KEARNY – Two more school employee groups were placed in the fold last Monday, Dec. 21, as the Kearny…
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Thoughts & Views: So, ya wanna fight?
The Christmas / Chanukah / Kwanza/ Festivus holiday season is supposed to be a time when we all can take…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
‘THANK YOU’ To the Editor: As mayor, and on behalf of the Lyndhurst Board of Commissioners, I would…
Combatting ‘hate rhetoric’ in a big way
KEARNY – A local industrialist is responsible for a billboard erected along Truck Rt. 1&9 in Kearny that decries anti-immigrant sentiment,…
A lesson on the Holocaust from a survivor
HARRISON – Seventeen sixth-graders from Harrison’s Washington Middle School journeyed to the Alex Aidekman Family Jewish Community Center in Whippany on Dec.…
5 area creches robbed of Baby Jesus statue
Baby Jesus statues were stolen from Christmas Nativity displays set up at two churches in Kearny, and from church grounds in…
around town
Kearny Kearny UNICO is sponsoring its “Winter Doldrums” bus trip to the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City on Sunday, Jan.…
Obituaries
Francisca Bonilla A funeral service for Francisca Bonilla, 95, of Harrison, will be at Armitage Wiggins Funeral Home, 596 Belgrove…
Happy Holidays from all of us at The Observer to all of our readers and advertisers!
Happy Holidays from all of us at The Observer. Our office will close at noon on…
‘All life is precious’
KEARNY – The latest rescue equipment acquired by the Kearny Fire Department cost only $109, but to animal-lovers, it…
‘They gave it their all’
KEARNY – They gave it their all in a six-week “heat,” but, alas, they lost the race. Kearny…
Is KHS project ready now for final go-round?
KEARNY – The Kearny Board of Education has received a new round of bids to complete the long-delayed high school…
Dogged pursuit of park victory for canines
KEARNY – He’s only a 13-year-old Lincoln School biped, but Nate Jablonski, a Star Scout with Troop 305,…
KPD: We’re not in Clifton anymore, Toto
Of late, there seems to have been a spate of incidents involving drivers found asleep at the wheel. The latest…
Retirements force town to borrow $1.5M
KEARNY – While Kearny’s municipal payroll is getting a bit lighter from a surge of retirements, the town is still…
News in Brief …
NORTH ARLINGTON/EAST NEWARK – Residents of two Observer communities will shortly be seeing new faces in the police ranks.…
Santa brings gifts to borough school
EAST NEWARK – East Newark Public School was “adopted” Dec. 10 by a global firm whose management has made an…
Sentencing for Kearny man put off again
NEWARK – A Kearny man who admitted playing a role in a $13 million mortgage fraud scam will be…
around town
Belleville Belleville Elks Lodge 1123, 254 Washington Ave., will hold a blood drive on Tuesday, Dec. 29, from 5…
Obituaries
Archie Barber Archie Barber, of Toms River and formerly of Kearny, died on Dec.15. He was 75. Private arrangements…
Hometown ‘Legends’
“Legendary Locals,” just released by Arcadia Publishing, focuses on the residents -- famous and not --…
Schools need 60M in repairs
BELLEVILLE – The bill to fix Belleville’s public schools has come due … and it’s a whopper. In…
Family Success Center up & running
KEARNY – Prevention Links’ Liberty Family Success Center, the 53rd such state-funded facility in New Jersey, has begun operating in…
Will Silver Lake firehouse reopen? Stay tuned …
BELLEVILLE – Another disastrous fire in Belleville’s Silver Lake section has sparked cries for restoration of the Franklin St. firehouse which…
KPD: Now, a front-row seat — in jail
Remember the man from last week’s blotter who was reportedly found sitting in one of the cinemas at the now-closed Lincoln…
Thoughts & Views: To the NRA: Keep doing what you’re doing
Have you ever heard of something called a “community gun”? We learned about this not too long ago after one…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
‘REOPEN THE FIREHOUSE’ To the editor, I am certain that all of you now know that another…
Feds: N.A. man defrauded investors
NORTH ARLINGTON – A 23-year-old North Arlington man was to appear last week in Newark Federal Court to face charges…
Burglary suspect also combative: KPD
An East Newark man was remanded to the Hudson County Jail on $15,000 bail last week on charges including burglary and…
Charged in Superstorm Sandy fraud
NUTLEY – A Nutley woman has been charged criminally by the state for allegedly filing fraudulent applications for relief funds…