By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Three Kearny firefighters were injured, one seriously, as…
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Accused killer ruled incompetent
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent JERSEY CITY – The Harrison man accused of fatally…
Project Graduation needs you!
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – It’s that time of year again: Time to…
Horrific dog attacks worrying neighbors
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Fatal attacks by two pit bulls on two smaller…
Nutley hoping for state bailout on Roche
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – As municipal officials from Nutley and Clifton ponder…
Highlights from Lyndhurst Police blotter
Jan. 17 A Kearny man drove into trouble after entering Lyndhurst. Police said Christopher Dodd, 19,…
Pa. driver with baby in car gets DWI charge
Kearny police arrested a 43-year-old Pennsylvania woman last Thursday afternoon after she was involved in a…
Around Town
East Newark West Hudson Brave Women Fighting Breast Cancer meets on the last Friday of every…
Real Estate Review
Abdo, Pontrelli complete GRI course The New Jersey Association of realtors is pleased to announce…
Water Department employee? Ask for photo ID
Nutley Public Works Commissioner Joseph Scarpelli cautioned residents to be wary of phony repair people looking…
Parakeets seek home
Jimmy and Sprinkles, two 1-year-old male parakeets green and yellow/blue, are available for adoption at the Humane…
BREAKING: Pennsylvania man arrested, charged with murdering Alishia Colon
A 41-year-old Pennsylvania man has been arrested and is being held on $10 million cash-only bail…
BREAKING: 16-year-old Kearny girl shot, killed on Belgrove Drive Thursday night
KEARNY — A 16-year-old Kearny High School student was shot in the head and died…
Fuzzy needs a home
Fuzzy, a 5-month-old Angora female, is available for adoption at the Humane Society of Bergen County,…
New fitness program for Nutley residents
Nutley Department of Parks and Recreation announces the addition of the Recreation Positive Fitness Program to…
Summer internship opportunity for high school juniors
NEWARK — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is…
Duty, honor, country
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent WEST POINT, N.Y.– Last Thursday, according to the weather folk,…
VOICE giving vets a lift
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Kearny’s fledgling VOICE (Veterans Outreach Information Community Education)…
Nutley working to protect its seniors
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – One elderly township resident claims she’s paid out thousands…
Kearny gets Hudson County’s first Wawa
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Last Friday, Kearny gained a new corporate retail presence…
Retrial of Bergrin delayed to next week
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent Paul Bergrin of Nutley, known in some quarters as the (allegedly)…
Partial Skyway shutdown begins in 2014
NEWARK – The state Department of Transportation announced last week at a Newark press conference plans…
Kearny Police blotter
Kearny police were credited with saving the life of a young man who apparently had been…
Fatal crash in Kearny
An 87-year-old Harrison man was pronounced dead Friday following a three-car crash at the…
Around Town
Bloomfield Bloomfield Public Library, 90 Broad St., announces a new Financial Book Club for beginners. The…
Blue Star Salute to Osborns
So far, Kearny’s VOICE project has identified “a little less than 30” households whose…
Flu vaccine
The Department of Public Affairs- Nutley Health Department no longer has flu vaccine available due to…
BOE reorganizes, but still looking to fill vacant seat
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – If someone sues the Kearny Board of…
Harrison: Yesterday, today & tomorrow
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent Recently, I was driving west on Rt. 280 through Harrison when…
Struggles aside, Bolandi warmed to Kearny
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Since he came aboard as interim superintendent of schools…