By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – What started out as a public celebration of…
Day: August 14, 2013
Alma agrees to pay
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent EAST NEWARK – A three-year legal battle between East Newark and…
Kearny boosts public safe rosters a notch
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Every time he’d pass the Midland Ave. firehouse…
Now he’s ready for nuptials
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A Kearny veteran was expected back home from…
Reports from the Kearny PD blotter
This is a public service announcement from Police Chief John Dowie to the residents of Kearny:…
Relax bulk rules for Passaic Ave., DCA says
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Unlike the neighboring town of…
Thoughts & Views: In praise of lousy prose
If you love good writing, you probably also love bad writing–providing it’s deliberately bad. It takes…
Mirroring real life in art: sex abuse & gangs
By Ryan Sloan Observer Correspondent (Updated) At 25, she’s already written two fiction books. And…
Author explores at-risk teen girls’ behavior
By Laurie Perrone Observer Guest Correspondent “Bad” is an intriguing young adult novel about teens overcoming…
Never too young to learn to dance
Now in its 17th year, Visions Dance Dance Studio of Kearny is offering a new…
Around Town
Belleville Tickets are now available for St. Peter’s Rosary Confraternity’s annual Communion Breakfast to be held…
Local hoop enthusiasts get tips from Hall of Fame coach Hurley
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer It all started three years ago, when Ron…
Riverside County Park will be home to both NA, QP this season
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer If you take a drive around the area’s high…
A battle of champions in Lyndhurst, for a good cause
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer It started out as a simple idea and blossomed…
Obituaries
George P. Blauvelt George P. Blauvelt of Bloomfield passed away on July 23 at home surrounded…