State champs again!

The Harrison High School boys’ soccer team shows off the NJSIAA Group 1 state championship trophy…

Heck of a way to get home

By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  HARRISON –  The mercury had dropped to near-freezing last Friday night, Nov. 14,…

90 displaced by 3-alarm blaze

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent  KEARNY –  A three-alarm fire in an apartment building on Beech St. at…

OCI will reopen, owners say

By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  NUTLEY –  Akitchen fire sent about 30 customers scurrying out of a popular Nutley…

More apartments eyed for Bergen Ave.

By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  KEARNY –  Carlstadt builder Ed Russo is looking to expand a residential development project…

Local taxes up again in borough

By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  NORTH ARLINGTON –  Borough residents should be getting their property tax bills by…

Vets’ photos wanted for ‘Wall of Honor’

By Karen Zautyk  Observer Correspondent  NUTLEY –  This township, which has been in the forefront when it comes…

Thoughts & Views: ‘Phishing’ season is year-round

In my spam folder, there are currently 15 emails: two ostensibly from EZPass telling me I owe toll money;…

Carved in stone

    Photo by Karen Zautyk On Veterans Day, the Township of Kearny added this new…

3 rescued in Beech St. house fire

By Karen Zautyk  Observer Correspondent  KEARNY–  The Kearny Fire Department, responding to a Beech St. house fire last Thursday…

Warning: Stop trashing Kearny

By Karen Zautyk  Observer Correspondent  KEARNY – Notice to anyone who views Kearny as their personal trash heap:…

Black ice creates havoc

KEARNY–  November temperatures, half-a-month overdue, arrived with a vengeance last week, bringing with them that bane of winter travel: black…

KPD: Mother knows best

A teenage auto-theft suspect who led police on both a car chase and a foot chase ended up cooling…

Merchant stuck with fake bills & more: NPD blotter

A Franklin Ave. business in Nutley was the apparent victim of a counterfeit sting. The business representative informed Nutley PD that…

Gold & Diamond Trading: a gem in our own back yard

By Kevin Canessa Jr.  Observer Correspondent  HARRISON –  If you’re looking to buy gold, silver, platinum or…