Friends, family raising funds for the late Vitorino Cirne

By Kevin Canessa More than two weeks after the death of Vitorino Cirne, 51, the Lyndhurst…

KHS art show dazzles

KEARNY — A wing of the South Building at Kearny High School filled with objets d’art on…

Former Kearny BOE payroll clerk faces new charges, HCPO says

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez has released the following information: On Monday, May 21, 2018, Gina…

10 new cops on Kearny streets

By Ron Leir rleir@theobserver.com KEARNY — For Matthew Knighton, the choice of law enforcement as a…

Body pulled from Passaic River is missing postal worker Cirne

KEARNY — The body of a 51-year-old Lyndhurst man, a letter carrier with the Kearny Post…

Street Feast moved from Marina indoors on John Miller Way

Because of predicted inclement weather, the Kearny Street Feast scheduled for this Saturday, May 19 (known…

KFD purchases thermal-imaging cameras with FEMA grant

By Kevin Canessa Here’s a scenario we’ve all probably faced at one point or another. You…

Remembering the Rev. Msgr. John J. Gilchrist

By Kevin Canessa The Rev. Msgr. John J. Gilchrist, who spent much of his priestly life…

KPD searching for missing man, Rogelio ‘Rollie’ Mendez, 40

The Kearny Police Department seeks the public’s help in locating Rogelio “Rollie” Mendez, a 40-year-old man…

CLIMBING THE LADDER

KEARNY  Four Kearny Fire Department promotions took effect on April Fool’s Day but you’d be a…

DEVELOPING NEWS: Lyndhurst cops searching for missing 51-year-old man

The Lyndhurst Police Department is actively conducting a missing-person investigation. Vitorino Cirne, seen in the photo…

LOST & FOUND

By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — This is the story of a ship that sailed from Kearny…

DeGise announces termination of medical-services provider contract in response to yet another inmate suicide at Hudson jail

Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise made the following statement after more than three hours of meetings…

KPD: Drug deal could have been lethal

At 12:52 a.m. on Sunday, March 11, Kearny patrol officers responded to a report of gunfire at…

Teen arrested in ‘joke’ KHS threat

A 15-year-old Kearny High School student has been arrested and charged with third-degree creating a false-public…