By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The garden is growing. Drivers traveling southbound on…
Category: News
Hail to the new chief
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent EAST NEWARK – At age 37, he’s the newest –…
Dredging of mudflats to begin next month
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – A plan for cleaning up the lower 17…
Middle School will now enroll 6th-graders
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – Starting in September, the Belleville Board of Education will…
A day to remember for these active seniors
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent Three West Hudson residents were among Hudson County’s 2013 Seniors…
KPD blotter: ‘Career criminal’ hunted
Kearny police are investigating two burglaries that occurred last week, one to an East Midland Ave.…
‘Cultivate body & mind to serve God’
The following is an interview with Swami Mukundananda by Nilima Mehra, producer with Global TV Network…
Around Town
Bloomfield Bloomfield’s local access TV station (Ch. 35 Comcast; Ch. 30 Verizon) is now offering a…
Robbery suspect nabbed in East Newark
HARRISON – Quick action by a vigilant East Newark cop was credited by Harrison Police superiors…
Flag retirement ceremony is Friday in Nutley
In commemoration of Flag Day, the Nutley Department of Public Affairs will be conducting a brief…
Tribute to fallen veteran
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – He was 19, only a year out of…
Senior residence on horizon
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – In the near future, you can probably figure…
Improving the quaility of life
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Recently, checking with someone about possible story ideas,…
Blaze displaces family of 9
KEARNY – An early morning fire in an Elm St. home last Friday left the…
Suspect nabbed in Belleville robbery
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent Special agents of the FBI arrested an East Orange man last…
Body in river ID’d as oil-attack suspect
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – When police and firefighters fished a corpse…
Kearny Police blotter: Arrested in jail
A Kearny case under investigation since last October led to the arrest last week of a…
Women veterans take the lead in parade
NORTH ARLINGTON – The borough made history of sorts with this year’s Memorial Day Parade,…
Borough can’t reclaim water utility
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – After spending nearly two and a half years…
Habitat ready to start building in Kearny
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – It’s taken more than two years to get…
Highlights from the Nutley Police Blotter
May 30 At 4:47 p.m., police responded to a Vine St. residence where the owner showed…
N. Arlington man accused of sex crime
HACKENSACK – A 40-year-old North Arlington man has been arrested in connection with an alleged…
Around Town
Bloomfield Bloomfield’s local access TV station (Ch. 35 Comcast; Ch. 30 Verizon) is now offering a…
Mystery surrounds discovery of graveside shell casings
Rifle shell casings were reported found on the gravestone of the child of a North Arlington…
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Garage sale is June 1 on Webster Avenue, Kearny
Multi-family entire block spring spectacular yard sale! Saturday 6/1/13 (Over 15 Families) at Webster Avenue, Kearny…
Protecting South Kearny
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – It’s almost ready. The partly restored South Kearny…
Payroll down but taxes up
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Kearny should realize a savings of nearly $600,000 in…
Lyndhurst man arrested in N.Y.C. kidnap
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent A Lyndhurst man was among three suspects arrested in New York…
PVSC answers distress call
A Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission River Restoration crew came to the rescue of Belleville residents…