Brother, can you spare a billion?

Puerto Rico is $70 billion in the hole and Greece is seeking approval from the European Union and the IMF…

CORRECTIONS

CORRECTION A story in The Observer’s Aug. 5 issue about the Techniques of Alcohol Management training…

Kearny actor featured in NYC production

If you’ve been a long-time reader of this newspaper, you’ve no doubt, at one point or another, read a…

FEMA: File Sandy flood claims by Sept. 15

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is reminding National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders who filed a claim as a result…

around town

Belleville  Belleville Elks Lodge 1123, 254 Washington Ave., hosts a blood drive on Wednesday, Aug. 26, from 5 to…

Deer sighted in Kearny! Inside Lincoln School!

KEARNY –  Pop quiz: 1. Which of these animals is NOT native to New Jersey? A. Muskrat…

Lyndhurst’s Kesack gets QB tutorial from one of the all-time greats

Giants Super Bowl MVP Simms works with local standout When Danny Kesack returned to the Wesley College football…

Former Kearny resident Oyola pens book about faith

James Oyola cherishes the time he spent growing up in Kearny. “We moved to Kearny from New York when I…

Boyce back at QP as boys’ hoops coach

Christian Boyce has pretty much spent his entire life at Queen of Peace, first as a student and standout athlete,…

N.A. public schools re-open Sept. 9

The first day of classes for North Arlington Public Schools for the 2015-2016 school year will be Wednesday, Sept. 9.…

Obituaries

Arthur J. Matson  Arthur J. Matson, 78, of Brick, and formerly of Point Pleasant, passed away peacefully on Monday,…

Harrison police seek bank robbery suspect

HARRISON –  Police are seeking a man who pulled off a bank robbery in Harrison last Wednesday. Harrison…

Tombstone ID found and you’re not going to believe whose it was

Nutley police have finally learned who the mystery headstone with the name Max Ferreira, age 8,…

Flying crime fighter

KEARNY –  Huge crowds showed up for Kearny’s annual National Night Out Against Crime observance Tuesday, Aug. 4, from 6…

Gearing up for 175th anniversary

HARRISON –  The year was 1840: William Henry Harrison had just been elected president and in April the New…