Middle School opens

KEARNY –  Most of Kearny’s public school seventh- and eighthgraders showed up for the first day (actually, it was…

Kearny girls poised for county, state title runs

By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer  Make no bones about it. The Kearny High School girls’ soccer team will…

NA grid Vikings: Vow to improve in 2014

By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The North Arlington High School football team posted a 2-8 record in 2013.…

Golden Griffins gridiron group move on without Momnohin

By Jim Hague  Observer Sports Writer The Queen of Peace football team enjoyed a resurgent campaign in 2013, winning…

Collect pledges for Pathways

Get involved in a worthy charity cause and collect a free T-shirt. To encourage participation in next month’s Pathways to Independence Walk-A-Thon,…

Are your supplements working?

Dr. Richard Ekstein hosts a bio-photonic event Monday, Sept. 22, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at 312 Belleville Turnpike,…

Then & Now

  What you are looking at ‘Then’ is a photo taken at the 1921 Kearny High…

Final salute to veterans’ champion

By Karen Zautyk  Observer Correspondent  BELLEVILLE –  Joseph T. Fornarotto, a lifelong resident of Belleville and a tireless advocate…

Upscale rentals enroute

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent Two West Hudson communities will see their populations grow a bit thanks to a…

Gearing up for ‘antidote’ drug

By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  NORTH ARLINGTON –  North Arlington is among the first communities in Bergen County…

DWI cited in 2 crashes

By Karen Zautyk  Observer Correspondent  KEARNY – Two local men have been charged criminally with assault by auto following…

KPD blotter: Anybody seen a Glock?

An 18-year-old girl, with addresses in both Bayville and Newark, was arrested Aug. 22 in connection with the theft of a…

More turnover at BOE

      By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  BELLEVILLE – In the latest in a series…

6 locals among newest Troopers

TOMS RIVER –  Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman and Col. Rick Fuentes, superintendent of the New Jersey State Police,…

A new home for W.H.A.T. at First Lutheran Church

West Hudson Arts and Theater Company (W.H.A.T.) announces it is moving from its location at the former St. Stephen’s School…