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…

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…