KPD: From one lockup to another
Back on Sept. 2, Kearny police were called to a Bergen Ave. apartment complex on a report…
Panel: Keegan’s worth $7.88 million
KEARNY – Here’s a holiday fable that’s guaranteed to knock you for a loop. Remember the…
Passaic River park projected
HARRISON – There may be another municipal park in Harrison’s future. The “Cape May St.…
Tips on keeping cars from being vandalized
LYNDHURST/NORTH ARLINGTON – Even in the wintertime, Riverside County Park – stretching along the banks of the…
And no partridge in a pear tree, either
KEARNY – A 26-year-old Kearny man spent Christmas in the Hudson County Jail, and unless Santa showed…
Ciampaglia completes monster year with Coccia
LYNDHURST – If you were to judge Ray Ciampaglia on his accomplishments in real estate, you’d probably…
Shot by police, he now faces charges
BELLEVILLE – A Belleville man is in police custody in connection with a shooting incident that…
For the umpteenth time … !
By Karen Zautyk The other day, having parked my car in an out-of-town supermarket lot, I noticed…
Obituaries for 4 Jan. 2017
Edna Hemsley Edna Hemsley (nee Rainey), 84 of Greentown, Pa., passed away on December 27, 2016.…
It’s a Buccaneer bonanza: Belleville’s girls off to best start in ages
Veteran Belleville High School girls’ basketball coach Liz Ramirez knew that she had the makings of…
Nutley girls truly miss star Watson
It’s taken the first few weeks of the high school basketball season for Nutley head girls’…
Kearny’s Jackson coming of age at right time
After spending a few years at Church Farm School, a private all-boys institution in Pennsylvania, Javon…
Mary A. Tortoreti, Observer owner, 1942-2016
Mary A. Tortoreti, who for the last four decades was the matriarch of The Observer and…
The news stories that made headlines in 2016
Compiled by Ron Leir & Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondents It was another banner year for…
This way madness lies … unless …
By Ron Leir As we’re just days away from 2017, what better way to greet the…