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Belleville Children are invited to activities and crafts that explore what lies beneath at “The Dig”…

Making waves over cleaning the river

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – What started out as a public celebration of…

Alma agrees to pay

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent EAST NEWARK – A three-year legal battle between East Newark and…

Kearny boosts public safe rosters a notch

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Every time he’d pass the Midland Ave. firehouse…

Now he’s ready for nuptials

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A Kearny veteran was expected back home from…

Reports from the Kearny PD blotter

This is a public service announcement from Police Chief John Dowie to the residents of Kearny:…

Relax bulk rules for Passaic Ave., DCA says

        By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Unlike the neighboring town of…

Mirroring real life in art: sex abuse & gangs

  By Ryan Sloan Observer Correspondent (Updated) At 25, she’s already written two fiction books. And…

Never too young to learn to dance

  Now in its 17th year, Visions Dance Dance Studio of Kearny is offering a new…

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Belleville Tickets are now available for St. Peter’s Rosary Confraternity’s annual Communion Breakfast to be held…

Score Mentors offer lifeline to Sandy-hit NJ businesses

While New Jersey continues to re-build in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, many small businesses are…

From ‘honor system’ to ‘palming’?

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – To scan or not to scan? That is…

KFD in top gear with new trucks

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A few weeks back, in our article about…

They’ll be studying in style this fall

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – When he heard that he’d be looking…

Mudflats cleanup starts in Lyndhurst

  LYNDHURST – After many months of planning, it has begun. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock…

He’s in the money: $19M

  It happened by accident. One of the regulars, as store employees describe him, came into…

Stacks of dirt will give way to garden

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – For years, the “yard” adjoining the Main Branch…

KPD blotter pawn stars

KEARNY – Police are “actively pursuing” a suspect accused of stealing personal property — including a…

Sleeping resident escapes peril, cops say

NUTLEY – An Oakridge Ave. resident had a close call during a drenching rainstorm in the…

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Bloomfield Bloomfield Public Library, 90 Broad St., announces its schedule for its Thursday and Monday Afternoon…

Business owners: Take advantage of our August advertising special — get 3 weeks for the price of 2

New team at helm of S.A. Kearny Corps

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – It’s been one heck of a journey. She’s…

Gas station settles Sandy suit for 25G

  LYNDHURST – A Lyndhurst gas station is among eight New Jersey businesses that have agreed…

Dive demo goes swimmingly

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Recently, on one of the most brutally hot…

BOE okays ‘audit’ for Kearny High project

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – By a 5-4 majority, the Kearny Board of…

‘Hospital’ use ruled out for Roche site

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – Just like the commercial jingle says, “Like a…

Dredging ‘fleet’ ready to set sail

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Dredging is inching closer to reality at the…

Need help with resume? Library can help

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Dennie Fitzgerald has held a variety of…

KPD blotter: Somebody needed a swift kick

On July 21, at 2:30 a.m., police were dispatched to the Quick Chek on Kearny Ave.…

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Bloomfield “Night Fever: A Tribute to the Bee Gees,” will capture a full history of the…