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The rich manor section? your kidding. Pleasant place was'nt plowed until late monday. Chestnut between woodland and Johnston was'nt plowed until 3am tuesday morning, the fire department shoveled out hydrants only to have the town plow them back in.

These Firemen GED or otherwise are worth every penny they recieve in salary. Whether they work 1 day a week or 7. The one thing these guys have that all you loudmouths lack is the balls to do the job. How many of you loudmouths that are all for these layoffs, how many of you would risk YOUR lives to run into a burning building to save the life of a perfect stranger. I'll bet that the clown who wrote the post I'm answering Does'nt even have the stones to run back into a burning house to save his own family

The Town's not looking at the big picture here, We could save the layoffs to the fire department by making the Kearny Rescue Squad part of KFD. One (1) Emergency/ambulance vehicle per station with 2 KFD/EMT's per shift. I don't know how many of you have been taken by Kearny Rescue Squad to Clara Maass recently, but a simple ride is $300.00 plus, no IV,bandages,Oxygen etc. Do away with the Emergency Squad as a seperate entity it's a waste of money the way it is now.

The building is coming down, and that the site is considered " Contaminated"

Can someone tell me is it true, that the Kearny board of ED, bought the building on the corner of Devon st and Midland ave the old hardware store building for the sum of $ 1 million. My understanding is that this happened in order to move the admin offices from Franklin school to make room for more students.

I remember when I was a senoir at KHS we all used to park on King or Garfield aves, even 30 years ago parking was at best difficult.The teachers and admin, have better parking conditions today and should be using them. Whether it be the old plaza,the school parking garage, or the Bergen ave garage. King st should be resident only from 4pm til 7am.

A Grammer Nazi, boy am I impressed, Next time you park across the sidewalk let me know I'll be sure to get you that first class $50.00 ticket

Your wrong slick, if 1) you park across the sidewalk thats illegal and you can be ticketed and possibly towed, 2) you cannot park across the apron blocking your own driveway again you can be ticketed for illegal parking. See thats how people like some get even with people like you

First off you can complain to the Mayor and Town Council till your blue in the face, they don't care. I've been to town council meetings on and off for the last 20 years complaining about parking and I always get the same "canned" response of " We'll look into it" and they never do. 2 years ago I complained to Santos directly about the out of state plates that crowd parking spaces. His response was they live in town, when it was mentioned that in most cases these people were refusing to register their vehicles in NJ he could care less. As for KPD you have to prove that those with out of state plates do in fact live in Kearny and have been here for more than 60 days. On any given morning I can look out my window and swear I live in NY,Mass,North Carolina,or Maryland. Whats needed is either a petition or a large gathering at a town council meeting with everyone telling the mayor and town council to do their damn jobs

Since it is a county job it could take up to 1 year to complete

Had that happen in a 2 family down the street from me about 3 years ago. The owner of a 2 family was in the process of " Digging" out his basement to create additional living space. Due to the illegal activity the house caught fire and burned to the ground, the KFD removed from this " 2" family house 28 mattress's.

The original poster of this thread is right you know. Illegal apartments abound in Kearny with no one in town government giving a hoot/ I've complained to the mayor and town council repeatedly, I've written letters and phone calls to the building inspectors office all to no avail.On my street alone there's several buildings. I have one family whose running their 1 family home as a rooming house where they rent out in both the attic and basement. A 2 family with an attic apartment with only 1 means of access/egress, A 2 family with a basement apartment again only 1 means of access/egress. Go 2 blocks down and you have 2 Two family houses both with basement apartments.The Chief of Police and Fire department have bothing to do with illegal apartments, This falls straight to the building inspector, and the various building code officials for things such as wiring and plumbing. Fines are already in place against the homeowner. Should an illegal aprtment be dicovered and the tenant evicted the homeowner Must pay the tenant 6x the total rent. If I give you $1000.00 in rent and get caught you must pay me $6000.00

Don't get your panties in a twist, the Observer is actually printed on Monday evening for tuesday afternoon delivery.

It's not just the post office, the town of Kearny has gotten very lazy as of late. I mention the bridge on the border between East Newark and Kearny, the sidewalk was left unshoveled and salted it was nothing but a sheet of ice. Chestnut st between woodland and Johnston ave was neither plowed or salted until complaints were made to the department of public works.

I think Tan pants or skirts along with Maroon polo shirts would have been a better choice

My example does in fact work. The original plan for the property as laid out by Russo Development would be for retail stores on the ground floor of the apartment complex. Secondly if as you point out parking would be at ground level there still is'nt enough room for 232 cars. Across the street is not only Tilcon facility, beyond that would be the land for the new train station, there is an active business on the corner. the only thing thats empty or for sale are 2 small buildings. The town won't allow building on Harvey field, and the Portuguese community won't go for building on AJ Seabras property.

