Health officials are on the lookout for a dog that badly injured a man in Kearny’s…
Month: August 2015
Cadets get upclose lesson on 9/11
KEARNY – Last week, we wrote about the Kearny Police Department’s Junior Police Academy and the 50 dedicated cadets who…
Overseas mission for teacher
KEARNY – Before she returns to her teaching job at Kearny High School next month, Jennifer Hansen will be…
‘Dream’ now closer to reality
LYNDHURST – The long-delayed American Dream retail and entertainment complex planned for the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford has…
Library shooting to grand jury
HACKENSACK – A little more than two months after a township man was fatally shot in the Lyndhurst Public Library…
Better late than never on court safety
KEARNY/HARRISON – Maybe the state should throw the book at them. Nine years after the N.J. Administrative Office of the…
Expanded public parking on Grant Ave.?
EAST NEWARK – In the wake of a fire that wrecked a two-story duplex on Grant Ave. next to…
Burglaries top KPD blotter news
Kearny police are on the hunt for a man who allegedly burglarized two Kearny Ave. businesses in the overnight hours…
Thoughts & Views: Refreshing paws on a summer day
If you don’t recognize the photo accompanying this column, you must have neither television nor Internet access. It’s a still…
CORRECTION
A story in the Aug. 19 issue of The Observer misstated the number of jobs that…
Bras, other undergarments taken from resident’s laundry: NPD
An Adams Court resident in Nutley lost several bras, gym pants, socks and other undergarments on Aug. 16 and…
Doing their part to protect anglers
Some of New Jersey’s veterans who’ve seen combat action overseas have returned to the home front to enlist in a…
around town
Belleville Belleville Elks Lodge 1123, 254 Washington Ave., hosts a blood drive on Wednesday, Aug. 26, from 5 to…
Don’t be scammed by fake IRS callers
Nutley Commissioner Steven Rogers is warning the public that criminals are continuing to use sophisticated phone scams targeting taxpayers, especially senior…
Blue Tide looks to reload instead of rebuild
Defending NJSIAA Group I soccer champ features almost new roster It was business as usual for the…