A different sort of shoplifting suspect was arrested last week at Walmart. This one, Kearny police…
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Broken bridge hinders dredge transports
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Just four weeks after a contractor began dredging…
Around Town
Belleville Belleville residents can have their confidential documents safely shredded for free on Community Shred Day…
Highlights from the Nutley Police blotter
Sept. 5 Two residents of a River Road apartment complex called police at 5:41 p.m. to…
Pioneers’ legacy lives on
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – As Kearny – and the nation – prepares…
Don’t fret, all will be well in Nutley
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – The first time we drove past the township…
Scorecard needed to track fall changes
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – Public school students in Nutley may be…
Essex launches anti-carjack effort
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – In the 1990s, law enforcement authorities report, Essex…
Death knell for postal station?
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The post office on Kearny Ave., known as…
News from the Kearny Police blotter
Last week’s Kearny Police Department blotter contained yet another reminder to residents to lock their cars…
Protecting Kearny first-aiders
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Several underground oil storage tanks that were removed…
Around Town
Belleville Belleville residents can have their confidential and sensitive documents safely shredded and recycled for free…
Remembering USS Juneau
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – For nine months, two Harrison neighbors kept up…
Drilling to check toxin flow
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – Representatives of the Roche Co. offered apologies…
Pondering future of Gunnell Oval
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The fate of Gunnell Oval, Kearny’s largest…
Renovations coming at Washington School
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – The shine has worn on the yellow tiled…
Storm coming? Nutley will be ready
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – Last October, when Hurricane Sandy struck, township authorities…
Kudos offered to Auxiliary Police
NUTLEY – The Nutley Board of Commissioners paid tribute to former members of the township’s…
‘Never got my OK for work,’ owner gripes
EAST NEWARK – A landlord is disturbed about a communications company that he says isn’t…
News from the Kearny Police blotter
Recently, in the Kearny blotter, The Observer noted that Police Chief John Dowie was reminding people…
Highlights from the Lyndhurst Police blotter
Aug. 22 At 1:29 a.m., Joseph San Filippo, 50, of Lyndhurst, was stopped by police as…
Happenings from the Nutley Police blotter
A patron who came out of the Nutley Starbucks on Franklin Ave. at 7:19 a.m. on…
Around Town
Bloomfield Bloomfield Art League announces that membership is open to all local artists and photographers. Lectures…
Logged on the Harrison Police blotter
Aug. 25 At 2:27 a.m., while on patrol along Frank E. Rodgers Blvd. North at Hamilton…
‘All aboard’ for new PATH station
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – Gov. Chris Christie made it official. Last Friday,…
Dark day in Kearny history
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – “At 5:50 p.m., this date, August 19…
Trailers at the ready at KMUA site
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The office trailers are on site but so far,…
‘On your mark, get set …’
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Jim Cifelli got the running bug when…
Hoping to make this diamond sparkle anew
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Some six decades ago, when North Arlington…
News from Kearny Police blotter
Kearny police are investigating a break-in at a local business where a burglar made off with…