By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent The statistics are mind-boggling. From 2004 to 2013, 1.4 million motor…
Category: News
Moving day is coming
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Even Steven Shalom, who has run Discount City in…
Going out in style with Blue Ribbon
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – You could say Ron Shields’ career as a Harrison…
For the sake of the Passaic
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY– Plastic lawn chairs, propane tanks, wrought iron railings, pipes, dead…
Nothing stops her
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent Harrison’s Blanca Alvarez was sick with the flu the morning of…
Unsung heroes in our midst
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – The Harrison American Legion Post 282 salutes Joseph…
His swift response saved a life
NUTLEY – An off-duty Nutley cop has been credited with coming to the aid of…
Habitat back in business in Kearny
KEARNY – The long dormant Hudson County Habitat for Humanity International project site in Kearny…
Tribute to Rogers, Spectra Colors
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The Salvation Army of Greater Kearny will honor…
Frank Riposta achieves top honors
Century 21 Semiao & Associates announced that Frank Riposta, of the Kearny branch office and…
KPD: TVs or more TVs?
If one were inclined to speculate, one might say that two alleged shoplifters collared at Walmart…
Around Town
Belleville Belleville Elks Lodge 1123, 254 Washington Ave., hosts its monthly breakfast on Sunday, April 27,…
Abdo named 5-year top listing associate
Maggie Abdo, sales associate with Century 21 Semiao & Associates Lyndhurst office, was named top…
Coccia’s Hughes wins NJAR award
Jan R. Kwapniewski, president of Coccia Realty, with offices in Northern New Jersey, announced that…
Nutley police blotter: MV stop leads to drunken-driving arrest
April 12 A motor vehicle stop at a Franklin Ave. location, at 1:54 a.m., resulted in…
1.7B to clean Passaic’s lower 8 miles
NEWARK – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced last Friday, April 11, that it…
Lost medal recovered from Pa.
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – For more than two decades, it sat –…
Feds won’t pay for more firefighters
Two neighboring West Hudson communities have been shut out in their bids to snag federal funding…
Tribute to a teacher
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Fred Kuhrt died doing what he loved best…
Play ball! (and politics, too)
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Saturday’s opening ceremony for the North Arlington…
News in brief
HARRISON – Harrison Mayor James Fife, 73, is spending time in St. Michael’s Medical Center, Newark,…
Nutley Scouts to the rescue
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – The temperature was bone-chilling and the rain was…
Town has new health officer
KEARNY – Kenneth Pincus is Kearny’s new health officer. Pincus, a resident of Warren, was…
The long arm of the law
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Kearny police reported last week that…
KPD: ‘Knock, knock’ was no joke
On April 4, at 6 p.m., pursuant to an ongoing narcotics investigation and armed with…
Washington Ave. crash
Photos by Ron Leir A NJ Transit bus emerging from the company’s Washington…
Around Town
Belleville Belleville Public Library and Information Center, 221 Washington Ave., holds a Teddy Bear Tea Party…
Bixler takes on Oti as new realtor
Magi Oti Scott Bixler, broker of record, is happy to announce that Maggy Oti…
Work progressing at Rip Collins Field
NORTH ARLINGTON – Construction of the new Rip Collins Athletic field complex in North Arlington…
Lyndhurst police blotter: Man hardly got it his way at BK after drug charges
April 4 At 7:16 p.m., police went to the parking lot of the Park Ave. Burger…