By Ron Leir LYNDHURST – A second try this year to get township voters to…
Category: News
Booze, drugs factored in crashes
Around 11:00 p.m. on Dec. 8, Officers Ben Wuelfing and Joe Martin responded to a motor…
Around Town
Belleville Belleville Elks will sponsor a special Type O blood drive on Wednesday, Dec. 26. The…
Look Who’s Talking
Have you ever experienced a voice from within that tells you to do things in a…
Ladies: Don’t undervalue your worth!
By Randy Neumann Today, a woman in the workplace is commonplace, but it wasn’t always that…
Computer training for job seekers
Essex County College, in conjunction with the New Jersey State Library, will offer free classes to…
There’s Still Time to Register for Courses at Hudson County Community College This Spring
Hudson County Community College announces that there is still time to register for spring 2012 term…
Sing-Along at Bloomfield Library
Bloomfield Library Children’s Department librarians, Emily Knorr and Patricia Cooke will hold a sing along in…
W.H.A.T. gets its wings
By Karen Zautyk As a matter of journalistic integrity, I must state that I am…
Town seeing red on taxes
By Ron Leir Harrison — Want to buy a soccer stadium that can hold up…
Got to go green to save some green
By Ron Leir KEARNY – So it’s a brisk fall day. Not too chilly.…
Is Passaic Ave. complex unsafe?
By Ron Leir EAST NEWARK – They’re supposed to be allies in fostering the…
Putting the lid on drug abuse in U.S.
By Anthony J. Machcinski The normal image people associate with someone who abuses drugs is…
Welcoming new neighbors to town
HARRISON — U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-Union City) and a host of other public…
Looking forward to a new challenge
By Ron Leir Nutley— With five months left in her term, Nutley Mayor Joanne Cocchiola…
Harrison Police Blotter
Dec. 1 A perpetrator who gained entry by smashing a basement window burglarized a Bergen St.…
Bloomfield Police Blotter
Nov. 20 A victim reported that an unknown person removed two meters from the lot. Nov.…
Around town
Bloomfield Bloomfield Public Library Book Club will meet on Monday, Jan. 9, from 6:45 to 7:50…
Home Sweet Home!
If there is one place you want to be at the end of a tiring day,…
Out of jail, serial burglar back at it again, cops say
By Ron Leir A Kearny man who is no stranger to local gendarmes was picked…
Nutley Police Blotter
Dec. 9 Someone smashed the rear of window of a 2001 Cadillac registered to a Brookline…
Top 10 reasons to ‘not’ plan for retirement
By Randy Neumann Although you probably read or hear about some “Top Ten” list every other…
Lyndhurst Residents asked to vote on public referendum
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – The Committee for Better Facilities (CBF), a group of…
Nutley celebrates annual holiday tradition
By Jeff Bahr On Sunday December 4, Nutley’s biggest holiday extravaganza – the annual Tree and…
S. Kearny industrial site primed for redevelopment
By Ron Leir A long-neglected industrial parcel in South Kearny is getting some renewed…
Gear still shaky but out on the streets
By Ron Leir BELLEVILLE – At last, they’re on the road. The township’s seven new police…
Old Hartz site giving way to apartments
By Ron Leir HARRISON – After years of planning, land acquisition and a stalled…
Kearny withdrawals court complaint after Lyndhurst makes NJMC payment
By Anthony J. Machcinski A legal battle between Kearny and Lyndhurst over a late payment owed…
Harrison Police Blotter
Nov. 29 A man was taken to St. Michael’s Hospital, Newark, after being struck in the…
OBSERVER CHRISTMAS
As everyone knows, one of the best parts of the Yuletide season is being able to…