KEARNY – A fire on Thanksgiving night gutted the kitchen in an apartment at 564 Devon…
Category: News
‘Locked in’ & liking it: lessons in kindness
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Fifty-seven Lyndhurst teens went into “lockdown’’ mode in…
Finances, test scores alarm school chief
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Schools Superintendent Frank Ferraro sounded two alarms – one…
Cops get to the ‘meat’ of the matter
Another relatively routine arrest on an outstanding warrant led Kearny cops to uncover a more serious…
Logged on the Lyndhurst Police blotter
Nov. 29 At 1:41 a.m., police said they stopped a 2003 Toyota traveling north on Riverside…
News from the Nutley Police blotter
Nov. 28 A fraud victim told police someone attempted to use the routing numbers of their…
Around Town
Belleville Belleville Public Library, 221 Washington Ave., sponsors a Saturday Storytime and Craft on Dec. 14…
Man alleges he was robbed by three Black men: Harrison police
On December 1, 2013 a man reported that he was assaulted and robbed by three black…
A ‘pitch’ for parking
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – The New York Red Bulls need more parking…
Wall departs borough
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Friday, Nov. 13, turned out to be…
A little bit o ‘Paradise’ at KHS
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – With the winter season rapidly approaching, theatergoers may…
The wise & wherefores of owls
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – See that big, beautiful brown and white owl?…
Restoring the pride of ‘68
HARRISON – The Harrison Board of Education is righting a wrong and, at the same…
Borough Council welcomes Pronti aboard
NORTH ARLINGTON – The newest member of the Borough Council took the oath of…
Volunteer fi reman removed from ranks
NORTH ARLINGTON – A borough resident has been kicked off the North Arlington Volunteer Fire Department…
Asleep in car, man surprised by gunman
BELLEVILLE – Areport of shots fired brought police to a Montgomery St. location at about 1…
KPD: From warrant to weapons charges
A routine outstanding-warrant arrest turned into something more for Kearny police when the suspect they…
News from the Nutley Police blotter
Nov. 21 Police received a report of a theft from a Passaic Ave. residence at 11:13…
Fire strikes 2-family home, injures 3
NUTLEY – A early morning fire at a two-family house at 501 Bloomfield Ave. displaced its…
Around Town
Belleville Belleville Public Library, 221 Washington Ave., sponsors the following programs: • Holiday Decorating Bonanza is…
Orthodontic nightmare steals shrimp (and other Nutley PD blotter items)
He wanted a job but in the end, he settled for supper. That was the gist…
Harrison police investigate stolen car (and other blotter items)
Nov. 16 Police received reports of two vehicles being stolen and a third tampered with. At…
50 years ago: A death in Dallas
This Friday is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy on…
Community Stunned by Assassination
Memorial or requiem services held by churches of all faiths The community of West Hudson and…
Shock, Grief, Prayers!
What was the reaction of our community’s leaders and clergy to the tragic death of President…
Juneau Memorial Center dedicated
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Seventy-one years from the day it was torpedoed…
Nutley is seeking Secret Santas
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – ‘Tis the season for giving, but sometimes…
Home invaders targeted couple, cops say
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Police are seeking three men who they say…