By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – A 50-year-old Nutley was sentenced last week to four years and seven…
The Observer Staff
Thoughts & Views: ‘Wretched writers welcome’
The Bulwer-Lytton Contest winners for 2014 have been announced, and I feel compelled to share some of them with you. I…
Cat colony conundrum
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Controversy over how to deal with a cat colony in the…
News from the KPD blotter
Aug. 1 At 1:30 a.m., Officer Derek Hemphill responded to the report of a hit-run accident on the 200…
‘Polarized’ impossible to put down after picking it up
By Ryan Sloane Observer Correspondent With some summer night’s heat so oppressive you don’t want to venture outside, there’s…
New wellness center in Harrison
Pedestrians walking along Frank E. Rodgers South in Harrison lately may have noticed a new storefront open up…
Around Town
Belleville A performance by the Library Players, a children’s acting troupe, on Aug. 18 and a Science Fun Workshop…
Call him the ‘Golden Boy’ of the ring
North Arlington teen Cammett aspires to become professional wrestler By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer …
McCourt, O’Neill got coaching starts in Kearny
Thirty years ago this fall, Kearny High School enjoyed a soccer season to remember, perhaps the greatest single year in a…
Nutley’s Papaccio finds new baseball home with Rockland Boulders
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer After getting drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 18th round of…
Then & Now
Regarding the site depicted in this week›s ’Then’ photo, the following description is by William C. Brigham…
Logged on the Nutley police blotter
Aug. 2 At 3:29 a.m., police responded to a call of a motor vehicle crash on Franklin Ave.…
Police probing attack at local night club
LYNDHURST – Police reported a stabbing incident at the Rivas Blue night club, 525 Riverside Ave., Lyndhurst, early Monday.…
SMMC urges cataract awareness
St. Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, advises community members to take control of their eye health and know…
Obituaries
Frances Case Frances Case entered into eternal rest on Monday, Aug. 4. Born in Kearny, Frances was a lifelong…
September meeting on backups
NORTH ARLINGTON – The borough has completed a jet cleaning of the Geraldine Road sanitary sewer line and a camera…
Mounds keep growing
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Those piles of trash being dumped in the Keegan landfill in…
5 seek 3 seats on BOE
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Five candidates, including two incumbents, are seeking three seats on the…
School brass roster shifting
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Looking ahead to the September schools opening, the Kearny Board of…
Fighting for veterans
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – A delegation of the region’s veterans convened at the Nutley VFW to…
Hoping to extend access to riverfront
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – It may not compare with the breezes from the Jersey Shore…
Serial-hoax suspect nabbed
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – On Jan. 31, just two days before the Super Bowl, letters…
Fire engine on auction block
KEARNY – Want to buy a used fire truck? You’ll have a chance to do so in Kearny…
Getting a leg (or ankle) up on crooked pols
It has been widely reported that the City of London is tackling hooliganism on the public streets triggered by repeated…
‘Charity scam’ in name of slain cop
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – How low can you go? Not much lower…
Sprucing it up
The state Department of Transportation is arranging for the sandblasting and repainting of this old…
Red Bulls & SportsCare: perfect together
HARRISON – The New York Red Bulls, the major league soccer team based in Harrison, has contracted with the…
‘The Hunt With John Walsh’ on CNN is already paying off
By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent John Walsh lived every parent’s nightmare back in 1981, when his then…
KPD: ‘Knock, knock’ not funny
An overzealous door-to-door solicitor got himself arrested after an encounter with a 70-year-old woman who wouldn’t put up with his aggressive…
News from the Nutley police blotter
July 26 The manager of a Washington Ave. gas station called police at 12:10 a.m. to report that the…