Duty, honor, country

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent WEST POINT, N.Y.– Last Thursday, according to the weather folk,…

VOICE giving vets a lift

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Kearny’s fledgling VOICE (Veterans Outreach Information Community Education)…

Nutley working to protect its seniors

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – One elderly township resident claims she’s paid out thousands…

Kearny gets Hudson County’s first Wawa

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Last Friday, Kearny gained a new corporate retail presence…

Retrial of Bergrin delayed to next week

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent Paul Bergrin of Nutley, known in some quarters as the (allegedly)…

Partial Skyway shutdown begins in 2014

NEWARK – The state Department of Transportation announced last week at a Newark press conference plans…

Secrets in plain sight

  This week’s column is one of my serendipitous ones. It concerns things we see often…

Kearny Police blotter

Kearny police were credited with saving the life of a young man who apparently had been…

Fatal crash in Kearny

    An 87-year-old Harrison man was pronounced dead Friday following a three-car crash at the…

Around Town

Bloomfield Bloomfield Public Library, 90 Broad St., announces a new Financial Book Club for beginners. The…

Nutley’s O’Neill heads to NFL Punt, Pass and Kick nationals

Giants fan represented his favorite team in Atlanta     By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer…

Prospects look bleak for Seton Hall

    By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer NEWARK – You have to pardon Seton Hall…

Kearny’s Durning can do anything and everything

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Simply put, Haley Durning is the epitome of a…

Blue Star Salute to Osborns

    So far, Kearny’s VOICE project has identified “a little less than 30” households whose…

Obituaries

Marie Abello Marie Abello (nee Mattaliano) died on Jan. 6 in West Hudson Post Acute Care…