By Ron Leir KEARNY – This town is gearing up for a second go-round with its…
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The third generation of the McCarthy clan is carrying on a noble tradition.…
Reading really is fun-damental
By Karen Zautyk HARRISON – If you were passing by the Harrison Public Library last Wednesday…
Don’t eat the wild mushrooms!
By Karen Zautyk You can see them on the lawns and in the parks and just…
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Belleville Belleville Public Library cardholders can go to the library’s website at www.bellepl.org to download a…
How to help a charity
By Randy Neumann The recent economic turmoil has forced many of our favorite charities to cut…
NA Health Department programs
North Arlington Health Department, 10 Beaver Ave., announces the following programs, scheduled for September. Blood…
NJMC fall programs focus on astronomy
LYNDHURST – The wide-ranging influence of outer space on music, art, science and more is the focus…
Horror in Harrison
3-year-old among triple-homicide victims By Ron Leir HARRISON – Police and a puzzled…
Cameras will focus on south end of town
By Ron Leir HARRISON – Township residents who are still reeling from the impact of…
Who was that masked man?
By Karen Zautyk LYNDHURST – Local police, and the FBI, are still searching for…
In emergency, pets suffer too
By Karen Zautyk Thanks to the N.J. Department of Agriculture and the the state Office…
Referendum redux
By Ron Leir LYNDHURST – Public school officials here are hoping that Dec. 13 will…
Kentucky Care Going Strong
By Lisa Pezzolla Last Tuesday kicked off our collections for Kentucky Care and it began with…
Singin’ in the rain & other KPD news
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — Maybe it was a “back to the ’60s” thing. At 11:30…
Bad things happen in threes
By Karen Zautyk NUTLEY – Two lanes on Rt. 21 South had to be shut…
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Bloomfield Do you knit, crochet, needlepoint, quilt? Then come to the Bloomfield Public Library Fridays at…
A lucky escape from carjackers
NUTLEY — This past Sunday, at 2:39 p.m., a Belleville man and his infant son had…
Phishers seem to have netted 2
By Karen Zautyk NUTLEY — In what appears to be sheer coincidence, Nutley police took two…
The bull in the East vs. the bear in the West
By Randy Neumann Last October, I traveled to Newport Beach, Calif., (where, by the way,…
The party ended in a cell
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – Advice to partygoers: If the neighbors complain about the noise and…
Kentucky Care 2011
By Karen Zautyk The Observer’s 4th annual Kentucky Care Project is underway! Last Friday, the…
Nabbed in sex assaults
By Karen Zautyk A man arrested in 2008 in Nutley in the alleged sexual assault of…
Political feuding erupts anew over budget cuts
By Ron Leir NORTH ARLINGTON – This borough’s shaky ship of state has arrived at an…
How not to rob a bank
By Karen Zautyk NUTLEY – Not that we’re speaking from personal experience, but it seems…
Crossed signals on DeJessa Bridge
By Ron Leir LYNDHURST – Given the cumbersome pace of travel, impatient South Bergen…
News from the Nutley police blotter
By Karen Zautyk A Sunday afternoon altercation between two teenagers on Franklin Ave. last week culminated…
Drug busts keep cops busy
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – A 55-year-old Rutherford man, with what Kearny Police Chief John Dowie…
See Something? Say Something
By Lisa Pezzolla It is hard enough keeping your business going on a daily basis without…
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Belleville Recent WWE TV star and Hall-of-Fame legend “Mr. U.S.A.” Tony Atlas will headline an all-star…