Honored for saving Lyndhurst man’s life
LYNDHURST — It may sound cliché, but life, as we know it, can change in a…
A year later, Davis Ave. firehouse reopens
KEARNY — A little more than a year after it was shuttered for emergency repairs, Kearny’s…
Locals remember the late ‘Father Tom’
The Rev. Msgr. G. Thomas Burns, who for 22 years was a parochial vicar at St.…
Guilty verdict in ’14 Belleville murder
NEWARK – A 53-year-old Belleville man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the August 2014 stabbing…
Suez deal questions; Oval vote put off
A year after Kearny signed up Suez to take over the town’s water utility, town officials…
The world’s a mess, but there’s baseball!
Well, well, well: the world is in its usual mixed-up muddle of a mess but now,…
Hall & Oates, Tears for Fears, rocked the Rock
If you haven’t been over to the Prudential Center for an event, you don’t know what…
KPD: Is that a lobster in your pocket or …?
KEARNY – This week, we have the privilege of recounting what has to be one of the…
WMS students ‘step it up’ to fight hunger
HARRISON – Students at Harrison’s Washington Middle School are a step ahead of their peers, for…
Enriching summer awaits Harrison kids
HARRISON – The Harrison Public School District is offering an action-packed Summer Enrichment program for middle…
Obituaries for July 5, 2017
Joseph ‘Chubby’ Gray Joseph “Chubby” Gray, originally from Kearny and a longtime resident of Point Pleasant…
Eager kids get their kicks at Kearny soccer camp
Lee and Jack Mara are 12-year-old twin brothers who live in Kearny and will enter the…
Former NA coach Constantino California bound
Rocco Constantino had a great run as a softball coach and teacher at North Arlington High…
Cruz Foundation holds camp for locals
Although he still considers Paterson his home and he owns a residence in Lyndhurst, Victor Cruz…
Tale of the tape: Promotions voided
LYNDHURST — Blame it on the quality of the videotape. Six township police promotions have been…
Has St. Anthony’s School been sold?
EAST NEWARK — After much speculation about the future of the former St. Anthony School in…
Kearny’s Sarah Davie ready to change the world
Kearny’s Sarah Davie has a goal — to change the world’s thinking about how we treat…
14 teachers given pink slips
Unless the state legislature reapportions school aid funding, little can be done to reverse the ill…
Reading rocks for kids … and gets them bikes
HARRISON — Got books? Yes, that could well be the motto for kids at Harrison’s Lincoln…
Lyndhurst man jailed in $1.5M Ponzi scheme
NEWARK – A Lyndhurst man was sentenced last week to 46 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining…
Want to coach lacrosse? Call Kearny Rec
Anybody interested in coaching lacrosse in Kearny? Contact the Town of Kearny’s municipal recreation program right…
Camps offer volleyball, baseball, hoops
KEARNY – Sports opportunities abound this summer for Kearny youngsters. Here are some samplers of what’s…
We don’t know what we don’t know
By Karen Zautyk Of late, I have come across a bunch of TV shows and news…
Obituaries for 28 June 2017
Jorge E. Osorio Jorge E. Osorio, of East Newark, died at home, surrounded by his loving…
Harrison’s O’Donnell captures Observer Male Athlete of Year
Harrison High School head football coach Mike Hinchcliffe summed it up perfectly when describing his standout…
Harrison mourns the loss of softball coach Ronga
They only had him for a little more than two years, but the Harrison High School…
Once again, it’s Rick’s
There have been two phrases synonymous with success when it comes to Kearny Little League baseball.…
SENIORS SAVOR PICNIC PLEASURE
If the 27th annual Kearny senior citizens’ picnic had been a day earlier, the mercury, which had…
DiLascio out as counsel to BOE, commissioners
LYNDHURST — He wasn’t running for office this time but, with a newly aligned township administration…
Council: No camp just yet …
BELLEVILLE — A local resident’s pitch to conduct a sports-related children’s camp at the Belleville Little…