Camp Fatima: Bringing Harrison closer together for a cause

  By Jim Hague  LEBANON TOWNSHIP – The brown sign off the eastbound lanes of Route…

Kearny’s Koziel racks up medals at National Junior Disability Games

  By Jim Hague If you think Michael Phelps was impressive in collecting medal after medal…

Abromaitis returns as QP athletic director

  By Jim Hague When Ed Abromaitis was a teenager growing up in Kearny in the…

Obituaries

Virginia DeArmas Virginia DeArmas died suddenly on Aug. 5 in St. Michael’s Medical Center in Newark.…

National Night Out in Kearny draws crowds

An estimated 500 people turned out for Kearny’s annual observance of National Night Out and there…

News from the Lyndhurst Police blotter

Aug. 8 • At 9:33 a.m. the owner of a 1997 Volkswagen reported that someone entered…

BREAKING NEWS from Nutley Blotter

A Nutley teenage girl had a close call with a prowler on the afternoon of Monday,…

Up against ‘Blue Wall’

  By Ron Leir NORTH ARLINGTON – Judging from the complaints he’s filed against the borough,…

Estate sues for Hood pay

    By Ron Leir BELLEVILLE – A little more than a year after she died,…

Charter school back for 2nd year at Holy Cross

  By Ron Leir HARRISON – The tenant occupying the former Holy Cross School on Frank…

Kearny resident wins prestigious nursing award

  By Jeff Bahr Kearny resident Dr. Mary E. Norton, associate dean and professor of Global…

Pro Wrestling to stomp on Belleville

  By Jeff Bahr Belleville will be treated to raucous larger-than-life physical theater (ouch!) when all-star…

‘The only thing we have to fear…’

When President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the above words during his 1933 inaugural address, he was…

Grandmaster Marchetti: Pride of Kearny

  By Karen Zautyk Well, whaddya know? The pen really is mightier than the sword. Or…

Around Town

Kearny • Kearny Public Library will be premiering two films new to DVD. Both films will…

Kearny’s Adamek gets another Prudential Center fight

Sept. 8 battle with Walker an afternoon production   By Jim Hague NEWARK – Tomasz Adamek…

Schoener named Kearny boys’ hoops coach

    By Jim Hague After spending the last four years as the boys’ head basketball…

Kearny resident Beltran set to compete in U.S. Ironman championship

  By Jim Hague Danny Beltran is a native of Colombia who arrived in the United…

“Overexposure’ gets man ‘burned’

By Jeff Bahr While patrolling Belmont Ave. on July 31, Belleville Police officers were flagged down…

How to get 72 (t) relief

  By Randy Neumann In these days of layoffs, downsizing, corporate packages and unemployment at historic…

Obituaries

George W. Mathers George W. Mathers of Kearny died on Aug. 4 at his home. He…

Back-seat occupant foils would-be car theft, Kearny cops say

A man tried to steal a vehicle left by the driver with the motor running but…

Schuyler Ave. crash triggers downed wires, road closure

A Kearny man was hurt shortly after 2 p.m. this past Friday when his car crashed…

Kearny mom left baby in car to shop, police say

  Were it not for the active intervention of a good Samaritan, the life of a…

Trying to untangle tie-ups

    By Ron Leir LYNDHURST – Question: How many times does a traffic light need…

One-stop health care prescribed for residents

  By Ron Leir HARRISON – With or without Obamacare – the outcome in New Jersey…

Want to cheer lonely senior? Just call! Follow The Observer

By Jeff Bahr  NUTLEY – A lot can be learned when a politician leaves the offi…

Long-vacant KMUA post soon to be filled

  By Ron Leir  KEARNY – After doing without someone at the helm for more than…

Bomb scare forces evacuation of postal complex in Kearny

U.S. postal inspectors are continuing to investigate who is responsible for a threat to blow up…

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