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Brand new year, same criminal mentality
By Anthony Machcinski The New Year started bright and early for Kearny Police this year. Officers…
Millionaires, billionaires beware
The rhetoric coming from Washington these days about “millionaires and billionaires” is not just rhetoric. …
Nutley PB: Drug dealers beware
On Dec. 30 at 8:21 p.m. a Nutley Police detective observed a suspicious man standing in…
Bar Crackdown
By Ron Leir EAST NEWARK – Maybe the next step is re-enacting Prohibition. Still trying…
Kearny High School facelift underway
By Ron Leir KEARNY – The trailers that Kearny High School intends to use as temporary…
No holiday reprieve for civilian employees
By Ron Leir KEARNY – While cops and firefighters were spared the municipal axe, four civilian…
Man sought in attempted armed robbery
It failed for lack of a key. Police said a man hoping to rob the AutoZone…
Fixing the road that takes a pounding
By Anthony J. Machcinski Many Kearny residents might be unable to answer the question, “Where…
Harrison Police Blotter
Dec. 28 Four vehicles parked in a private parking lot were burglarized. Among the items stolen…
Around Town
Bloomfield Bloomfield Public Library announces the following schedule for its Monday Afternoon at the Movies: Jan.…
Stretch – because it’s good for you
Most of us are aware that stretching plays a vital role in our exercise regimen,…
A New Year’s wish list of employee retirement plans
By Randy Neumann Here we are at the beginning of the New Year, a time…
Top news stories reported in 2011
Compiled by Jeff Bahr & Anthony Machcinski January New Year’s 2011 literally came in…
New ‘high-end’ digs coming soon?
By Ron Leir HARRISON – Another real estate project is on the drawing board for…
Cops, Firefighters get X-mas gift
By Ron Leir KEARNY – For cops and firefighters expecting to lose their jobs or to…
The Ups and Downs of 2011
By Lisa Pezzolla As the clock ticks down to the New Year, we all like…
News from the Kearny Police blotter
The lucrative business of illegal scrapping got four Newark men arrested in Kearny on December 14.…
Harrison Police Blotter
Dec. 19 Someone pried out the driver’s side door lock to a 1999 Ford van while…
Readers spread holiday cheer
In the December 7th edition of The Observer, we asked all of our readers to…
Around town
Belleville Go to the Belleville Public Library’s website at www.bellepl.org to download a wide selection of…
Building good Karma
We have all heard wise people preach that the things we do today are like the…
There really are ways to dig out of debt steadily
Neither a borrower nor a lender be; for loan often losses both itself and friend,…
Obituaries
Gertrude DiElmo Gertrude DiElmo, 93, died on Dec. 18. Born in South Orange, she lived in…
Christmas Angels spread holiday cheer
By Anthony J. Machcinski Harrison- With all of the economic hardships that area families face…
Beautifying Bloomfield – one overpass at a time
By Jeff Bahr Harrison- How do you turn a utilitarian crossing into a colorful celebration…
Library marks centennial anniversary
By Ron Leir HARRISON – There was a lot of gabbing going on Thursday…
Will empty classrooms become new apartments?
By Ron Leir BELLEVILLE — A 90-year-old school building whose classrooms have been empty since…
Woman’s wish to help needy Harrison families
By Anthony Machcinski Back in October, The Observer ran a contest in which the winner…