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VIDEO — North Arlington’s Sept. 11 memorial ceremony (2020)
Click through to view North Arlington's Sept. 11 memorial (2020). With thanks to Vance Green for…
Do you know this man? Essex County prosecutor needs help identifying him
Authorities in Essex County are attempting to locate the next of kin of a man whose…
Meter enforcement returning to Kearny Oct. 1; warnings will be issued Sept. 28-30
Meter enforcement will return to the Town of Kearny beginning Oct. 1, Lt. John Taylor, the…
THE SHIRT FOUND ROUND THE WORLD
In the history of the Kearny Police Department, there are surnames that are almost synonyms with…
EDITORIAL — Oct. 13 is the deadline to register to vote. Please do so if you haven’t yet
In the state of New Jersey, the law prescribes that in order to register to vote…
KPD: Woman carjacked in Walmart parking lot Sept. 13
A woman suffered minor injuries after a man reportedly punched her and dragged her before carjacking…
Remembering Sept. 11, 2001
@mohsin_i — our friend and Instagram follower — took this incredible photo of the Tribute in…
KPD Blotter for Sept. 9, 2020
On Aug. 28 at 10:04 p.m., Officer Jean-Paul Duran responded to a citizen’s call that a…
W.H.A.T. hosting auditions Sept. 16 & 17 for ‘radio play’
The West Hudson Arts & Theater Co., announces the return of live theater to West Hudson…
DID WE FORGET?
When authorities in New York City announced they would cancel their remembrance ceremony marking the 19th…
55 YEARS AGO, 3 KHS BOYS KILLED BY TRAIN AT ELM ST. DEPOT
There’s now a full generation of Kearny residents who never knew our town once had train…
SIDEBAR NOT IN PRINT — (From 1965) — 3 Kearny High students killed on way to school; 2 juniors, sophomore struck by train at Elm Street grade crossing
Editor’s note — the following is excerpted from a 1965 edition of The Observer Thursday, SEPT.…
We could use a rekindling of the spirit that followed the 9/11 terror attacks
Sept. 11, 2001 — in two days, it will have been 19 years in the past.…
LONG OVERDUE: State wrestling champ Mullen honored by hometown of Kearny;
It was May of 2019 when the council chambers in Kearny’s Town Hall featured a standing-room…