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Bloomfield Bloomfield Public Library announces the following schedule for its Monday Afternoon at the Movies: Jan.…

Stretch – because it’s good for you

  Most of us are aware that stretching plays a vital role in our exercise regimen,…

A New Year’s wish list of employee retirement plans

  By Randy Neumann Here we are at the beginning of the New Year, a time…

Top news stories reported in 2011

    Compiled by Jeff Bahr & Anthony Machcinski January New Year’s 2011 literally came in…

New ‘high-end’ digs coming soon?

  By Ron Leir HARRISON – Another real estate project is on the drawing board for…

Cops, Firefighters get X-mas gift

By Ron Leir KEARNY – For cops and firefighters expecting to lose their jobs or to…

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…

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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…

Merry Christmas & Happy Hanukkah

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…

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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…