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Kearny girls’ cross country team excels at Passaic County Coaches meet
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Before the current high school cross country season began,…
Nutley girls’ soccer: Going to goal with authority
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Most high school soccer teams like to take…
Makeshift Martin: NA standout has game to remember
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The high school football preseason wasn’t exactly going…
All in the family
By Anthony Coelho Observer Correspondent “Business and blood don’t mix.” That’s a phrase that is…
Obituaries
Frank Bonaccorso Frank Bonaccorso, 90, of Toms River, passed away Monday, Sept. 23, at Community Medical…
Then & Now
Upper photo courtesy Kearny Museum; bottom photo by Karen Zautyk St. Cecilia Church in Kearny…
Longtime Lyndhurst bakery closed
LYNDHURST – A landmark bakery in Lyndhurst has been shuttered after the discovery of health code…
Iraq vet bravely soldiers on
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Every once in awhile, someone comes into your…
A ri ft in the ranks
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Only four months after the Lyndhurst First ticket…
Funding for Owens Park seems assured
NUTLEY – It was a close call for more than a year but the Nutley Township…
6,759 salutes to the fallen
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – If you have been were driving on…
BOE awards new contract for KHS work
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – After little activity since March, the Kearny High…
Town: No traffic flow change for Afton St.
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – With the winter – and sledding – season…
HUD, landlords settle bias allegation
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – The landlords of two North Arlington apartment buildings,…
Thoughts & Views: Alarming info for sleepyheads
Today’s column is prompted by a recurring event in my life: Oversleeping. I am a night…
We’ll feature home holiday stylings
Time seems to be flying by faster and faster each day. With October right around the…
5 firms vying for redevelopment counsel
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – Five law firms are in the mix to become…
Forecast for bike fun: Fair in Kearny
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – From 1 to 4 p.m. this Saturday, Sept.…
The Angry Coffee Bean has so much based and local Thurs- goatbreakfast, ground, more than just coffee
By Ryan Sloan Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – When you hear of a place that…
KPD blotter: 8 cans of tuna to go
Recent Kearny Police Department blotters have contained a number of shoplifting reports, usually involving something like…
Around Town
Belleville Confidential documents will be shredded for free on Community Shred Day (Belleville residents only) on…
Young Maroon Raider squad learning on the fly
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Nutley High School boys’ soccer team is off…
QP girls’ soccer: Counting on veterans
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Mike Flynn has been the girls’ soccer…
Harrison’s Huseinovic makes sure that Blue Tide finally gets a win
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer It had been quite some time since the Harrison…
Then & Now
The intersection of Kearny and Midland Aves. still resembled a rural crossroads when this…
Obituaries
Robert W. Balmforth Robert W. Balmforth, 67, of Ft. Myers Beach, Fla., formerly of Kearny, passed…
‘Where angels play’
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – It has been nearly a year since Hurricane…
Joyous time for Bravest
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Last Tuesday’s heavy agenda meeting of the Kearny…
Guil pleas in med lab bribe scheme
A physician with an office in North Arlington and a Lyndhurst man employed by a diagnostics…