By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – On a fateful Monday morning in late…
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Ride, Kearny, ride
Photos by Karen Zautyk Scenes from the annual Bicycle Safety Fair held Saturday afternoon in Kearny…
Tie a Blue Ribbon around Harrison High
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – Ron Shields considers it his personal Olympian moment.…
No Kemo, no mercy from the bench
NEWARK – Paul W. Bergrin of Nutley, once labeled “the baddest lawyer” in New…
Suspect charged in 9 hold-ups
A federal grand jury last week returned a 19-count indictment against a Newark man in connection…
‘Cooping’ cop caught on camera
BELLEVILLE – A township cop has been disciplined after having been caught sleeping in uniform in…
Ex-president stole from PTA, cops say
LYNDHURST – The former president of the Jefferson School Parent Teacher Association of Lyndhurst has been…
The rap sheet grows a bit longer
KEARNY – A 40-year-old Kearny man, who police say has a rap sheet dating to…
Rt. 21 car crash kills 2 from area
NEWARK – Two young people from the region were killed in a motor vehicle…
Reports from the Kearny Police blotter
Kearny police last week got some assistance from their brothers in North Arlington, including borough Police…
Around Town
Belleville The Woman’s Club of Belleville needs vendors for an arts, crafts and collectibles show set…
All in the family
By Anthony Coelho Observer Correspondent “Business and blood don’t mix.” That’s a phrase that is…
Longtime Lyndhurst bakery closed
LYNDHURST – A landmark bakery in Lyndhurst has been shuttered after the discovery of health code…
Iraq vet bravely soldiers on
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Every once in awhile, someone comes into your…
A ri ft in the ranks
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Only four months after the Lyndhurst First ticket…
Funding for Owens Park seems assured
NUTLEY – It was a close call for more than a year but the Nutley Township…
6,759 salutes to the fallen
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – If you have been were driving on…
BOE awards new contract for KHS work
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – After little activity since March, the Kearny High…
Town: No traffic flow change for Afton St.
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – With the winter – and sledding – season…
HUD, landlords settle bias allegation
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – The landlords of two North Arlington apartment buildings,…
5 firms vying for redevelopment counsel
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – Five law firms are in the mix to become…
Forecast for bike fun: Fair in Kearny
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – From 1 to 4 p.m. this Saturday, Sept.…
KPD blotter: 8 cans of tuna to go
Recent Kearny Police Department blotters have contained a number of shoplifting reports, usually involving something like…
Around Town
Belleville Confidential documents will be shredded for free on Community Shred Day (Belleville residents only) on…
Nutley police blotter: Suspect sought was already in jail
As a result of a joint criminal investigation with the Lyndhurst P.D., Nutley Police detectives have…
‘Where angels play’
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – It has been nearly a year since Hurricane…
Joyous time for Bravest
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Last Tuesday’s heavy agenda meeting of the Kearny…
Guil pleas in med lab bribe scheme
A physician with an office in North Arlington and a Lyndhurst man employed by a diagnostics…
Through tragedy comes treasure
By Anthony Coelho Observer Intern September 11 is a date that will ring an…
Neither snow nor rain nor toxic threat
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – When we first received notification of a U.S.…