By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON — Robert Ceberio, former New Jersey Meadowlands Commission executive director, is…
Year: 2015
Brothers exit, United Water enters
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Now that Kearny has lost its top two administrators of its…
Teen bound for Far East
BELLEVILLE – A Belleville High School freshman will be spending part of the summer in Japan. Andrea Romero…
Crime flat from ‘13 to ‘14
KEARNY – The 2014 crime statistics have been released by the Kearny Police Department, and the good news is that…
Council seat filled; 5 cops promoted
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Marytrine DeCastro was seated as the newest member of the Kearny Town…
Township has Roche land but no developer
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – Belleville is taking the vacant 18.5-acre Roche Diagnostics parcel at Franklin Ave.…
Learn more about tax appeals
KEARNY – With the April 1 deadline looming for filing municipal tax appeals, the Town of Kearny is offering local…
Thoughts & Views: Dressed to kill (my brain cells)
Unless you have been hibernating with the groundhogs, you recognize the photo that accompanies this column. However, for the few of…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
‘A COWARDLY ACT’ To the editor, My family and I are deeply saddened and offended by a flyer…
Still hunting store robber: NPD
Police are continuing to search for a man who robbed a Centre St. convenience store on Feb. 22. At…
Probe shooting in Nutley home
NUTLEY – The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/ Major Crimes Task Force is investigating a Friday night shooting in Nutley…
He’s delivered to jail: KPD
A Newark man was remanded to the Hudson County Jail on $10,000 bail for allegedy stealing packages left on the…
Rolling on to the Eastern Regionals
By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent Ryen Pezzolla probably never gave much thought to playing roller hockey at a…
Concern over falling ice: NPD
Nutley public school officials are following up an incident involving ice falling from schools in the wake of an incident…
Dr. Mark Schachman joins Smile Center
Dr. Blair Schachtel of The Smile and Implant Center welcomes Dr. Mark Schachman to his practice in Kearny. Dr. Schachman is…
around town
Belleville Belleville Public Library, 221 Washington Ave., holds Storytimes for toddlers and preschoolers every Wednesday at 11 a.m., beginning March 11.…
Nutley’s Ferinde, QP’s Velez bring home Region 4 wrestling gold
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer A year ago, Joe Ferinde had to face the reality that he…
For Harrison bowling coach Cucci, labor of love pays off
For more than 20 years, Joe Cucci has taken the Harrison High School bowling team to local lanes in the…
QP’s Joseph reaches 1,000-point plateau
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Jeremy Joseph didn’t know how many points he needed to reach the…
Obituaries
Dorothy Baranowski Dorothy Baranowski (nee Smith) entered into eternal rest on Thursday, Feb. 26. She was 94. Dorothy was…
Bad driving led to more trouble for trio
Three Bronx, N.Y., men were arrested on fraud-related and drug charges after they were pulled over for a motor vehicle…
Theft suspect nabbed on bridge
A Paterson man was arrested Sunday, March 1, in Lyndhurst after police said he allegedly stole his girlfriend’s purse and ran…
Decastro picked
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – It’s all over but the swearing in – which was scheduled…
Gov.’s veto leaves UEZ up the creek
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Farewell, Farmers’ Market? No more Doggie Halloween Pawrade? Maybe sooner than…
Most liquor stores don’t check IDs
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent In 2013, the Hudson County Coalition for Drug Free Communities (HCCDFC) conducted a test…
News in brief
KEARNY – He is still seeking approvals to expand his residential project at Bergen and Schuyler Aves. in Kearny…
Clean-minded suspect in drug sweep
BLOOMFIELD – A Bloomfield woman who allegedy stored hundreds of envelopes of heroin, along with vials of crack cocaine, in…
New contract gives cops 3% pay hikes
BELLEVILLE – Belleville’s police force, from the rookie to the chief, is the beneficiaries of a new labor contract, approved…
KPD: The sweet smell of arrest
Kearny police were on radar detail on Rt. 7 in South Kearny last Wednesday when, at 4:14 p.m., Officer…
Bank’s accounts secure despite ATM skimmer: NPD
On Feb. 2, a local bank’s branch manager had alerted Nutley PD that it appeared that someone had placed…