I have'nt heard anything on property stealing on Schuyler ave. After all Eminent Domain is nothing more than stealing one persons property and giving it to a developer so he can get rich by turning the property in housing or commercial development. I think those on the west side of Schuyler Ave will be safe, it's those business's and homes on the east side that may eventually be taken for ReDevelopment. Take Russo development for example, they want to redevelop a 5 acre tract of land on the corner of schuyler and bergen aves. 2 buildings totaling 232 housing units. Where are they going to put parking for 232 - 464 cars. They can't go underground water table is to high, the obvious choice is to eminent domain buildings across the street to build parking.

According to a friends son, KHS students will be donning the latest in school uniforms come september.

The defense can also testify before the grand jury, The boy could have told his side there, only at that point the prosecuter gets to ask questions of him also. I don't believe the original poster has told the whole story. first being she would not have gotten a " Letter and police report in the mail" her son would have gotten a subpeona in the mail. Secondly he would have been summoned to appear before the Hudson County Superior Court Juveniel (sp?) division. Not adult court, the police report would have been obtained at the KPD. From her own story she did not hire a lawyer at the time but rather went to court with her son in an atempt to plead with the judge to see things her way,the judge was well within his rights to threaten her with contempt of court.

The more I read what you have wrote the more it appears how emotional you are, once your son has been charged and the prosecuter gets the case the KPD is basically out of it. Until he's called to court to testify. It's your job to get a lawyer to represent your son, the judge was right in threating you with contempt of court, the judge does'nt want to hear what YOU have to say. Thats what lawyers are for they know when to speak and when not to speak. As for the KPD " putting thier hands on your son" it's called a search aka the pat down they where well within their rights at that point. I would'nt be as mad at the KPD as I would be at the " Neighbor" it would seem he/she set your son up. Some things you left out of your rant. 1. Was your son out after curfew?, 2. is your son the girl known to the KPD?,3. has your son ever hung out with this girl or neighbor before. If this girl was known to the KPD as many teenagers in Kearny are, your son very well could have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. What did the girl your son was arrested with tell the KPD, she very well may have told them the Marijuana belonged to your son. In short get yourself a lawyer and don't blame the KPD they just did their job.

I agree with 100%. It's apparent that most parents in the town of Kearny don't give a rats ass how their kid is dressed when going to school (KHS). Is there any reason why I've seen personally girls going to KHS wearing shorts so short that the cheeks of their ass are hanging out or miniskirts so short they should have shaved and I don't mean their legs before heading to KHS. Talk about a distraction if parents want to let this go on, then they should have no problem with the labels of " Whore, or Slut ". As a Kearny taxpayer I feel that since I don't have kids in the Kearny school system I should'nt have to support your or your kids decision to dress as they want, My tax dollars are being used by your kids in KHS so in and for that I WANT UNIFORMS OR A STRICT DRESS CODE. Play by the rules, you go to school your not dressed properly you get sent home, you don't make 180 days of classroom time a year you don't advance / graduate. End of story plain and simple.

McCain's got my vote, there's no way in hell I'm voting for a lawn jockey and his Ghetto rat wife for president. Mark my words if and thats a big if should obama win I'll lay odds the ghetto rat gives him a fist bump after being sworn in. Obama will fail as president worse than Bush ever could. Obama will pull the troops out of Iraq and the government there will crash.

nice sentiment only " Vets" field is'nt owned by the town of Kearny. It's leased by the town from the department of Veterans affairs NJ.

I like the idea but think it's to costly a venture. The hazardous soil remediation could cost several million dollars, add to that the site would have to be raised to street level. Left at the elevation that it is now the pool would have to be drained after each rain storm and refilled. Being that close to the meadow's would create a critter problem. And the liability insurance oy vey would cost the town a million + yearly. I like the idea but cost wise is'nt feasible.

Wednesday morning when I was leaving for work, I did my usual walk around my wifes car. I noticed the window frame just above the drivers door handle had been tampered with. The amatures tried to pry open the molding with a screw driver in an attempt to enter the car to release the Gas tank fill door. I had the KPD down at the house to look at the car and was informed by the officer that this is becoming a frequent problem in town. The officer further informed me that in some cases the thieves are trying to pry the gas doors open. Some of the morons even think they PSE&G gas caps in the sidewalk contain gas the vehicle kind, the officer told us that about 2 dozen caps have been popped around town and in some cases the siphon hoses were still there. Is this what we've become as a society, when we can't afford gas we steal it?