‘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…