By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Last Friday, in a ceremony at Lincoln School, 36 youngsters graduated from…
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Highway homicide arrests
Following a month-long investigation, authorities have arrested a Newark couple in the June 12 slaying of a Hackensack livery-cab driver who…
Capacyachi joins Century 21 Semiao & Associates
Century 21 Semiao & Associates announces that Joanne Capacyachi has recently joined the company’s Lyndhurst branch as a full-time agent.…
Borough fills its police roster
Another one of East Newark’s own is poised to join the borough’s blue ranks. Newly hired Police Officer Saul Gutierrez…
KPD: ‘Maced’ by mugger
Kearny police are hunting an assailant who used an aerosol irritant in an attempt to disable his victim and…
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…