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Guest at Harrison HS career fair tests positive for COVID-19, principal says
A guest at Harrison High School’s recent career fair has tested positive for COVID-19, Harrison HS…
First Lyndhurst resident tests positive for COVID-19, Giangeruso says
The Township of Lyndhurst has its first Coronavirus patient. In a letter dated March 17, Mayor…
Resident of Alaris at Belgrove, Kearny, tests positive for COVID-19; child from Kearny daycare also tests positive
Two people with a Kearny connection — one of whom is a resident of Alaris at…
Funerals & wakes in a Coronavirus world
One of the areas where there’s been a little more grey area than elsewhere is how…
Patient (a non-resident) at Clara Maass Medical Center first to test positive for COVID-19 in Belleville
A non-Belleville resident at Clara Maass Medical Center has tested positive for the Coronavirus at the…
Kearny schools to switch to distance-learning beginning Tuesday, March 17; snow day to be used Monday
In consultation with the Kearny Board of Health, town officials and the Hudson County Department of…
An update from Mayor Robert B. Giangeruso of Lyndhurst …
A community update from Mayor Robert B. Giangeruso and the Lyndhurst Board of Commissioners / Lyndhurst…
N.A. man arrested for possessing, distributing 2,000+ child-porn images, BCPO says
A North Arlington man has been arrested on charges that he possessed and distributed images involving…
Arrest made in fatal Friday Kearny crash: HCPO
A fatal accident on Harrison Avenue Friday, March 13, has led to the arrest of the…
All 75 Bergen County School Districts to begin online classes next week; County Executive issues said order
Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco delivered the following remarks at an evening news conference concerning the…
Mass suspended this weekend, Catholic schools to close all next week
Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, archbishop of Newark, announced today he has dispensed the faithful of the…
West Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade postponed
The West Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade has been postponed. Kevin M. Quinn, the president of…
Belleville announces cancelations and procedures in wake of Coronavirus outbreak
Mayor Michael Melham has announced several measures to ensure the safety of Belleville residents in the…
Joseph E. Blood, husband of Kearny Superintendent of Schools Patricia Blood, dies aged 68
Joseph E. Blood of Howell, the husband of Kearny Superintendent of Schools Patricia Blood, died at…
2 from Kearny among 59 arrested in HCSO sweep
The Hudson County Jail in South Kearny got a lot more crowded last month thanks to…
Archdiocese announces major precautions to help stop the spread of the Coronavirus
The Archdiocese of Newark is taking seemingly unprecedented steps to help combat the spread of the…
Ridge Road Bridge opening sometime today (Feb. 5), NJDOT says
The new Ridge Road Bridge over Rt. 3 in Lyndhurst & Rutherford will open to traffic…
Harrison man arrested by HCPO Cold Case Unit, charged with 2007 murder
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office’s Cold Case Unit has arrested a Harrison man believed to have…
Video shows three white girls using racially insensitive language; Nutley PD says it’s ‘in poor taste,’ but not criminal in nature
A video recently posted on social media has a community scratching its proverbial head. The Nutley…
WACTH: NJSEA approves resolution to keep Keegan closed forever! We did it!
Click the headline to watch a video from today's historic NJSEA meeting.
One firefighter injured in Lyndhurst blaze
A fire at the All Guard Fence Company on Gutheil Place, Lyndhurst, caused some damage, and…
Second suspect sought in brazen daytime armed robbery: KPD
Anyone with tips is asked to contact Det. Neil Nelson, of the Kearny Police Department, at…
NJSEA cancels meeting scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 18, because of ‘threat of violence’
Click through to watch a video with the details.
Blood to Murphy: Don’t mess with our students’ health — close Keegan for good
Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to Gov. Phil Murphy by Kearny Superintendent of Schools…
Operation Short Storm nets $1 million in marijuana; 11 of 31 arrested live in The Observer’s readership area
NEWARK — Nearly a dozen people who live in The Observer’s readership area were among 31…
It’s time for the MTV VMAs: Avoid Downtown Newark Sunday night, Aug. 25, and all day Monday, Aug. 26, Newark PD says
If your commute involves Newark in any way, shape or form, you’ll want to pay attention…
Dr. Daniel Sirovich, a resident of Kearny, dies after 82-foot fall from cliff in Spain: Reports
An up-and-coming doctor, originally from Brazil but who called Kearny home, and who was just days…
Beginning July 30, H2S odors may get even worse, NJSEA says
If you think the odors from the Keegan Landfill are bad now, the NJSEA says it…