By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Republican loyalist Brian Fitzhenry was rewarded for his longtime service to…
Month: January 2015
Murder-suicide & more: NPD blotter
Details remained sketchy in the wake of what law enforcement agencies characterized as a murder-suicide on Hillside Ave. in Nutley last…
Drug suspects indicted
KEARNY – Three suspects — one from the Bronx and two from Kansas — arrested by N.J. State Police…
Township gets 3 new cops
LYNDHURST – The Lyndhurst Police Department has three new members. Officers Michael LeStrange, Steve Batista and John DeCamp were sworn in…
Today’s vocabulary lesson
Ready for another column on the Great War? (I warned you I was fanatical about it.) This won’t deal with…
Cops nab suspect in church burglary
A man who police described as the “primary suspect” in last year’s theft of a sacred relic – since recovered…
‘Ninja Turtles’ slowed up drug suspects
Two East Orange men who abandoned their car in a Kearny intersection following an accident ended up in the county…
Suspected ‘batter’ busted & more: KPD
You can credit a sharp-eyed Kearny police officer with the arrest last Thursday of a Harrison man wanted in connection…
Fatal shooting ruled suicide by police
KEARNY – The death of a 60-year-old Garfield man, found mortally wounded in his car in Kearny last week,…
around town
Bloomfield Bloomfield Public Library, 90 Broad St., hosts a Book Club meeting Feb. 2, 6:45 to 7:45 p.m., in…
Lyndhurst North Arlington wrestling co-op moves forward
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Mike Goff is in his third year coaching the Lyndhurst-North Arlington High Schools…
QP boys’ hoops: Getting better with time
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Queen of Peace boys’ basketball team continues to work its way through…
Ford’s long-range shooting boosts Vikings
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The high school basketball season had yet to begin, but the North…
3 plead guilty in teen killing, accused shooter awaits trial
KEARNY – According to published reports, three suspects in the Jan. 17, 2013, murder of 16-year-old Alishia Colon in Kearny, have…
Obituaries
Michael Angelo Cowley Michael Angelo Cowley entered into eternal rest on Monday, Jan. 12, surrounded by his loving family.…