KEARNY – Theresa Sullivan was happy when she bought her brand new house on Brighton Ave. in Kearny’s First Ward.…
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4 new promotions but still understaffed
KEARNY – He’s been a Kearny cop since 1999 but five years prior, Adriano Marques learned what it was like…
Thoughts & Views: The sporting life
The recent passing of Walter Byers, who built up a then-fledgling National Collegiate Athletic Association into a college sports dynamo, brought…
CORRECTION
A story in The Observer’s May 27 issue about a Lyndhurst residential development misstated the name…
BOE settles with Doran on back pay
KEARNY – The Kearny Board of Education has agreed to settle a tort claim for wrongful termination brought by…
Emergency device will help save lives
LYNDHURST – The township of Lyndhurst has equipped one of its ambulances with a Zoll AutoPulse Non-Invasive Cardiac Support Pump…
KPD: No Coke. Pepsi.
Three Kearny juveniles who mistakenly thought they were smarter than the cops ended up in custody last week after they stole…
NPD: Lock your car doors!
Nutley PD is reminding residents to lock their car doors in the wake of multiple vehicular burglaries and a stolen…
around town
Harrison Washington Middle School PTO hosts a “Pot of Gold” Tricky Tray Thursday, June 4, at Harrison High School,…
Frank’s GMC supporting Valerie Fund New Jersey
Franks GMC, 325 Orient Way, (www.FranksGMC.net), Lyndhurst, announces you can make a difference in the life of a child one…
Obituaries
Rasheed Hassan Rasheed Hassan, of Jersey City, died May 25. He was 77. He was born in Guiana.…
Man dies from injuries suffered in ‘home invasion’
BELLEVILLE – A Nutley man has been arrested in connection with the now-fatal assault on an 85-year-old man in his…
Full letter: Cifelli-Sherry says enough with the Kearny bashing
This letter has gone viral on social media! Click the headline to find out why Barbara…
Over and out
NORTH ARLINGTON – A contractor was prepping for work on overhead utility lines when his tractor-trailer tipped over, landing…
Safety first for Chubb Ave. project
LYNDHURST – A Warren County developer is poised to convert a vacant commercial building bordering the Lyndhurst meadows area into…
She did practice teaching here; now she’ll run high school
KEARNY – The Kearny Board of Education voted May 18 to hire a retired educator from the Jersey Shore…
KPD: Dagger & ‘Danger’ lead to jail
A Kearny man, allegedly wearing a dagger around his neck, was arrested on assault, weapons and drug charges last week and…
Amtrak conductor from Kearny sues RR
Among the 200 people injured in the May 12 Amtrak derailment in North Philadelphia was a Kearny man who was…
Sub Station? Yes, that’s the ticket!
HARRISON – A longtime Harrison educator has acquired a vacant commercial space at Frank E. Rodgers Blvd. N. and Hamilton…
Thoughts & Views: In memory of a Marine
See the man in the front in the photo? The one with a camera instead of a rifle?…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
‘DON’T BAD-MOUTH KEARNY’ To the editor: It happened again! I ran into a former Kearny resident (a retired…
KHS alum earns high marks as Rosa realtor
Rosa Agency reports that Steven Lartiga is quickly establishing himself as a top agent in the area. Lartiga has been…
Chubb Ave. builder plans ‘inclusive’ apts.
Petrucci Development Co. plans to build a five-story, 218-unit “high end” rental apartment building at 120 Chubb Ave. with 20%…
around town
Belleville St. Anthony of Padua Church, Belleville, will hold a Feast in honor of St. Anthony on Franklin St.…
Obituaries
Mary A. Bartiromo Mary A. Bartiromo died peacefully on May 17. She was 78. Born in Newark, she lived most…
Billy & Amelia Pena now part of Century 21 Semiao
KEARNY – Century 21 Semiao and Associates announces that Billy Pena and Amelia Pena have joined their marketing team. Formerly agents…
Board hires interim KHS principal
KEARNY — The Board of Education voted May 18 to hire a retired educator from the Jersey Shore as interim…
Criminal ring swiped equipment
LYNDHURST – On Aug. 10, 2014, a Caterpillar Skid-Steer, valued at $17,950, disappeared from the school construction site of Lyndhurst’s…
Colon case: jury returns’ guilty verdict
A Hudson County jury of nine men and three women returned a guilty verdict for the man accused of…
Town’s credit rating downgraded
KEARNY – Kearny took two shots across its bow this month from Moody’s Investor Service but the captain of…