A North Arlington resident who was involved in a multicar crash on May 11, 2011, was…
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Getting staffers ready for their ‘closeups’
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – His son coaches boys’ basketball for Lyndhurst High…
Call for early opening in extreme weather
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – It was around 25 degrees as several hundred…
KPD blotter: 1 traffic stop, 10 charges
If there were a competition for how many charges you could rack up after a single…
Pedestrian dies after being hit by car
A Lyndhurst man was killed last Friday, Dec. 20, after being hit by a car in…
Highlights from the Harrison Police blotter
Dec. 19 At 4:51 p.m., police were sent to Popeye’s Restaurant on Passaic Ave. on a…
Around Town
Belleville Belleville Public Library and Information Center, 221 Washington Ave., will host “Three Kings Day,” co-sponsored…
Human trafficking growing in metro-NY/NJ
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Kearny’s governing body has proclaimed Jan. 11, 2014, as…
Belleville School Demolished
Photo by Ron Leir Demolition crew takes down Belleville’s old School 1 which was closed…
News from the Nutley Police blotter
Dec. 19 At 7:53 p.m., police went to an Edison Ave. residence on a report of…
Nutley Planning Commission will meet Thursday
The Nutley Planning Commission will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Nutley Municipal Building, third…
Abated apartments approved
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Kearny took steps this month to award its…
Wanted: watchful neighbors
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – The blue-and-white “Neighborhood Watch” signs have been a…
Getting serious about separating
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent EAST NEWARK – East Newark school officials, who’ve been doing a…
Mack to develop Belleville’s Roche site
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – A firm known to locals has been picked…
Don’t live here? it could cost you to park
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent EAST NEWARK – With curbside parking at a premium in…
Candles ignited apartment fire, official says
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – An early morning fire, apparently ignited by…
New public duties for ex-councilman
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Democrat Peter Norcia may have lost his…
Robbers sought by cops
EAST NEWARK – In the wake of a recent street robbery in the borough, and with…
FEMA funding to fix pump station
KEARNY- The Kearny Municipal Utilities Authority has been awarded a $3,040,821 federal grant to help repair…
Rookie cop recuperating from smash-up
NORTH ARLINGTON- I borough police officer is recovering from injuries sustained after a single car crash…
KPD blotter: Wardrobe dysfunction
An alleged serial shoplifter identified himself to police thanks to his penchant for wearing the same…
News from Harrison Police blotter
Dec. 11 At 9:30 p.m., police responded to a hit and run accident at the intersection…
Around Town
Belleville Belleville Elks, 254 Washington Ave., hosts a blood drive on Thursday, Dec. 26, from 5…
Court okays $165M Passaic River settlements
A Superior Court judge in Trenton has approved two settlements that will provide the state with…
Kearny man wins injury case
A Kearny resident injured in an auto accident was recently awarded $200,000 in damages following a…
‘Mining’ North Arlington’s past
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON– Let’s begin with real estate: Back in 1668,…
At last, new apts. for seniors
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – Some five years after the project was conceived,…
She gets 10 years for ordering ‘hit’
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – She had already bought the dress. A classic black…
Want to fight a fire? Hit the remote
NORTH ARLINGTON– The alarm sounds: a house fire. The volunteers spring into action, arrive at…