Manor may soon hear cry o ‘timber’!

    By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – On a fateful Monday morning in late…

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 rift 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.…