By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Looking ahead to the September schools opening, the Kearny Board of…
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Fighting for veterans
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – A delegation of the region’s veterans convened at the Nutley VFW to…
Hoping to extend access to riverfront
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – It may not compare with the breezes from the Jersey Shore…
Serial-hoax suspect nabbed
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – On Jan. 31, just two days before the Super Bowl, letters…
Fire engine on auction block
KEARNY – Want to buy a used fire truck? You’ll have a chance to do so in Kearny…
‘Charity scam’ in name of slain cop
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – How low can you go? Not much lower…
Sprucing it up
The state Department of Transportation is arranging for the sandblasting and repainting of this old…
Red Bulls & SportsCare: perfect together
HARRISON – The New York Red Bulls, the major league soccer team based in Harrison, has contracted with the…
KPD: ‘Knock, knock’ not funny
An overzealous door-to-door solicitor got himself arrested after an encounter with a 70-year-old woman who wouldn’t put up with his aggressive…
News from the Nutley police blotter
July 26 The manager of a Washington Ave. gas station called police at 12:10 a.m. to report that the…
Around Town
Belleville A performance by the Library Players, a children’s acting troupe, on Aug. 18 and a Science Fun Workshop…
Classmates in court
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY– The three young men, pictured above in their Kearny High School yearbook photos,…
Serial robber guilty
TRENTON – An accused serial robber has admitted to playing a role in 11 robberies, primarily of drug stores,…
Blue ranks get reinforcements
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Talk about parallel life paths: Joseph White and Matthew Giunta went…
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…