Youth arts association concert is Thursday night in Lyndhurst’s Town Hall Park

The Lyndhurst Youth Performing Arts Association sponsors its second summer event with a free concert Thursday,…

A tangled web, indeed

BELLEVILLE –  He once designed and maintained the township’s web site. But now Michael Melham is entangled in a…

Were you delivered by NJ poet?

  RUTHERFORD –  Those of you with a literary bent have heard of the celebrated 20th-century poet William Carlos…

Consultant defends his work

NORTH ARLINGTON –  Robert Ceberio, retained earlier this year by North Arlington as its redevelopment consultant, duked it out –…

Play space fix nearer?

KEARNY – Town and school officials in Kearny appeared to be edging toward an agreement for a new basketball court…

Hearn named acting police chief

NORTH ARLINGTON – Borough Police Capt. John Hearn was named acting police chief by Mayor Joseph Bianchi at last…

Spat with fire chief leads to firing

EAST NEWARK – An East Newark volunteer firefighter has been fired following a verbal blow-up with the chief of the…

Community Garden continues to grow

KEARNY –  For more than two decades, his profession was police officer in Kearny but Bob Edwards has been…

Thoughts & Views: Straight from the shark’s mouth

Following our June 24 column, in which we celebrated the 40th anniversary of “Jaws,” we received a call from an Observer…

Seeking to boost recycling efforts

NORTH ARLINGTON –  North Arlington has applied for a $5,000 N.J. Department of Environmental Protection Bonus Recycling Grant to promote recycling…

Essex tributes to ‘first patriots’’

July 4 was marked as America’s Independence Day with public ceremonies in Belleville and Nutley. At the historic cemetery…

‘Shots-fired’ call leads to discovery of body

NORTH ARLINGTON –  A man has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the Riverview Gardens apartments just off…

While in jail, he’s charged with more crimes

KEARNY –  A 26-year-old Newark man, Onajii Campbell, has been charged in connection with two overnight break-ins that occurred here in…

KPD: Going in cycles

A 44-year-old man was arrested last week for the theft of not one, but two, bicycles in Kearny, the KPD…

around town

Harrison Harrison-East Newark Elks, 408 Harrison Ave., sponsors a charity motorcycle run for veterans on Aug. 16. Check in at…