By Ron Leir Harrison — Want to buy a soccer stadium that can hold up…
Category: News
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…
Nutley Blotter: Fireworks scare residents
Nov. 24 Police rushed to the Spring Garden School area at 11:28 p.m. on a report…
Message for the Soul: Don’t Quit!
Have you ever felt so tired of pursuing your dreams that at times you have just…
Around town
Belleville Belleville Elks Lodge is holding a holiday bazaar on Sunday, Dec. 11, a t 254…
IRS seeks to return $153 million in undelivered checks to taxpayers;
Recommends E-File, Direct Deposit to avoid future delivery problems In an annual reminder to taxpayers, the…
Path to progress
Harrison’s newly upgraded N. Fifth St. pedestrian bridge has been reopened for public use. Rocco Russomanno, the town’s…
BREAKING NEWS: Deadline extended for flood insurance claims
New Jersey policyholders who suffered losses as a result of Hurricane Irene damage (Aug. 27 through…
Contract parleys collapse
KEARNY — Kearny Board of Education’s efforts to land a new schools administrator have…
Land parcels remain on selling block
Photo by Anthony J. Machcinski/ View of Porete Ave properties as seen from the ridge above,…
Bloomfield’s Wright’s Field holds groundbreaking ceremony
By Jeff Bahr On a rainy and raw Tuesday, November 22, the Bloomfield…