Suspect ID’d in bank heist

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent  KEARNY –  Authorities have identified a Paterson man as the prime suspect in…

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…