By Jeff Bahr Observer Correspondent With automation buzzing through our culture like a chainsaw through wood,…
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Fourth Annual Fashion’s Night Out will take NYC by storm Sept. 6
By Jennifer Vazquez Observer Contributor Mark your calendars and prepare your most fashion forward outfit…
News from the Nutley Police blotter
Aug. 28 Daniel Silva, 45, of Newark, was given a summons for shoplifting at a…
Stolen car chase ends in two arrests
Two men led police on a wild, high-speed car chase – and then a foot pursuit…
Around Town
Bloomfield • A book discussion and lecture series about great science fiction authors will be held…
Blue Tide gridders look to forget about past
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Harrison High School head football coach Dave Nankivell knows…
Accused car thieves grabbed in meadows
Two Newark men were collared in the Lyndhurst meadows after their car – reported stolen out…
Now only one more hurdle to clear for new ShopRite
By Ron Leir BELLEVILLE – Now it’s official: lawyers for the Wakefern Corp. and the…
Trackman killed in railyard
By Jeff Bahr KEARNY – Railroad worker Alijandro Baroni, 44, of Bayonne…
Borough school gets new administrator
By Ron Leir EAST NEWARK – The borough’s lone school has a new temporary leader.…
These improvements are a special ‘cut’ above the rest
By Ron Leir HARRISON – Above normal snowfalls are predicted by weather experts for the…
Family Service Bureau finds a new home in Kearny
By Jennifer Vazquez Kearny – Family Service Bureau of Newark, a comprehensive mental and…
A champion on the mat, a champion in life
By Jennifer Vazquez Harrison – Champions and championship- worthy attitudes comes in all sizes. That…
CORRECTION!
In our last week story “Playing waiting game” on our front page, the town was Kearny,…
Local orthodontist embraced by his peers
By Karen Zautyk When New Jersey Monthly magazine came out with its annual list of…
Belleville Police Blotter
August 23 • Jesus Carrillo – Gonzalez, 43, of Belleville stopped on Union Terrace at 10:54…
Suspected thief caught in Newark
A local man is behind bars after having kept Kearny Police busy during the last…
Around Town
Belleville • Residents are invited to attend the Clara Maass Medical Center Community Meeting on Sept.…
Golden Griffin girls’ soccer: Movin’ on up
By Jim Hague A few weeks ago, actor Sherman Hemsley died. He was best known…
It’s ‘chill’ time for Friendly House project
BELLEVILLE – The township’s Friendly House project is back on track. About two weeks ago Township…
News from Nutley Police Blotter
Aug. 23 A cab driver called police at 11:38 p.m. to report he’d been stiffed on…
Everything old is new again for Lyndhurst public schools
By Ron Leir LYNDHURST – When Lyndhurst public school students end their summer vacations and…
Playing waiting game
By Ron Leir BELLEVILLE – It has been more than a year since the Town…
Butterflies are free’ to behold at latest addition to Kearny’s Riverbank Park
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – How do you create a butterfly garden? You…
Building Blocks for keeping kids healthy
By Karen Zautyk HARRISON – The first thing that strikes you when you walk through…
‘Airing’ concerns over Friendly House
By Ron Leir BELLEVILLE – The situation is anything but “friendly” around the proposed reconstruction…
Around Town
Belleville • St. Peter’s Rosary Confraternity is holding its communion breakfast on Oct. 7, after the…
‘Accidental’ shooting victim now in jail
Nearly a month after a local man was believed to have accidentally shot himself in his…