Convicted Harrison killer’s sentence overturned

The former Harrison resident convicted of a 2003 murder of a taxi driver in Kearny will get a new trial, as yesterday, the New Jersey Supreme Court threw out his conviction on a technicality, according to numerous reports.
Michael O’Neill, of Harrison, had been sentenced to 30 years in state prison without the possibility of parole [...]

Rash of burglaries hit Harrison

Since Sept. 11 of this year, there have been almost 30 burglaries in Harrison, the chief of police says. And he has a message for town residents. Click here to read his message (you’ll need Adobe Reader to view this file, and can download it for free at www.adobe.com if you don’t have it). Meanwhile, [...]

Graduating KHS senior: I warned them

A graduating Kearny High School senior has told The Observer that he warned school officials early this school year that “something wasn’t right” with English teacher Celeste Adamski, but that nothing was done by the same school officials. The student’s story should surprise you. We’ll have his story in next week’s edition of The [...]