Obituaries

James Clifford Brierley James Clifford Brierley died on July 4. He and his family had celebrated…

Purple graffiti artist has cops seeing red

The purple painter has left his or her mark on Lyndhurst. Police are investigating three incidents…

News from the Nutley Police blotter

July 26 At 1:26 p.m., police responded to a home alarm call at a Whitford Ave.…

Nutley cops, mayor battle it out

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – Nutley cops, armed with a giant inflatable rat…

Hudson nets 589 guns in buyback

  Hudson County residents turned in a total of 589 firearms during the state-sponsored gun buyback…

She ‘delivered’ cocaine, now she gets jail

A Lyndhurst woman, a former U.S. Postal Service employee, has been sentenced to 46 months in…

How can you resist these loving creatures?

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST– Tucked beneath some green awnings at 221- 223 Stuyvesant…

Civilian dispatchers coming aboard soon

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – One year after the town designated East Orange to…

Borough enacts long-term financing plan

  NORTH ARLINGTON – In a move that the Democratic majority says will save taxpayers money…

Revised recycling strategy in Belleville

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – Starting Aug. 1, the Township of Belleville will be…

Thoughts & Views: Still plenty of afflictions to cure, here & abroad

The time is out of joint – O cursed spite, That ever I was born to…

WE’VE GOT MAIL

Displacing BOE president ill advised To the Editor: At the July 12, 2013 special meeting of…

KPD blotter: 100 degrees, 106 calls

At 7 a.m. last Wednesday, July 17, the Kearny Police Department logged its 15,000th job for…

Highlights from the Nutley Police blotter

July 18 The representative of a company that delivered goods valued at more than $4,000 to…

Around Town

Belleville Belleville Elks will hold a Type O blood drive, open to Belleville and the surrounding…