Teachers end school year with new deal
HARRISON – Public school teachers in Harrison are celebrating the end of the school year with a new contract…
Woman has cash taken from car: NPD
Nutley Police were called to Washington Ave. on June 13 on a dispute and when they arrived, a victim told…
Penalties imposed after 2 kittens killed
KEARNY – One dog was put down and another was put “on probation” after they reportedly mauled two kittens in…
Thoughts & Views: ‘You’re gonna need a bigger boat’
Believe it or not, there once was a time when people didn’t think about sharks when they went down the…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
‘WE TAKE OUR JOBS SERIOUSLY’ To the editor: I would like to comment on a recent Observer…
Town ‘drafts’ 2 into uniformed ranks
HARRISON – Albert Pearson did it. So did Vincent Schwartz. They both took advantage of the New Jersey intergovernmental transfer…
KPD: An appetite for arrest?
Shortly before midnight on Monday, June 15, Kearny police received a report of suspicious persons possibly attempting to enter parked vehicles…
Charter study headed for ballot?
LYNDHURST – A drumbeat for a change of the township’s form of government is sounding and it could result in…
Close call for cop as he fires at oncoming racer
KEARNY – A Kearny police officer attempting to stop a drag race opened fire on one of the vehicles…
around town
Belleville Mayor Raymond Kimble and the Municipal Council will screen the film “Paddington” as part of Family Movie Night Thursday,…
Crackdown looming on weekend trash
KEARNY – The Town of Kearny is sending out spies to capture evidence of weekend trash law violations with…
Glover Jr., son of grid legend, gets chance to move Blue Tide forward
HARRISON – Rich Glover Jr. is too young to remember the incredible athletic exploits of his legendary father. At age…
Atlantic Sun shines bright on NJIT
NEWARK – Ever since he took over the job as the head men’s basketball coach at the New Jersey Institute…
Local grid stars have one last game to remember
Strange twist of fate reunites Banks, Urgola OAKLAND – Kearny native Keon Banks and Lyndhurst’s Peter Urgola had a fateful…
Obituaries
Thomas E. Boyd Thomas E. Boyd, 80, of Harrison, died on Friday, June 19, at his home with…