Diamond Jubilee

KEARNY –  This Sunday, Sept. 13, Our Lady of Sorrows Church, at Davis and Bergen Aves., will mark its…

Showdown looming on O.T.

KEARNY –  Town officials and union representatives are still grappling over what to do about finding overtime pay for Kearny…

Prepared to party hardy

BELLEVILLE –  Once again, Belleville is getting ready to party. On Wednesday, Sept. 16, Mayor Raymond Kimble and the…

Courtyard at Lincoln School going green with urban garden

KEARNY – As fall classes resume this month, there’ll be a new look to Lincoln Middle School as it…

See WTC beam during NA 9/11 observance

NORTH ARLINGTON –  A steel beam recovered from the WTC, donated to the North Arlington Volunteer Fire Department by the…

Driver nabbed in highway hit-run

A Belleville man was being held in the Bergen County Jail on $100,000 bail following his arrest last week on…

KPD: Truck was weapon, fuel was vodka

Shortly before 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 1, Officer Jay Ward was directing traffic in a work zone at Schuyler…

We’re all in this together, folks

As we hurl headlong into another presidential nomination cycle, it’s an opportune time for all of us to step back…

CORRECTION!

A story about the fish exchange program in The Observer’s Aug. 26 issue contained two errors.…

3 robbery suspects collared

KEARNY –  A Saturday night party in a Quincy Ave. backyard morphed into a crime scene Aug. 29 when…

around town

Belleville  The Township of Belleville will hold its “We Remember Sept. 11, 2001” ceremony on Friday, Sept. 11, at…

Men’s Wellness Day upcoming at SMMC

St. Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, hosts a “Men’s Health and Wellness Day” in partnership with the American Cancer Society and…

Vikings hope to stay healthy, more competitive this season

The 2014 high school football season was rolling along for the Vikings of North Arlington. They had just won their…

Amid turmoil, QP’s grid team trudges on

It has not been an easy offseason for the Queen of Peace football program. First, former head coach Bob Kearns,…

Lyndhurst boys’ soccer: dramatic improvement in 2015

Denis Jelcic begins his second season as the head boys’ soccer coach at Lyndhurst High School, knowing full well that the…