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Investigators say the incident began when a box truck traveling east on I-78 veered off the road and struck the concrete barrier.

New Jersey does not mess around when it comes to food, which is exactly why locals tend to be skeptical of any place getting called “the best.”. Around here, hype has to earn its keep. A restaurant can have a packed dining room, a two-week waitlist, and a flood of glowing posts online, but if the food lands flat, Jersey people will say...

LYNDHURST, N.J. (PIX11) — A suspect is dead by a self-inflicted gun wound following a standoff with a SWAT team, according to officials. An arrest warrant for a suspect was being executed by Lyndhurst Police and the Union County Prosecutor’s Office at around 5:33 a.m. on Thursday. The man being sought after rushed into an unoccupied […]

Hazmat crews are also responding to reports of other gas leaks in surrounding areas.

New York City officials have refused a request from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to hold a suspect accused of arson that resulted in four deaths and seven injuries, according to DHS officials. The suspect, Roman Ceron Amatitla, 38, a Mexican national, is charged with eight counts of second-degree murder and first-degree arson.

A 51-year-old man is accused of offering an 11-year-old boy money in what police say was an attempted kidnapping. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

Jersey City has its own delivery robot, Coco, the zero-emissions vehicle that travels on sidewalks to deliver pizza, groceries and other items to residents.

Paul Haggerty was sworn in April 16 as Lyndhurst’s new deputy chief of police. He will serve along side new Chief Michael Carrino. Haggerty previously served as departmental captain in many capacities. We’ll have a full recap in the April 22, 2026, edition of The Observer. This slideshow...

An earlier shelter-in-place was lifted at about 8 a.m.

SWAT vehicles and heavily armed officers descended on a Bergen County community early Thursday, as police warned residents to shelter in their basements during an investigation. Officials with the Union County Prosecutor's Office say they and Lyndhurst police were trying to arrest someone in front of a home on Lake...