A motorist who fell sound asleep behind the wheel sped off in his car when awakened…
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Around Town
Bloomfield St. Valentine Church, 125 N. Spring St., offers a Spanish Mass on Sunday, April 6,…
Town Wide Yard Sale switches to spring
This year, Kearny residents have a great reason to get started on their spring cleaning as…
Expect new firefighters on duty by Independence Day
BELLEVILLE – Seven newly hired Belleville firefighters began training at the Essex County Fire Academy in…
Nutley girl missing since March 17; have you seen her?
A 16-year-old Nutley girl was reported missing on March 17, and Nutley police are still investigating…
Evidence registered with cops
Matthew James By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY– From the Department of You Can’t Make This…
Tragic death of beloved waitress
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – It was her day off – Tuesday –and…
Meadows mulch ignites again
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY– The pesky mulch pile in the meadows that kept the…
Zoners’ youth center OK nixed
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – It took nearly a year for St. Mary &…
IRS warns of massive scam
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent Recent police blotters from various towns have included reports of people…
Japan was topic for this history lesson
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – The “Land of the Rising Sun” got a rise…
Rick’s has weathered the storm
By Anthony J. Machcinski Observer Correspondent In October 2012, when Hurricane Sandy devastated much of the…
KPD blotter: Two nabbed in mugging
At 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, Match 16, a 22-year-old Newark man was walking at Devon and…
Kearny realtor wins award
Jan R. Kwapniewski, president of Coccia Realty, announces that Luis Pinto Jr., a full-time licensed…
Around Town
Bloomfield St. Valentine Church, 125 N. Spring St., offers a Spanish Mass on Sunday, April 6,…
Toddler ‘rescued’ by tenant
HARRISON – A scantily dressed 4-year-old boy wandered out of his Kearny home into the…
News from the Nutley Police blotter
March 15 At 11:17 a.m., police responded to a Park Ave. location on a report of…
Get Skyway-closure info Tuesday at St. Peter’s Uni.
The state Department of Transportation (NJDOT) will host a Public Information Center (PIC) to promote travel…
Room for ‘Blue’ in tight budget
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A municipal spending blueprint introduced by the Kearny governing…
Parents alerted to virus
LYNDHURST – The Lyndhurst Board of Education has alerted parents to the recent appearance of a…
KPD focuses on security cameras
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Early last year, a malevolent vandal spray-painted graffiti up…
‘Street’ smart in language skills
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Check out the action in kindergarten and first grade…
Big tab for Oval makeover; survey next
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – It will take an estimated $15.8 million to revamp…
Serial robber pleads guilty
A Newark man pleaded guilty last week to his role in 14 armed robberies — including…
Rt. 46 crash injures woman; 2 arrested
A Lyndhurst woman was seriously injured last week when the car in which she was…
‘Green’ infusion for Community Garden
The Kearny Community Garden is getting flush with green … cash, that is. On March…
9/11 steel destined for Schuyler firehouse
NORTH ARLINGTON – It wasn’t unanimous but at least North Arlington now has selected a…
Convicted of impersonating a cop
So, a guy walks into a pizzeria and says to the staff, “I’m a sheriff’s…
Nicosia drops out of municipal race
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – A bombshell has shaken up the Belleville municipal campaign…
KPD: He ran, but couldn’t hide
Just before midnight on March 11, security at Walmart reported to Kearny police that they were…