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…