‘Can’-do spirit aids pantries

    By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  KEARNY – Six area food pantries are the beneficiaries of…

Trial date for Kearny’s Leadbeater

    By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent KEARNY –  John Leadbeater, a former Kearny Town Councilman and a…

Lady Liberty moving on

    By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  HARRISON –  After a three-year sojourn across the county line, Lady…

Relay will light up the night

By Karen Zautyk  Observer Correspondent  NUTLEY– Come this Friday night, and all through the dark hours until Saturday morning,…

NAPD: Bank heist foiled

    NORTH ARLINGTON–  “If you see something, say something.” A concerned citizen heeded that advice, and North Arlington…

KPD: 1 suspect, 6 hours, 3 arrests

At 7:30 a.m., May 2, Kearny police headquarters received a call about a suspicious individual, wearing gloves and possibly trying…

Around Town

Belleville  Belleville High School Music Department presents an instrumental music concert, featuring the BHS orchestra, chamber orchestra, concert band and wind ensemble,…

Burger Bound arrives in Kearny

    One of the latest trends in the new American restaurant landscape is the stylish winebar- burger-joint-milkshake restaurant. What…

ShopRite of Lyndhurst marks grand reopening

    ShopRite of Lyndhurst, an Inserra Supermarkets store, hosted a grand re-opening to mark completion of its comprehensive…

Accreditation for SMMC’s MBC surgery unit

    The Metabolic and Bariatric Center at St. Michaels’s Medical Center (SMMC) earned national accreditation from the Metabolic Bariatric Surgery…

News from the Nutley police blotter

May 4  Police responded to a McKinley St. location at 7:20 p.m. on a report of a large branch…

Ups & downs of Kearny industry

  By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  KEARNY –  A South Kearny business sent reeling by super-storm Sandy has rebounded…

Protecting yourself from ID theft

  By Karen Zautyk  Observer Correspondent  NUTLEY –  Last week, we reported on a recent Neighborhood Watch meeting…

Municipal campaign gets ugly

BELLEVILLE –  Belleville Raymond Kimble, who is seeking re-election in the May 13 municipal election, and his political allies have…

Growing a greener town

    By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  KEARNY – Trees and scouts: perfect together. So it would…

New delay for KHS renovation job

By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  KEARNY – The slow-moving project to soundproof and remodel Kearny High School has been…

Roche wants public feedback on cleanup

By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  NUTLEY – For the latest on what Roche has done, and what it…

Bizarre behavior & 100G bail

KEARNY – What began with a report of someone obstructing rush-hour traffic on Kearny Ave. ended with the arrest of…

USPS mulls discontinuing Kearny Ave. site

KEARNY – On Aug. 1, 2013, the U.S. Postal Service shuttered its West Hudson Station, a storefront faciity at 255…

Notes from the Kearny police blotter

Two women customers got more than they bargained for when they went shopping at Walmart last month. On separate occasions,…

Around Town

Belleville  Belleville High School Music Department presents its spring music concert series, starting with a vocal concert, featuring the BHS concert…

Frank Riposta achieves top honors

  Century 21 Semiao & Associates announced that Frank Riposta, of the Kearny branch office and the company’s Easter Seals…

Nutley police: Suspended driver tried to mow down another driver after crash

April 19 At 3:57 p.m., police responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident at…

Are you a sports-memorabilia collector? If so, check this out

The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office has ordered a public auction of confiscated sports memorabilia on Saturday, May…

Solve this equation: pay 2 to do 1 job

    By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Every two weeks, the Kearny Board of…

Testing worries parents

    By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON –  A group of parents have formed “North…

Federal charges for robbery suspect

    By Karen Zautyk  Observer Correspondent HARRISON –  A Harrison woman arrested in February in connection with…

‘Have con, will travel’

    By Karen Zautyk  Observer Correspondent  NUTLEY –  Last Thursday evening, as part of its rejuvenated Neighborhood…

Middle school rethink: St. Stephen’s out

  By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  KEARNY – The path to a middle school setup for Kearny’s public…

Notes from the Kearny police blotter

April 18 Officer Joseph Vulcano, on patrol on the Belleville Pike at 6:45 a.m., stopped an eastbound car that…