Changing of the Kearny guard: Millar to Almeida
As the students returned from an always-too-brief holiday break, it was a very hectic week in…
Mainiero finally finds safe haven with QP wrestling
Dominic Mainiero has been a human tug-of-war game since he was a youngster. A standout on…
Kearny boys’ basketball: An upset to last a lifetime
The Kearny High School boys’ basketball season had already reached the crossroads. The Kardinals owned a…
280 east ramp to Parkway exit 145 emergency closure Jan. 5
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) announces emergency maintenance work requiring the temporary closure tomorrow…
Dawn of a new Wittpenn
KEARNY – Don’t expect to see planes taking off and landing on the new Wittpenn (Rt.…
Attack victim, 25, succumbs to injuries
The 25-year-old Kearny woman who was brutally attacked by an East Rutherford man Dec. 17 has…
Only bidder will fix firehouse
KEARNY – It was the lone bid submitted but the town went with it. At long…
New librarian at the helm
BELLEVILLE – A somewhat circuitous path brought Michelle Malone to the Belleville Public Library in…
KPD: From one lockup to another
Back on Sept. 2, Kearny police were called to a Bergen Ave. apartment complex on a report…
Panel: Keegan’s worth $7.88 million
KEARNY – Here’s a holiday fable that’s guaranteed to knock you for a loop. Remember the…
Passaic River park projected
HARRISON – There may be another municipal park in Harrison’s future. The “Cape May St.…
Tips on keeping cars from being vandalized
LYNDHURST/NORTH ARLINGTON – Even in the wintertime, Riverside County Park – stretching along the banks of the…
And no partridge in a pear tree, either
KEARNY – A 26-year-old Kearny man spent Christmas in the Hudson County Jail, and unless Santa showed…
Ciampaglia completes monster year with Coccia
LYNDHURST – If you were to judge Ray Ciampaglia on his accomplishments in real estate, you’d probably…
Shot by police, he now faces charges
BELLEVILLE – A Belleville man is in police custody in connection with a shooting incident that…
For the umpteenth time … !
By Karen Zautyk The other day, having parked my car in an out-of-town supermarket lot, I noticed…
Obituaries for 4 Jan. 2017
Edna Hemsley Edna Hemsley (nee Rainey), 84 of Greentown, Pa., passed away on December 27, 2016.…
It’s a Buccaneer bonanza: Belleville’s girls off to best start in ages
Veteran Belleville High School girls’ basketball coach Liz Ramirez knew that she had the makings of…
Nutley girls truly miss star Watson
It’s taken the first few weeks of the high school basketball season for Nutley head girls’…
Kearny’s Jackson coming of age at right time
After spending a few years at Church Farm School, a private all-boys institution in Pennsylvania, Javon…
Mary A. Tortoreti, Observer owner, 1942-2016
Mary A. Tortoreti, who for the last four decades was the matriarch of The Observer and…
The news stories that made headlines in 2016
Compiled by Ron Leir & Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondents It was another banner year for…
This way madness lies … unless …
By Ron Leir As we’re just days away from 2017, what better way to greet the…
Obituary: Doreen Ballantyne
Doreen Ballantyne Doreen Ballantyne (nee McLean) died Dec. 19. She was 70. Born in Glasgow, Scotland,…
The Top 10 sports stories of 2016
Compiled by Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The calendar year of 2016 produced its share of…
B&C picked to build new Harrison school
HARRISON – A contractor that ended up in arbitration with the Kearny Board of Education on…
Trooper lists online safety tips
BELLEVILLE – On the heels of the arrest of a Belleville man earlier this month for…
5-year deal to reassess local properties
NORTH ARLINGTON – Nobody told the borough to do it – there was no order from…
KPD: Here’s a door — to the county jail
At 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 11, after KPD headquarters received a report of two individuals…
Undercovers nab accused package thieves
NUTLEY – Two grinches who thought they were going to steal Christmas from an unsuspecting Nutley…