By Karen Zautyk NUTLEY – A Paterson motorist who allegedly attempted to run over a police…
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Around town
Belleville Belleville Public Library and Information Center, 221 Washington Ave., is offering patrons tutoring on surfing…
Improving your financial future
By Randy Neumann Is 2011 going to be your year? It has certainly been a tough…
U.S. att’y cites child-exploitation cases
NEWARK – Marking National Missing Children’s Day on May 25, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J.…
Cops ride for those who died
Photo courtesy of Kearny PD With 300 miles ahead of them, Officers Wayne Shivers, John Fabula,…
Priest pleads guilty to church theft
KEARNY – In a sudden about-face, a priest accused of stealing from his church has admitted…
Swift results for anti-crime unit
By Karen Zautyk BELLEVILLE – Faced with a surge in car thefts and auto break-ins, the…
Remembering the nation’s fallen
While some people appear to think Memorial Day is about beaches, barbecues and bargains, our local…
The sad end to one brave life
Photo from Kearny Museum The Old Soldiers’ Home. Statue of soldier, which now stands at Veterans…
Cops nab Kearny burglary suspect
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – A 37-year-old Kearny man was arrested last week on burglary charges…
Mutiny in the Meadows
By Ron Leir LYNDHURST – Toxic fumes are spewing from the Meadowlands but they’re not coming…
Hunt for new housing chief continues
By Ron Leir HARRISON – It’s back to the drawing board for the Harrison Housing Authority.…
KPD recovers car in record time
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – ‘Gone in 60 seconds, returned in 60 minutes,” is the way…
4 arrested in robbery try
KEARNY – Four suspects who allegedly tried to hold up the Exxon station at 22 Passaic…
News from the Nutley PD blotter
NUTLEY – Burglaries, including another to an auto, apparent identity theft and an incident involving some…
Around town
Belleville The Belleville Public Library and Information Center offers English as a Second Language beginner and…
Making Social Security work for you
By Randy Neumann My recent columns told of the rich history of Social Security with references…
Social Security also covers your spouse and family
By Randy Neumann | Uncle Sam is partial to matrimony. Married couples benefit through the tax…
Around town
Belleville Clara Maass Medical Center will host its annual Cancer Survivors Day on Saturday, June 4,…
Permanent resident gets new home in jail
By Karen Zautyk A Paterson man who allegedly attempted to open a bank account in Nutley…
Fire damages local eatery
By Ron Leir | HARRISON – A two-alarm fire at La Caravana Restaurant last Thursday afternoon…
Multi-car fatal in South Kearny
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – A Jersey City man was killed and four other people were…
New schools chief for Nutley
By Ron Leir – NUTLEY – This township’s public school system has a new leader. Russell…
Public safety may take a hit
By Ron Leir | HARRISON – Who’ll be the last man standing? That must be what…
Discover the wonders all around us
By Karen Zautyk | Photos by Jim Wright/NJMC Osprey (with fresh-caught fish in its talons) soars…
Teen brutalized on Kearny Ave
By Karen Zautyk | Police are investigating a brazen and brutal — and seemingly unprovoked —…
Kearny cops bust Nutley drug suspect
By Karen Zautyk | Senior Correspondent KEARNY – A 55-year-old man, who police said has had eight…
Guilty plea in Nutley/Belleville ATM ‘skimming’
By Karen Zautyk | Senior Correspondent NEWARK – A Brooklyn man has pleaded guilty in a scheme…
Car flips, teen walks away
KEARNY – Only hours after one Kearny teenager was killed in an auto accident (see p.…
School elections round-up
By Ron Leir | Observer Correspondent It’s back to the drawing board for Boards of Education in…