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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…
Harrison police blotter: Man tried to murder his mother, police say
April 4 Police arrested Carlos Gonzalez, 49, of Harrison, on a charge of attempted murder after…
Nutley police blotter: Man sat on stoop, got busted on warrant
April 5 At 5:41 a.m., police responded to an Oakridge Ave. location on a report of…
Jeff Bahr: An Appreciation
By Ron Leir Observer correspondent In the movie, “The Misfits,” Gay, the cowboy character played by…
Former Observer correspondent Jeff Bahr dies in motorcycle crash
Former Observer correspondent Jeff Bahr, 56, died April 10 as a result of a motorcycle crash…
Drug store supplants shop, homes
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Developers had reason to cheer but also jeer in…
Mayoral election challenge
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – A newly minted Republican has thrown his hat in…
Now, there’s a ‘jury duty scam’
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent Recently, The Observer warned readers of a nationwide phone scam in…
KBOE OKs borough ‘transfer’
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent EAST NEWARK – East Newark public school children have now officially…
9 Nutley home burglaries solved, cops say
They got the accused burglars but, unfortunately, none of the loot. Nutley police said they’ve broken…
Siblings busted by KPD
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – An investigation that began in late February has resulted…
DNA helps nab ‘Manor’ suspect
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A series of 2013 burglaries in the Manor section…
News from the KPD blotter
March 28 At 11:20 a.m., Officers Ben Wuelfing and Vanessa Sevillano were dispatched to the 700…
Logged on the Lyndhurst Police blotter
March 26 At 2:03 a.m., police began pursuit of a vehicle traveling northbound on Summit Ave.…