KEARNY — A little more than a year after it was shuttered for emergency repairs, Kearny’s…
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Locals remember the late ‘Father Tom’
The Rev. Msgr. G. Thomas Burns, who for 22 years was a parochial vicar at St.…
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…
Suez deal questions; Oval vote put off
A year after Kearny signed up Suez to take over the town’s water utility, town officials…
KPD: Is that a lobster in your pocket or …?
KEARNY – This week, we have the privilege of recounting what has to be one of the…
WMS students ‘step it up’ to fight hunger
HARRISON – Students at Harrison’s Washington Middle School are a step ahead of their peers, for…
Enriching summer awaits Harrison kids
HARRISON – The Harrison Public School District is offering an action-packed Summer Enrichment program for middle…
Tale of the tape: Promotions voided
LYNDHURST — Blame it on the quality of the videotape. Six township police promotions have been…
Has St. Anthony’s School been sold?
EAST NEWARK — After much speculation about the future of the former St. Anthony School in…
Kearny’s Sarah Davie ready to change the world
Kearny’s Sarah Davie has a goal — to change the world’s thinking about how we treat…
14 teachers given pink slips
Unless the state legislature reapportions school aid funding, little can be done to reverse the ill…
Reading rocks for kids … and gets them bikes
HARRISON — Got books? Yes, that could well be the motto for kids at Harrison’s Lincoln…
Lyndhurst man jailed in $1.5M Ponzi scheme
NEWARK – A Lyndhurst man was sentenced last week to 46 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining…
Want to coach lacrosse? Call Kearny Rec
Anybody interested in coaching lacrosse in Kearny? Contact the Town of Kearny’s municipal recreation program right…
Camps offer volleyball, baseball, hoops
KEARNY – Sports opportunities abound this summer for Kearny youngsters. Here are some samplers of what’s…
Harrison’s O’Donnell captures Observer Male Athlete of Year
Harrison High School head football coach Mike Hinchcliffe summed it up perfectly when describing his standout…
SENIORS SAVOR PICNIC PLEASURE
If the 27th annual Kearny senior citizens’ picnic had been a day earlier, the mercury, which had…
DiLascio out as counsel to BOE, commissioners
LYNDHURST — He wasn’t running for office this time but, with a newly aligned township administration…
Council: No camp just yet …
BELLEVILLE — A local resident’s pitch to conduct a sports-related children’s camp at the Belleville Little…
KPD: Son of a ditch!
KEARNY— A Newark man was arrested last week after he managed to navigate his car into a…
Still on the fence about Oval redesign
KEARNY — A visit to a neighboring recreation facility with portable fencing has led a key…
Early dropoff/late pickup for Kearny kids
KEARNY – With the spring semester winding down, Kearny public school officials are hoping that local…
NPD: Nab 2 in deli robbery
BELLEVILLE — Two suspects tied to last month’s robbery of a Belleville deli are in police…
Bail reform: Get the point?
KEARNY — Kearny police reported the arrest last week of a burglary suspect, whom they tracked…
Exotic fish, turtle, stolen from pond
NUTLEY — A Bloomfield Ave. resident reported the theft of nearly 30 Koi fish and a…
Nutley fire truck overturns near HQ
Nutley’s Truck 1 flipped not too far from headquarters Saturday night, June 17. Reports say three…
June 14 — A day better to forget
By Kevin Canessa Jr. kc@theobserver.com For whatever reason, I woke up at 4 a.m., on Wednesday,…
Numerous locals graduate from the Prep
JERSEY CITY — St. Peter’s Prep celebrated its 139th Commencement at St. Peter’s University on Saturday,…
KPD: Did you forget something, sir?
KEARNY — Last week’s Kearny police blotter began with a report about a woman who…
Distracted drivers, you have been warned
TRENTON – N.J. Attorney General Christopher Porrino and the Division of Highway Traffic Safety announced last week…