In February of 2006, Bobby Cozzarelli shocked the local sports scene, when the Belleville High School…
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Belleville Mayor Michael Melham challenges Nutley Mayor Joe Scarpelli to a pizza (football) bet
After a two-year hiatus, the Belleville Buccaneers and the Nutley Raiders will once again face off…
Leave fireworks to the professionals, KPD Chief says
Six months before he left office, former Gov. Chris Christie signed into law a bill that…
Belleville Police Blotter — July 4
He didn’t belong in that car A Union Avenue resident told police on June 17 that…
‘BRAVEST MAN I KNEW’
By Karen Zautyk Earlier this month, historian/writer Timothy Daudelin, a former Belleville resident who is a…
GETTING HIS DUE … FINALLY
BELLEVILLE — At the intersection of Belleville and Franklin avenues stands the imposing building that was once the…
BREAKING: 3 arrested in Kearny home invasion
The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office on Saturday announced the arrest of three men — one from…
BOCCE BOYS
If you’ve ever taken a drive in Belleville’s Branch Brook Park, around the cherry blossom trees,…
Enough with the Newark noise, neighbors say
KEARNY — It won’t be the U.S. cavalry rushing to the rescue like in the Old…
Longo no longer on Belleville Council
BELLEVILLE — Joseph Longo is gone from the township governing body. He says he’s a casualty…
Locals prepare relief for Puerto Rico
BELLEVILLE — Local volunteers are organizing a collection drive to help victims of the catastrophic storms…
After car crashes, pole catches fire
BELLEVILLE — Firefighters faced an unusually dangerous incident Thursday, July 13, as a utility pole caught…
Revolution, town’s birthday, both celebrated on 4th in Belleville
BELLEVILLE – In the cemetery of the Belleville Dutch Reformed Church, at Main and Rutgers Sts., stands…
Guilty verdict in ’14 Belleville murder
NEWARK – A 53-year-old Belleville man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the August 2014 stabbing…
Council: No camp just yet …
BELLEVILLE — A local resident’s pitch to conduct a sports-related children’s camp at the Belleville Little…
NPD: Nab 2 in deli robbery
BELLEVILLE — Two suspects tied to last month’s robbery of a Belleville deli are in police…
WWI memorial restored
Photo by Michael Perrone The May 24 Observer featured a story, “Honoring Belleville’s World War I dead,”…
‘We’ll straighten out BOE,’ monitor vows
BELLEVILLE – There’s been a parade of finance administrators at the Belleville Board of Education who’ve come and gone in…
Belleville man charged in fatal Verona crash
NEWARK – A 25-year-old Belleville man has been charged with first-degree death by auto in connection with…
Residents laud paraders, decry project
BELLEVILLE – Last Tuesday’s Belleville Township Council meeting started out with lots of bonhomie as congratulations…
Hit twice crossing street, she survives
BELLEVILLE – An elderly out-of-town woman was struck – twice – while crossing a Belleville street…
On a mission for peace
BELLEVILLE – As a Stockton College undergrad, Carrie Borkowski studied hospitality and tourism management but now…
Valley project stalled
BELLEVILLE – The Township of Belleville put off approving a tax exemption for a proposed multi-family…
Happy New Year!
BELLEVILLE – On Saturday morning, to mark the start of the Chinese New Year, Belleville residents and representatives…
Scary drug facts to go with your coffee
BELLEVILLE – It was billed as “Coffee with a Cop,” but there was a lot more…
Getting into the spirit of the paranormal
How do you get 130+ high school students to sit in absolute silence, listening with rapt…
Water fails test but is OK to drink
BELLEVILLE – It happened in 2015 and, again, in 2016. As per a Dec. 29, 2016…
Martin Luther King Jr. flag-raising Jan. 16
BELLEVILLE — Mayor Raymond Kimble and the Township Council sponsor the third annual Dr. Martin Luther…
New librarian at the helm
BELLEVILLE – A somewhat circuitous path brought Michelle Malone to the Belleville Public Library in…