The unlikely hero: NA’s Lynch reaches 1,000 point milestone
Talk about your lofty aspirations and incredible goals. When Matt Lynch was an eighth grade student…
X.Ray Burns (Ken Green) dead at 57
Kenneth Green -- you may know him as X.Ray Burns from the Glen Jones Program Featuring…
Man who robbed Kearny CVS quickly nabbed in Newark: KPD
Thirty-seven minutes, from the crime in Kearny to the arrest in Newark. Thirty-seven minutes. That, thanks…
THE ROAD TO SAFETY
Kearny High School sophomores preparing for their learner’s permit test were exposed to a very special…
Obituaries for Feb. 6, 2019
Doris Gross Doris Gross (nee MacBride), 87, of Seminole, Florida, formerly of Kearny, died surrounded by…
A trio of county champs for Kearny track — Waters, Castillo and Reyes bring home gold
It may be the indoor track season, but to get ready for the big championship meets,…
Belleville’s Castro: The Buccaneers’ silent assassin
A little over a year ago, Hector Castro’s mother, Francine Torres, thought it was a wise…
Correction & clarification: Drug drop off box at Kearny PD HQ may not be used to discard illegal drugs
A story in this week’s edition of The Observer about a new prescription-medication drop box at…
Dramatic video of Feb. 4 fire at 576 Devon St., Kearny
Here's some rather dramatic video from Skyler J. Whitehead of last night's multiple-alarm fire at 576…
ILLEGAL DUMPING?
After residents’ hairs were raised about bothersome smells they trace to an active landfill run by…
KPD: Strange case from A to Zzzz
By Karen Zautyk On Jan. 16 at 5:15 p.m., numerous Kearny police officers responded to a Windsor…
Following pedestrian death, Belleville installs crosswalk signal on Franklin Ave.
Just two days before New Year’s 2018, a pedestrian was struck as he crossed Franklin Avenue…
Lyndhurst hockey co-op enjoying an amazing season
Eight years ago, a group of interested hockey players from Lyndhurst got together and wondered whether…
Nutley girls’ basketball team honors Wilde on 1,000th point
The 2018-19 girls’ high school basketball season didn’t exactly tip off the way that Nutley head…