NUTLEY – A train reportedly carrying contaminated soil from the former Hoffmann- LaRoche site derailed Saturday afternoon near the intersection of…
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Nutley’s Tucci Jr. to chair PVSC board
NEWARK – Nutley resident Thomas Tucci Jr. has been elected chairman of the newly reorganized Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission board of…
Lessons from Paris
NUTLEY – A couple of weeks after the 9/11 terror attacks, a Nutley woman contacted the local Police Department with…
NPD: Burglary arrest; help sought in hit-run
Nutley police arrested a 21-year-old Bloomfield man in the early-morning hours of Nov. 11 on Gerard Road after a resident…
Kearny’s Sawyer; Nutley’s Watson, Condito sign scholarship letters
Other than winning a championship, the absolute pinnacle that a high school student/athlete can achieve is a scholarship to college. Last…
Post-Halloween criminal-mischief: NPD
It was a busy two-day stretch for the Nutley Police Department Nov. 4 and 5 as they took at…
Trick was no treat
NUTLEY – Last week, shortly before Halloween, a costumed man was walking around this town, knocking on homeowners’ doors. He wasn’t…
Laundry thief makes clean getaway: NPD
A Park Ave. resident got a surprise when she went back to a laundry room to get what she…
Nutley, Lyndhurst grid teams head to NJSIAA state playoffs
One team started the high school football season with high expectations – then exceeded those hopes and aspirations with every passing…
Arson reported at bathrooms in township park: NPD
The Nutley Parks Department reported possible arson Oct. 19 in two bathrooms at Booth Park, off Harrison St., according to…
3 nabbed in shooting outside club: ECPO
The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office has confirmed a published report that three individuals have been apprehended in connection with the fatal shooting…
Handgun recovered after disturbance on NJ Transit bus in Nutley
A disturbance on an NJ Transit bus on Washington Ave. led to the arrest of a Newark man on an…
Nutley’s Steck emerges as Maroon Raiders’ leader
Although she’s only a junior, Zoe Steck has inherited a lot of the leadership responsibilities on the Nutley High School…
Nutley PD arrest suspected laptop thief
A 48-year-old Clifton man has been arrested and charged with the theft of a laptop from a local liquor store,…
Nutley’s Merkle becomes school’s all-time rushing leader
Nutley High School’s Craig Merkle had a junior year to remember, collecting 1,229 yards rushing and scoring 19 touchdowns for the…
Out for a special ‘constitutional’
NUTLEY – In celebration of Constitution Week, Sept. 17-23, the Nutley Department of Public Affairs welcomed local residents to its…
Nutley girls’ soccer: Maintaining excellence
Mike DiPiano began his fourth season as the head girls’ soccer coach at Nutley High School two weeks ago and…
Ripped awnings, cars damaged & more: NPD
Three incidents involving property damage were reported by owners in different areas of Nutley during…
Suspected car burglars nabbed: NPD
NUTLEY – Nutley police have arrested and charged two — a 22-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy — after catching…
Nutley starts grid season with style
Maroon Raiders win opener, 62-12 Nutley High School head football coach Tom Basile knew that the 7-3 record that…
Displaced flag poles & more: NPD
A Washington Ave. resident told police he found two, 7-foot metal poles with American flags attached to them on his lawn…
Bras, other undergarments taken from resident’s laundry: NPD
An Adams Court resident in Nutley lost several bras, gym pants, socks and other undergarments on Aug. 16 and…
Don’t be scammed by fake IRS callers
Nutley Commissioner Steven Rogers is warning the public that criminals are continuing to use sophisticated phone scams targeting taxpayers, especially senior…
Nutley police arrest man suspected of breaking into Romano St. home
The Nutley Police Department has arrested a man they say is responsible for an Aug. 4…
Tombstone ID found and you’re not going to believe whose it was
Nutley police have finally learned who the mystery headstone with the name Max Ferreira, age 8,…
Tombstone mysteriously winds up at Nutley bus depot on Washington Ave.; police looking for family
Police are trying to figure out how a tombstone with an engraving on it made its…
Another Nutley resident falls victim to ID theft
Yet another town resident has fallen victim to identity theft, the Nutley Police Department said. The victim came to…
Special aid to 3 area towns
Kearny, Harrison and Nutley are the only communities in The Observer coverage area that were awarded transitional aid by the…
Nutley American Little League 10s advance to state tournament
The Nutley American Little League 9-and-10- year-old All-Star team is headed to the New Jersey state tournament. The Nutley Americans earned…
Suspect linked to jewelry heists
A Belleville man who allegedly stole jewelry from stores in Nutley and in Bloomfield was arrested July 15 and charged…