…

GATE program opened at Midland Ave. BOE location

Kim Kayak’s fourth-graders were engaged in a creative problem solving lesson: figuring out how to “write”…

Kearny officials mull changes to handicapped parking permit procedures

KEARNY – The Town of Kearny is re-thinking its approach to the way it allocates spaces…

KPD: You snooze, you lose

Recently, we have written of various motorists found sleeping at the wheel of their cars. Last…

Civilians in control

KEARNY – It took a while to achieve but now that the civilian dispatching system for the Kearny Fire…

KPD: One driver was alert, one wasn’t

A concerned motorist and a drug expert from Bergen County figured in the arrest last week of man thought to…

W.H.A.T. holding auditions for ‘Schoolhouse Rock Live!’

West Hudson Arts & Theater Co. is holding auditions for "Schoolhouse Rock Live!" on Monday, Feb.…

After 25-plus years as crossing guard, Betty Regan hangs up her stop sign

KEARNY — For 25 years, if you passed by the intersection of Kearny Ave. and Halstead…

Missing Pa. man, 72, found in South Kearny shelter

KEARNY — A 72-year-old man, missing from his Pennsylvania home for nearly two weeks, was found safe…

Kearny hires 8 new firefighters

KEARNY – Kearny has hired eight new firefighters. All positions are being financed for a two-year…

KPD: Well, at least he wasn’t driving

On Jan. 25, the Monday after the blizzard, when excess snow still made driving problematic, Kearny…

Kearny police settle contract

KEARNY – Members of Kearny’s police unions scored 11 promotions through the ranks and got new…

Kearny deals with blizzard’s aftermath

‘We had all the plows, and the public works crews, not to mention, salt and fuel,…

Photos from Kearny crossing guard Betty Regan’s retirement ceremony

Coming in this week’s edition of The Observer, we’ll have a story about the retirement of…

Teachers declare impasse in talks

KEARNY –  Things have gone from bad to worse in contract talks between the Kearny Board of Education and…

KPD: You’re on ‘Candid Camera.’ Don’t smile.

Three female employees of Walmart were arrested Jan. 14 after one of them allegedly used a cell phone to film…