Red Bulls pull victory out of jaws of defeat

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer HARRISON – Real Salt Lake striker Alvaro Saborio had…

Purple graffiti artist has cops seeing red

The purple painter has left his or her mark on Lyndhurst. Police are investigating three incidents…

News from the Nutley Police blotter

July 26 At 1:26 p.m., police responded to a home alarm call at a Whitford Ave.…

Nutley cops, mayor battle it out

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – Nutley cops, armed with a giant inflatable rat…

Hudson nets 589 guns in buyback

  Hudson County residents turned in a total of 589 firearms during the state-sponsored gun buyback…

She ‘delivered’ cocaine, now she gets jail

A Lyndhurst woman, a former U.S. Postal Service employee, has been sentenced to 46 months in…

How can you resist these loving creatures?

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST– Tucked beneath some green awnings at 221- 223 Stuyvesant…

Civilian dispatchers coming aboard soon

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – One year after the town designated East Orange to…

Borough enacts long-term financing plan

  NORTH ARLINGTON – In a move that the Democratic majority says will save taxpayers money…

Revised recycling strategy in Belleville

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – Starting Aug. 1, the Township of Belleville will be…

KPD blotter: 100 degrees, 106 calls

At 7 a.m. last Wednesday, July 17, the Kearny Police Department logged its 15,000th job for…

Highlights from the Nutley Police blotter

July 18 The representative of a company that delivered goods valued at more than $4,000 to…

Around Town

Belleville Belleville Elks will hold a Type O blood drive, open to Belleville and the surrounding…

PVSC repairs sewer line

Last week, the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission closed off part of Schuyler Ave. near the Harrison/Kearny…

BOE faces suit from one of its own

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – And on goes the war. Kearny Board of…

Faulty span delaying dredging

  LYNDHURST – The dredging of the contaminated Lyndhurst mudflats on the banks of the Passaic…

Fatal shooting probed by Essex prosecutor

BELLEVILLE – A July fatal shooting in Belleville July 9 is being investigated by the Essex…

Detectors key to safe evacuation

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Working smoke alarms were credited with helping to save…

Big bang in Nutley still a mystery

NUTLEY – Authorities are investigating an outside explosion that took place at 8:45 a.m. Saturday, July…

Spring opening for new health center

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – April 1, 2014, is the projected target date…

Portuguese monument pitched for park

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – As the town’s newest section of waterfront parkland…

Township, schools will share lawyers

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – The N.J. State League of Municipalities says it hasn’t…

This eagle will ‘fly’ at the Capitol

  Three area students were honored for accomplishments recently by members of Congress from their representative…

‘Huffing’ his way into trouble, 3 days in a row

KEARNY – Perhaps you are familiar with the word already, but your correspondent was not, and…

Around Town

Belleville The Belleville Irish American Association is sponsoring a trip to Wildwood/Smithville/ Ocean City/Atlantic City/ Cape…

Suspected armed robbers caught in Nutley

Shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday, July 14, police responded to Park Drive on a report of…

News from the Lyndhurst Police blotter

July 6 An effort by police to disperse youths continuing to hang out after a township…

The span of memories

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – In the middle of the day on…

Assessing Sandy’s handiwork

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Now that Kearny has a permanent tax assessor,…

New look for town’s police fleet

  HARRISON – If there’s ever another superstorm like Sandy – and climate experts are predicting…