Around Town

Kearny Trinity Episcopal Church, 575 Kearny Ave., Kearny, still has tables available at a cost of…

Reports from the Kearny Police blotter

March 22 At 2 a.m., at the intersection of Hackensack Ave. and Routes 1 & 9…

Coming up in the April 3 edition of The Observer …

In this week’s edition of The Observer, our Ron Leir takes a look at how the…

The Observer’s March Poll: It’s Christie in a landslide

Here are the results of The Observer’s March poll. Please keep in mind this poll is…

BREAKING: North Arlington police say missing 16-year-old boy has returned home safely

The North Arlington Police Department says 16-year-old Anthony Coto has returned home safely. He’d gone missing Friday night.…

BOE boots KHS contractor

  Photos by Ron Leir Construction in and out of Kearny High School has been a…

Feds charge BOE veep with fraud

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The vice president of the Kearny Board of…

Shop local, get tax break?

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Kearny homeowners who are dedicated local shoppers may soon…

More cops, firefighters on horizon

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Kearny can expect to see its public safety…

Gourmet dinner & show: a priceless treat

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY — What could be better than dinner and a show?…

Meadows site burns again; confab held

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY — That pesky mulch pile in the meadows that went…

KFD battles Schuyler, Brighton house fires

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY — Fire gutted a Schuyler Ave. home Sunday morning,…

King’s Court opening its doors on Saturdays in April for locals to use facility at no cost

  LYNDHURST — It has stood, quietly nestled away from traffic, since 1980 at 525 Riverside…

He could run, but he couldn’t hide

KEARNY — A Jersey City drag-racer, who led Kearny cops on a round-about pursuit before they…

Around Town

Belleville Mark your calendars for International Night at 7 p.m. on April 3, at Belleville Middle…

Real Estate Review

    It’s a seller’s market Where are the sellers? That is the main question on…

Biker brouhaha in Nutley

A Kearny motorcyclist gave Nutley cops a run for their money in the early hours on…

DEVELOPING STORY: Kearny Board of Education vice-president John Leadbeater arrested on mortgage-fraud charges

Updated at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday, March 23, with comments from Kearny Mayor Alberto G. Santos.…

FMBA President: ‘We’re lucky not to be going to a funeral or funerals’

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – The five-alarm blaze that ripped through two Latino restaurants,…

No-smoking zones to be expanded

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – In February 2008, the Town of Kearny, described…

Kearny crime hits 10-year low

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The numbers are in, and the news is…

A ‘field’ day for North Arlington school board

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Opposition by the Democratic majority and Mayor Peter…

Ex-mayor, 82, tosses hat in Lyndhurst ring

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Eight years after riding off into the political…

K-9 cop goes to the dogs

  A Belleville man who was a 12-year veteran of the Essex County Sheriff’s Office was…

Locked out & locked up

KEARNY — Shortly before 2 p.m. on Monday, March 11, Police Officer John Fabula, on patrol…

Around Town

Belleville A fish fry, hosted by Belleville Elks Lodge 1123, 254 Washington Ave., will be held…

‘Mom smelled smoke’ during church service

  Congregants of the Iglesia de Dios Luz y Vida Christian Pentecostal Church were finishing their…

Coming up in the March 20 edition of The Observer …

In this week’s edition of The Observer, our Ron Leir updates the major Harrison fire from…

BREAKING: Jury finds Nutley’s Bergrin guilty on 23 charges

  Report By The Observer Staff NEWARK — A former prominent Nutley attorney has been found…

West Hudson’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade Photo Gallery

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