NUTLEY – The Nutley Board of Commissioners paid tribute to former members of the township’s…
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‘Never got my OK for work,’ owner gripes
EAST NEWARK – A landlord is disturbed about a communications company that he says isn’t…
News from the Kearny Police blotter
Recently, in the Kearny blotter, The Observer noted that Police Chief John Dowie was reminding people…
Highlights from the Lyndhurst Police blotter
Aug. 22 At 1:29 a.m., Joseph San Filippo, 50, of Lyndhurst, was stopped by police as…
Happenings from the Nutley Police blotter
A patron who came out of the Nutley Starbucks on Franklin Ave. at 7:19 a.m. on…
Around Town
Bloomfield Bloomfield Art League announces that membership is open to all local artists and photographers. Lectures…
Logged on the Harrison Police blotter
Aug. 25 At 2:27 a.m., while on patrol along Frank E. Rodgers Blvd. North at Hamilton…
‘All aboard’ for new PATH station
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – Gov. Chris Christie made it official. Last Friday,…
Dark day in Kearny history
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – “At 5:50 p.m., this date, August 19…
Trailers at the ready at KMUA site
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The office trailers are on site but so far,…
‘On your mark, get set …’
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Jim Cifelli got the running bug when…
Hoping to make this diamond sparkle anew
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Some six decades ago, when North Arlington…
News from Kearny Police blotter
Kearny police are investigating a break-in at a local business where a burglar made off with…
Around Town
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…
Around Town
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…