Four Nutley wrestlers earn Essex tourney titles

Bellevillle’s Greene also earns county gold By Jim Hague  Observer Sports Writer  Nutley High School wrestling coach…

Buccaneers hope ECT win is a solid start

By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The boys’ high school basketball season was not going according to plan for…

Kearny’s Fernandes emerges as dominant inside force

By Jim Hague  Observer Sports Writer  When Emilia Fernandes was in eighth grade, still in the fledgling stages…

Obituaries

Michael ‘Mike’ Boyd Michael “Mike” Boyd, 76, of Pocono Lake, Pa., formerly of Harrison, died on Jan. 19.…

3 arrested in Nutley robbery

NUTLEY — At 12:50 a.m., Jan. 18, a Nutley police officer noticed three young men fleeing…

3 displaced, 1 injured in Belleville fire

BELLEVILLE – Three township residents were displaced and one was injured by a fire that heavily…

From Kearny Mayor Alberto Santos … RE: the snow emergency

The Kearny Office of Emergency Management, in coordination with the Kearny Police and Fire departments, Kearny…

Closures for Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 26 & 27 (ongoing list)

Here’s an ongoing list of local closures as of 5:39 p.m., Jan. 26. We’ll update this…

Nutley Library closing today at 1 p.m.

The Nutley Public Library will close early Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 at 1 p.m., due to…

State offices closing at 1 p.m. today, will be closed tomorrow

State offices will close today at 1 p.m., and will be closed tomorrow, after Gov. Christie…

Delivery of The Observer will likely be delayed Tuesday; no trash pickup in NA Tuesday

Because of the pending storm, delivery of The Observer will likely be delayed tomorrow, Jan. 27.…

Angelo Feorenzo, father of former Observer Publisher Lisa Feorenzo, dies at 75

Above: Tina Feorenzo, Angelo J. Feorenzo and former Observer Publisher Lisa Feorenzo. Angelo James Feorenzo, 75,…

4th year for CANstruction

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent  KEARNY –  Several years ago, Paul Rogers of Kearny visited a unique exhibit in…

$3.7M deficit confirmed

BELLEVILLE –  Well, now it’s official. An audit of the Belleville Board of Education for the 2013-2014 school year…

Medical school will be Roche tenant

By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  NUTLEY –  Roche USA, the Swiss-based pharmaceutical company that is marketing its 118-acre property…