By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A proposal by NJ Transit to build a…
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Fife is easy pick for mayor
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – James Fife, who taught history to a lot…
Schuyler Ave. fire victim dies
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY– A man who was severely burned in a Feb. 12…
3-alarm blaze on Dukes St.
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Seven persons were displaced last week when a…
Intn’l carjacking ring is busted
A10-month multi-agency investigation culminated Thursday in the arrests of 23 New Jersey men in connection…
New hires just a drop in the bucket
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Three more firefighters will be added to the rolls…
KPD: DWI nets robbery suspect
A Kearny man sought as the suspect in two strong-arm robberies last week — one in…
5 years for Belleville hit-run death
A Nutley man who pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide in a 2011 hit-and-run death of a…
Logged in the Lyndhurst Police blotter
Feb. 21 Police responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident, at 11:38 p.m., on…
Around Town
Bloomfield Bloomfield Public Library, 90 Broad St., announces: • A blood drive is being held March…
New doctor joins dental o ffice
Dr. Harry Harcsztark, of The Smile and Implant Center, Kearny, has welcomed Dr. Jeffrey Poirier to…
Nutley PD: 5 cases of ID theft/consumer fraud reported in last week
Five cases of consumer fraud and/or identity theft were reported to the Nutley P.D. during the…
Nutley police: Terminator wanna be cracks neighbor’s windshield
Feb. 15 At 8:40 a.m., police responded to a report of criminal mischief at a Harrison…
Nutley police need help finding missing girl, 17
Nutley Police are investigating the disappearance of 17-year-old Judith Hicswa. She was last seen Monday, Feb.…
Still seeking consensus on 9/11 steel
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Some three years after the North Arlington Volunteer…
Tainted firm sues Kearny
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The law firm founded by Port Authority of New…
Overall decline in Kearny crime in ‘13
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The Town of Kearny’s 2013 Uniform Crime Report Index…
Roche sale process set in motion
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – A global investment management firm specializing in real estate…
Ready to flex their tech muscles
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – The climbing mercury notwithstanding, winter is still with…
New fiscal personnel in borough
NORTH ARLINGTON – Eugene Leporiere has quit as the borough’s newly hired CFO, just four weeks…
Want to visit Bergen Co. Jail?
Miscreants arrested in North Arlington or Lyndhurst are liable to end up in the Bergen County…
Kearny’s ‘Policeman of the Year’
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Detective Michael Gonzalez has been named the Kearny…
Ambulance fees targeted for hike
LYNDHURST – It looks like out-of-towners, with certain exceptions, will be paying more for a ride…
KPD: Suspect nabbed on 50G warrant
A Virginia woman, wanted on a $50,000 Kearny robbery warrant, was arrested Feb. 11 when she…
Around Town
Belleville Belleville UNICO sponsors a bus ride fundraiser to the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City on…
De Grace Plumbing: 20 years & thriving
By Anthony J. Machcinski Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Drivers traveling through the area for the…
UPDATE: Missing Nutley teen found safely
A teenage girl from Nutley who was reported missing since Feb. 11 is back home, Nutley…
‘A true Harrisonian’
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – Harrison lost its longtime chief executive when Mayor Raymond…
Close call for basement fire victim
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Restricted space in a basement apartment challenged firefighters who…
Fierce competition among towns for salt
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent With forecasters predicting a snow and ice blizzard in the making…