By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – For years, the “yard” adjoining the Main Branch…
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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…
Around Town
Bloomfield Bloomfield Public Library, 90 Broad St., announces its schedule for its Thursday and Monday Afternoon…
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.…
Around Town
Bloomfield “Night Fever: A Tribute to the Bee Gees,” will capture a full history of the…
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…