By Ron Leir KEARNY – For cops and firefighters expecting to lose their jobs or to…
Category: News
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…
‘Kids are the losers,’ says BOE head
By Ron Leir LYNDHURST – A second try this year to get township voters to…
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…