St. Cecilia’s feeling pastoral gap

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A Catholic parish in Kearny has lost two…

Dentistry on wheels arrives in Kearny

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – It’s 37 feet long, weighs 12 tons, and…

Reports from the Kearny Police blotter

A 45-year-old Kearny man was cooling his heels in the Hudson County Jail last week after…

5K KHS run deemed a success

KEARNY – You might say running is in their blood. That’s clearly the case for the…

Around Town

Belleville Confidential documents will be shredded for free on Community Shred Day (Belleville residents only) on…

They got tools; still need firefighters

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – The federal government has rejected an application by…

‘Log-in’ required at KHS

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – When they started the fall term last Thursday,…

McDonald bid to keep presidency misfires

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Bernadette McDonald’s effort to retain the presidency of the…

As if it were yesterday . . .

  Can it really be 12 years already? A dozen years since the morning that changed…

Arrested in 160G cell-phone scam

  A Nutley man and two from Passaic residents were arrested last Thursday, Sept. 5, by…

Funding in hand for new senior apartments

    By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – Finally, after nearly five years of scrambling…

KPD outreach to help the autistic

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Families with children — or adults — suffering…

Rec Center opens doors to pre-schoolers

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent EAST NEWARK – In a move some might interpret as…

Reports from the Kearny Police blotter

A different sort of shoplifting suspect was arrested last week at Walmart. This one, Kearny police…

Broken bridge hinders dredge transports

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Just four weeks after a contractor began dredging…

Around Town

Belleville Belleville residents can have their confidential documents safely shredded for free on Community Shred Day…

Highlights from the Nutley Police blotter

Sept. 5 Two residents of a River Road apartment complex called police at 5:41 p.m. to…

Pioneers’ legacy lives on

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – As Kearny – and the nation – prepares…

Don’t fret, all will be well in Nutley

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – The first time we drove past the township…

Scorecard needed to track fall changes

    By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – Public school students in Nutley may be…

Essex launches anti-carjack effort

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – In the 1990s, law enforcement authorities report, Essex…

Death knell for postal station?

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The post office on Kearny Ave., known as…

News from the Kearny Police blotter

Last week’s Kearny Police Department blotter contained yet another reminder to residents to lock their cars…

Protecting Kearny first-aiders

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Several underground oil storage tanks that were removed…

Around Town

Belleville Belleville residents can have their confidential and sensitive documents safely shredded and recycled for free…

Remembering USS Juneau

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – For nine months, two Harrison neighbors kept up…

Drilling to check toxin flow

    By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – Representatives of the Roche Co. offered apologies…

Pondering future of Gunnell Oval

    By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The fate of Gunnell Oval, Kearny’s largest…

Renovations coming at Washington School

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – The shine has worn on the yellow tiled…

Storm coming? Nutley will be ready

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – Last October, when Hurricane Sandy struck, township authorities…