Tim Bixler, of The Bixler Group Real Estate and Insurance and his wife, Charissa Bixler, welcomed…
The Observer Staff
‘He knew he’d be caught’
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – On Christmas Eve, Kearny police reported, a Windsor St. home was burglarized…
3 nominees vie for vacant council seat
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Three political novices – all women – were under consideration for appointment…
Facing Sandy-recovery aid fraud charges
TRENTON – A Nutley woman is facing up to five years in prison and fines totalling $25,000 for allegedly…
Thoughts & Views: Mars? Tempting but focus on Earth first
After listening to President Obama’s most recent State of the (Dis) Union speech last Tuesday night, I couldn’t help thinking, I’d…
CORRECTION
A story in the Jan. 13 issue of The Observer about a fire at Plaque Art…
Have you seen these suspects?
BELLEVILLE – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Belleville Police Chief Joseph Rotonda are seeking the public’s help in…
Guns, ammo & more: KPD blotter
Last Thursday evening, Kearny police responded to the report of a man with a gun in a home on…
Another suicide & more: NPD blotter
Nutley PD has labeled the death of a 49-yearold Washington Ave. man initially discovered unresponsive at his home as a suicide.…
around town
Belleville Belleville Public Library and Information Center’s Children’s Room, 221 Washington Ave., announces the following activities: A Hibernation Party kicks off…
Sought in fatal accident, she fled to Brazil, cops say
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent HARRISON – A Harrison woman has been indicted on two counts of…
Four Nutley wrestlers earn Essex tourney titles
Bellevillle’s Greene also earns county gold By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Nutley High School wrestling coach…
Buccaneers hope ECT win is a solid start
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The boys’ high school basketball season was not going according to plan for…
Kearny’s Fernandes emerges as dominant inside force
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer When Emilia Fernandes was in eighth grade, still in the fledgling stages…
Obituaries
Michael ‘Mike’ Boyd Michael “Mike” Boyd, 76, of Pocono Lake, Pa., formerly of Harrison, died on Jan. 19.…
4th year for CANstruction
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Several years ago, Paul Rogers of Kearny visited a unique exhibit in…
$3.7M deficit confirmed
BELLEVILLE – Well, now it’s official. An audit of the Belleville Board of Education for the 2013-2014 school year…
Medical school will be Roche tenant
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – Roche USA, the Swiss-based pharmaceutical company that is marketing its 118-acre property…
Fitzhenry picked for vacant seat
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Republican loyalist Brian Fitzhenry was rewarded for his longtime service to…
Murder-suicide & more: NPD blotter
Details remained sketchy in the wake of what law enforcement agencies characterized as a murder-suicide on Hillside Ave. in Nutley last…
Drug suspects indicted
KEARNY – Three suspects — one from the Bronx and two from Kansas — arrested by N.J. State Police…
Township gets 3 new cops
LYNDHURST – The Lyndhurst Police Department has three new members. Officers Michael LeStrange, Steve Batista and John DeCamp were sworn in…
Today’s vocabulary lesson
Ready for another column on the Great War? (I warned you I was fanatical about it.) This won’t deal with…
Cops nab suspect in church burglary
A man who police described as the “primary suspect” in last year’s theft of a sacred relic – since recovered…
‘Ninja Turtles’ slowed up drug suspects
Two East Orange men who abandoned their car in a Kearny intersection following an accident ended up in the county…
Suspected ‘batter’ busted & more: KPD
You can credit a sharp-eyed Kearny police officer with the arrest last Thursday of a Harrison man wanted in connection…
Fatal shooting ruled suicide by police
KEARNY – The death of a 60-year-old Garfield man, found mortally wounded in his car in Kearny last week,…
around town
Bloomfield Bloomfield Public Library, 90 Broad St., hosts a Book Club meeting Feb. 2, 6:45 to 7:45 p.m., in…
Lyndhurst North Arlington wrestling co-op moves forward
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Mike Goff is in his third year coaching the Lyndhurst-North Arlington High Schools…
QP boys’ hoops: Getting better with time
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Queen of Peace boys’ basketball team continues to work its way through…