By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – You know those Pedestrian Crossing warning signs now in the…
Category: News
How to tame a raging river
By Ron Leir LYNDHURST – Get the feds to buy your…
Firm must pay for Passaic cleanup
The state has won another round in its legal fight to hold companies that polluted the…
Violence erupts outside stadium
By Ron Leir HARRISON – Police are looking at ways of tightening security around the Red…
Guilty plea in mortgage fraud
By Karen Zautyk NEWARK – A Belleville woman, employed part-time as a court clerk at the…
Harvest moon?
KEARNY – From the Dept. of How to Make an Ass Out of Yourself, comes the…
Of war and remembrance
By Karen Zautyk LYNDHURST — Last week, if you were passing American Legion Post 139…
Oh, dam! Tree blocks Third River
By Karen Zautyk BELLEVILLE – We’d heard of the Third River, and suspected we…
Cops hunt gun/drugs suspect
NUTLEY – Two men from Paterson were arrested last week after they attempted to flee…
Near the End
By Lisa Pezzolla We are coming close to the end of accepting donations for Kentucky…
Wanna play hide-and-seek?
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — As you may know, there is a TV show called “World’s…
News from the Nutley police blotter
Incident reports from the Nutley Police Department for the week ending Sept. 14 included, but were…
Around town
Bloomfield Bloomfield Public Library is collecting packaged toiletries and non-perishable food for the needy and flood-impacted…
The long & the short of long-term care insurance
By Randy Neumann Long-term care insurance carriers have received a lot of negative attention in…
Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day Parade
Pictured is this year’s Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day Parade Grand Marshal Joseph Cervasio of Nutley, president…
FEMA advice on grant money
Disaster recovery officials are urging recipients of federal grants to use the money wisely –…
Back to School Nights in North Arlington
North Arlington Public Schools announces that Back to School Nights will be held on the following…
A free Web-based weight-loss challenge
BELLEVILLE — Clara Maass Medical Center is sponsoring a Lighten Up 4 Life community weight-loss challenge…
Tri-County Camera Club programs
The Tri-County Camera Club will open its new 2011-2012 season with a series of instructional programs…
HCCC to resume Subscription Dining series
This fall, Hudson County Community College — home of one of the East Coast’s most acclaimed…
HCCC info sessions for would-be teachers
JERSEY CITY — Hudson County Community College is continuing to conduct information sessions to acquaint college…
Make a fashion statement for the environment
LYNDHURST – A colorful new T-shirt featuring the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission’s 2011 Bird of the…
Light of hope still burns
By Karen Zautyk This was to be a straight news story about local observances of…
New agency: Will it help or hinder?
By Ron Leir NORTH ARLINGTON – There could be a redevelopment agency in this community’s…
Police talk possible jumper off bridge
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – A report of a possible jumper on a Passaic River bridge…
Operation Tripwire: Anti-terror effort
KEARNY – Although the 9/11 anniversary passed safely without any acts of terror, the public…
Marking the moment
By far the largest Sept. 11 10th anniversary ceremony in The Observer’s readership area…
Cop saves trapped motorist
NUTLEY – At risk to his own life, a township police officer last week rescued a…
Renewing pledge to build housing
By Ron Leir HARRISON – Plans for the development of affordable senior housing in this…