Belleville Save Monday, May 20, for Clara Maass Medical Center Foundation’s annual golf invitational. Held at the prestigious Montclair Golf Club, this event includes the opportunity to play on the course’s beautiful greens, brunch, cocktails, dinner and a silent auction. Proceeds from the Golf Invitational benefit the programs and services of Clara Maass Medical Center. [...]
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Candidate for ‘World’s (Alleged) Dumbest’?
April 17th, 2013 
admin KEARNY – On Oct. 20, 2012, a resident on the 100 block of Schuyler Ave. returned home at 5 p.m. to discover his house at been burglarized. Det. Ray Lopez was assigned to investigate, and what did he find in the home? A cell phone that did not belong to the victim. Apparently, it had [...]
Real Estate Review
April 17th, 2013 admin Frank Riposta achieves top honors Century 21 Semiao and Associates announces that Frank Riposta, of the Kearny branch office and the company Easter Seals chairperson, was recently awarded its annual Top Overall Producer of the Year award, which ranks him first in gross closed commissions companywide. Fernando G. Semiao, brokerowner presented the award to Riposta [...]
Notes from the Lyndhurst Police blotter
April 17th, 2013 admin APRIL 12 At 6:17 a.m., police were called to Schuyler and Page Aves. on a report of theft from a motor vehicle. Upon arrival, the Clifton owner of a 2011 Freightliner tractor trailer told police someone had stolen four batteries from his truck while it was parked in that location. At 8:06 a.m., police returned [...]
Highlights from the Nutley Police blotter
April 17th, 2013 admin April 12 At 7:43 a.m., a burglary to a motor vehicle was reported on Howard Place. Police said the owner told them they’d locked the car when parking it but when they returned, found the center console and glove compartment open. The only item reported missing was the vehicle owner’s manual, police said. April 11 [...]
Nutley police warn of scammers posing as utility workers
April 11th, 2013 Kevin Canessa Jr. Township residents are cautioned that two suspects are posing as utility company employees asking to look at the homeowners’ water meters in an effort to gain access to homes. Once inside, the homeowner is distracted while an accomplice rummages through the home for valuables. The most recent incident occurred April 11 at 12:15 p.m. on [...]
Area fire chiefs press HFD to hire more
April 10th, 2013 admin By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – It may appear that surrounding communities are ganging up against Harrison but Jersey City Fire Chief Darren Rivers says Mayor Ray McDonough shouldn’t take it personally. It’s simply a matter of protecting lives and property, says Rivers, who serves as head of the Hudson County Fire Chiefs [...]
Feds dent credit scam, ID theft ring
April 10th, 2013 admin JERSEY CITY – It began early last autumn, when the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office started fielding calls from across the country from people reporting that credit cards issued in their names had been used to make fraudulent purchases in Hudson County. It culminated last Wednesday, April 3 — after a seven month investigation — [...]
Elderly woman dies in Harrison fire
April 10th, 2013 admin By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – Fire struck again in Harrison this week, this time taking a life. Harrison Fire Director Harold Stahl said a call came into the dispatch center Monday, April 8, at about 12:30 p.m. reporting a fire in the rear of 209 N. Second St., a two-story residential structure.
A Belleville role model for the ages
April 10th, 2013 admin By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – What began as a Belleville ninth-grader’s homework assignment ended up as a validation for someone born during the Woodrow Wilson presidency who never graduated from high school. Earlier this year, Belleville High School reading teacher Patricia Mooney asked her class to interview someone in their family who [...]
