By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Talk about parallel life paths: Joseph White and Matthew Giunta went…
Category: News
Slow-paced developments
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – It’s been a year and two months since Gov. Chris Christie…
Still waiting for wall’s restoration
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – A property dispute between a longtime Harrison business and some neighbors that…
Beware the river crabs!
Despite repeated warnings from the Department of Environmental Protection, some anglers seem determined to harvest crabs from the Lower Passaic River. One…
Getting to the bottom of sewage backups
NORTH ARLINGTON – Borough Hall is taking action on two fronts to try and figure out how to stop…
Makeover continues at Carnegie library
BELLEVILLE – Belleville Public Library, one of 1,689 U.S. libraries built with grants from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, is continuing to…
News from the KPD blotter
Kearny police are on the trail of a burglar who escaped with more than $11,000 worth of property from…
Around Town
Belleville Belleville Public Library and Information Center, 221 Washington Ave., hosts The Mad Scientist’s Laboratory, involving crafts and activities, on Tuesdays…
Attacked by bees & other news from NPD blotter
Police responded to Booth Park on July 24, at 4:59 p.m., after getting a call about a female who…
NAPD seeks man who allegedly passed 4 fake $100s
The North Arlington Police Department is currently investigating an incident involving use of counterfeit $100 bills…
W.H.A.T. presents ‘The Addams Family’ July 30-Aug. 2, including preview tonight at Angry Coffee Bean
KEARNY — Teen Drama, a theater company for teens celebrating its fifth anniversary this summer, in…
Farewell to a brother in blue
On Friday afternoon, regular traffic came to a halt on the Belleville Pike and Ridge Road to open the…
State eyes raising part of Pike
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The Rt. 7/Belleville Turnpike corridor which runs through Kearny’s meadows area and…
Taxes up on average by $244
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Now that Trenton – even without a gubernatorial endorsement by the…
Wild pursuit ends with 3 arrests
LYNDHURST – It started as an alleged speeding incident and led to a frantic chase that ended in three…
Builder targets eyesore
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – A 36-unit residential development being pitched to the Nutley Zoning Board of…
Learning to protect & serve
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Last Friday, in a ceremony at Lincoln School, 36 youngsters graduated from…
Highway homicide arrests
Following a month-long investigation, authorities have arrested a Newark couple in the June 12 slaying of a Hackensack livery-cab driver who…
Capacyachi joins Century 21 Semiao & Associates
Century 21 Semiao & Associates announces that Joanne Capacyachi has recently joined the company’s Lyndhurst branch as a full-time agent.…
Borough fills its police roster
Another one of East Newark’s own is poised to join the borough’s blue ranks. Newly hired Police Officer Saul Gutierrez…
KPD: ‘Maced’ by mugger
Kearny police are hunting an assailant who used an aerosol irritant in an attempt to disable his victim and…
SMMC offers tips to stay safe in the sun
As part of the observance of UV Safety Month, St. Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, is urging its patients and…
Around Town
Belleville Belleville UNICO sponsors a bus ride fundraiser to the Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, Sunday, July 27. Cost is…
Bank suspect nabbed
KEARNY – Less than a week after the robbery of a PNC bank in Kearny, the suspect in…
News from the Nutley police blotter
July 12 A motor vehicle stop on Washington Ave., at 3:59 a.m., led to the arrest of James Washington, 38,…
Subwoofer stolen from Nutley resident’s home, police say
July 5 Someone swiped a Kicker Subwoofer Speaker valued at $700 from a Passaic Ave. residence,…
Ridge Road closed 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today from Pike to Jauncey Ave.
Ridge Road will be closed today from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. from the Belleville Turnpike…
Dawn of an era
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – “This is where it all started. Belleville, N.J. A thousand years…
New job for Doran … for now
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – The Harrison Board of Education is working on plans to remedy…