By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Authorities have identified a Paterson man as the prime suspect in…
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Aid will partly offset tax
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Some good news for Kearny taxpayers: the town will be getting state…
Regional realtor board OKs merger
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent The Meadowlands Board of Realtors, which has served the needs of real estate agents…
Notes from the KPD blotter
Regular readers of the Kearny police blotter know that the week’s entries would not be complete without a shoplifting incident…
New principal welcomed
Kearny native Ellen Naughton has been named principal of Queen of Peace Elementary School, 21 Church Pl., North Arlington, for…
Around Town
Belleville As part of its Eight Great Live Monday Nights summer family series, co-sponsored by Friends of the Library, Belleville…
Owen is improving
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent Owen Hogan, the boy with the serious illness whom many Kearny supporters have rallied round…
PATH derails; 4 hurt
HARRISON – About 200 passengers had to be evacuated from a PATH train in Harrison after an accident…
Madeira rejoins Century 21 Semiao & Associates
Century 21 Semiao & Associates announces that one of their long time affiliates, Emily Madeira, has returned as a full-time…
Nutley police looking for missing 57-year-old man
NUTLEY — The Nutley Police Department seeks your help in locating a missing “at risk” person.William…
Harrison police: Scammers posing as town workers in burglary try
On June 30, shortly before 5 p.m., police responded to an apparent attempted scam by people…
State VFW picks Kane
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – In 1969, when John F. Kane Jr. returned to his…
Old church now local landmark
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – For the 13th straight year, as part of the Independence…
Industrial park on road to renewal
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A long-derelict commercial site along the Belleville Turnpike is on the…
Still working budget numbers
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – After a lot of partisan wrangling, much of it behind…
3rd grade ‘campus’ due this fall
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Third-graders in Lyndhurst public schools will be on the move when classes…
Reports from the Kearny police blotter
June 26 At about 6 p.m., at Chestnut St. and Wilson Ave., Officers John Fabula and Daniel Esteves arrested…
News from the Nutley police blotter
June 29 At 7:12 a.m., police responded to an activated burglar alarm at a barber shop at Centre St.…
Grateful for community outreach
Members of the Hogan family and Burns family are extending their heartfelt thanks to all those friends, family…
Around Town
Belleville As part of its Eight Great Live Monday Nights summer family series, co-sponsored by Friends of the Library, Belleville…
St. Michael’s golf outing raises $100,000 for Breast Center
Ninety-four golfers took to the green at the St. Michael’s Medical Center (SMMC) recent Golf Outing. The daylong event, held…
W. Hudson mayors endorse DeGise
Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise recently accepted early endorsements of Harrison Mayor James Fife, Kearny Mayor Al Santos, East Newark Mayor…
Brookdale Park fireworks, concert postponed to July 15
Because of the forecast of severe weather, the Essex County Fireworks Display and Concert with The Infernos and Joe…
Towers of power
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Fans of the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission’s DeKorte Park took notice when…
May sue for more energy cash
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Public Service Electric & Gas pays about $18 million a year…
Cespedes shooting to grand jury
BELLEVILLE – Nearly a year after Belleville resident Dante Cespedes was gunned down in a fusillade of bullets fired…
Now he’s a lieutenant
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The Kearny Police Department has scored an additional police superior but it…
Layoffs, loan seen as deficit remedies
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – Last week, the Belleville school community learned the awful truth: The township’s…
Artistic and adorable
HARRISON – See that creature in the photo at top right? That is the beloved and legendary “Pig Chicken…
Doggedly pursuing animal complaints
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Summer has barely begun but already Kearny has seen plenty of…