By Anthony J. Machcinski Observer Correspondent In October 2012, when Hurricane Sandy devastated much of the…
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Thoughts & Views: Today, it’s Crimea, tomorrow, who knows?
Students of world history and geopolitics are likely burning the midnight oil these days, following the…
KPD blotter: Two nabbed in mugging
At 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, Match 16, a 22-year-old Newark man was walking at Devon and…
Jazz vocalist Jane Stuart still going strong
By Anthony J. Machcinski Observer Correspondent Home is where the heart is, especially for Jane…
Kearny realtor wins award
Jan R. Kwapniewski, president of Coccia Realty, announces that Luis Pinto Jr., a full-time licensed…
Business Review: A century of taking care of people
By Anthony J. Machcinski Observer Correspondent The death of a loved one is never something…
Then & Now
Here, on the left, is another one of those delightful local-scene postcards from…
Around Town
Bloomfield St. Valentine Church, 125 N. Spring St., offers a Spanish Mass on Sunday, April 6,…
Kardinals prepare for improved baseball campaign
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Kearny High School baseball team suffered through a…
Locals lead St. Peter’s Prep to solid hockey season
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The St. Peter’s Prep hockey team experienced great success…
Maroon Raiders look to be one of best local baseball squads
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Ask veteran Nutley High School head baseball coach Bob…
Toddler ‘rescued’ by tenant
HARRISON – A scantily dressed 4-year-old boy wandered out of his Kearny home into the…
News from the Nutley Police blotter
March 15 At 11:17 a.m., police responded to a Park Ave. location on a report of…
Obituaries
Robert Thomas Bubenas Robert Thomas Bubenas (“The Duke”) died suddenly on March 12 in Kearny. He…
Room for ‘Blue’ in tight budget
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A municipal spending blueprint introduced by the Kearny governing…
Parents alerted to virus
LYNDHURST – The Lyndhurst Board of Education has alerted parents to the recent appearance of a…
KPD focuses on security cameras
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Early last year, a malevolent vandal spray-painted graffiti up…
‘Street’ smart in language skills
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Check out the action in kindergarten and first grade…
Big tab for Oval makeover; survey next
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – It will take an estimated $15.8 million to revamp…
Serial robber pleads guilty
A Newark man pleaded guilty last week to his role in 14 armed robberies — including…
Rt. 46 crash injures woman; 2 arrested
A Lyndhurst woman was seriously injured last week when the car in which she was…
‘Green’ infusion for Community Garden
The Kearny Community Garden is getting flush with green … cash, that is. On March…
Thoughts & View: ‘Hereby you are notified . . . .’
Uh-oh. I’m in deep trouble. The following letter popped up in my email the other day:…
CORRECTION!
A story in the March 12 issue of The Observer misidentified Joseph Longo as president of…
9/11 steel destined for Schuyler firehouse
NORTH ARLINGTON – It wasn’t unanimous but at least North Arlington now has selected a…
Convicted of impersonating a cop
So, a guy walks into a pizzeria and says to the staff, “I’m a sheriff’s…
Nicosia drops out of municipal race
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – A bombshell has shaken up the Belleville municipal campaign…
KHS chums are ‘The Cartwheelers’
By Anthony J. Machcinski Observer Correspondent Looking to follow in the success of other two-piece…
KPD: He ran, but couldn’t hide
Just before midnight on March 11, security at Walmart reported to Kearny police that they were…
Business Review: Semiao: a lifetime of real estate experience
By Anthony J. Machcinski Observer Correspondent For some, the real estate business is a way…