One Tank Trips: Milford, Pennsylvania awaits your discovery

    By Jeff Bahr A charming village Located just over an hour from Kearny, northeastern…

Be careful where you stash your trash

By Ron Leir  HARRISON – During the past few months, town officials have been doing a…

News from the Nutley Police Blotter

May 17 After getting a report about a group of people carrying a woman in physical…

Around Town

Bloomfield • The next meeting of the Bloomfield Public Library Book Club will be on Monday,…

News from the Lyndhurst Police Blotter

May 14 Eduardo Dacosta, 51, of Rutherford, was arrested on a shoplifting charge after he allegedly…

How you own and designate your property makes all the difference

By Randy Neumann We live in a large country, about two and one half times the…

Kearny Police Blotter- May 16

On May 5th at 8 p.m., Kearny units were alerted to the possibility of a pedestrian…

NEW MAYOR IN LYNDHURST

  By Ron Leir  LYNDHURST – The township’s chief executive is stepping down from the captain’s…

Attrition will force closure

By Anthony J. Machcinski KEARNY – Financial cuts that have weakened Kearny over the past couple…

‘Sun’ rises over the Meadowlands

      By Jeff Bahr Nodding to the power of the “green” movement in the…

From ‘greenhorns’ to ‘greenies’ at Bloomfield Tech

      By Jeff Bahr Four years ago when a group of 19 renewable energy…

EPA predicts mud flat cleanup in Lyndhurst by Spring 2013

    By Ron Leir  LYNDHURST – The Little League and T-ball fields in Riverside County…

Watsessing: Day of celebration

    By Ron Leir BLOOMFIELD – If your business was victimized twice by robbers within…

Belleville gets Nutley assist in nabbing bandits

On May 8 at 12:20 a.m., Belleville Police were dispatched to 74 Holmes St. on a…

Around Town

Belleville Join the Belleville-based CBP troupe (formerly the Cherry Blossom Players) on June 3 for an…

Message for the Soul: Living a healthy life

The most precious possession a man can ever hold on to is his health. You lose…

Investment basics – Stocks

  By Randy Neumann When you buy company stock, you’re actually purchasing a share of ownership…

Nutley child needs surgery for baseball eye injury

  Eight-year-old Armani G. Calvo had a tough break last week. Armani was playing second base…

The Observer Podcast #1: Test

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Cinco de Mazur’s

    Mazur’s Bakery located on 323 Ridge Rd. in Lyndhurst gets into the Cinco de…

N.A. COP ARRESTED IN ALLEGED THEFT

  By Anthony J. Machcinski NORTH ARLINGTON – When Police Officer Paul Casale reported for his…

Trustees split on tenure vote

By Ron Leir  KEARNY – Two Kearny public school administrators and one supervisor face the loss…

Redistricting plans now in full swing

  By Ron Leir LYNDHURST – Fifteen months after taxpayers voted down a $37 million referendum…

College educated and underemployed – America’s newest ‘success’ story?

By Jeff Bahr  I was a youngster when I first heard my dad use the term.…

New supermarket coming to Belleville

By Ron Leir BELLEVILLE – Dave Owens is a cautious man, having been exposed to the…

Contractor unearths live artillery shell

A contractor excavating on Park Ave. uncovered a live artillery shell at about noon on May…

News from the Belleville Police blotter

May 1 A 2008 Mazda that had been stolen from Belleville on April 18 was recovered…

Around Town

Belleville The Belleville High School Marching Band tricky tray dinner will be at 7 p.m. on…

News from the Kearny Police blotter

The Kearny Vice squad concluded a drug distribution investigation on April 27. The Vice Squad, with…

Embrace Your Loneliness

In today’s society there is a strong trend towards separation. Relationships are breaking, hearts are being…