Sarlo, Sweeney to meet with Giangeruso, press to discuss DeJessa Bridge traffic issues
State Sens. Paul Sarlo and Stephen Sweeney will be meeting with Lyndhurst Mayor Robert Giangeruso and…
Highlights from the Harrison police blotter
July 29 At 1:08 p.m., police were dispatched to a residence on the 100 block of…
Duprees concert in NA cancelled tonight
North Arlington’s Concert featuring the Duprees that was scheduled for tonight at Riverside County Park, has…
Mounds keep growing
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Those piles of trash being dumped in the Keegan landfill in…
5 seek 3 seats on BOE
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Five candidates, including two incumbents, are seeking three seats on the…
School brass roster shifting
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Looking ahead to the September schools opening, the Kearny Board of…
Fighting for veterans
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – A delegation of the region’s veterans convened at the Nutley VFW to…
Hoping to extend access to riverfront
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – It may not compare with the breezes from the Jersey Shore…
Serial-hoax suspect nabbed
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – On Jan. 31, just two days before the Super Bowl, letters…
Fire engine on auction block
KEARNY – Want to buy a used fire truck? You’ll have a chance to do so in Kearny…
Getting a leg (or ankle) up on crooked pols
It has been widely reported that the City of London is tackling hooliganism on the public streets triggered by repeated…
‘Charity scam’ in name of slain cop
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – How low can you go? Not much lower…
Sprucing it up
The state Department of Transportation is arranging for the sandblasting and repainting of this old…
Red Bulls & SportsCare: perfect together
HARRISON – The New York Red Bulls, the major league soccer team based in Harrison, has contracted with the…
‘The Hunt With John Walsh’ on CNN is already paying off
By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent John Walsh lived every parent’s nightmare back in 1981, when his then…
KPD: ‘Knock, knock’ not funny
An overzealous door-to-door solicitor got himself arrested after an encounter with a 70-year-old woman who wouldn’t put up with his aggressive…
News from the Nutley police blotter
July 26 The manager of a Washington Ave. gas station called police at 12:10 a.m. to report that the…
Around Town
Belleville A performance by the Library Players, a children’s acting troupe, on Aug. 18 and a Science Fun Workshop…
Kearny youngsters learn at annual boys’ PAL basketball camp
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Ten-year-old Jonathan Muller of Kearny loves playing basketball, but there was…
Ledo new North Arlington girls’ hoops coach
After spending several years as a youth and AAU basketball coach, as well as the last few seasons as the…
North Arlington’s Collins Field gets major facelift
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer In 2011, Rip Collins Field on Passaic Ave. in North…
Then & Now
Officially, it was known as the Catholic Protectory, an orphanage for boys in the Diocese…
Obituaries
Isaletta Candeliere Isaletta Candeliere (nee Nastri) died at home on July 28. She was 91. Born in Italy,…
Classmates in court
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY– The three young men, pictured above in their Kearny High School yearbook photos,…
Serial robber guilty
TRENTON – An accused serial robber has admitted to playing a role in 11 robberies, primarily of drug stores,…
Blue ranks get reinforcements
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Talk about parallel life paths: Joseph White and Matthew Giunta went…
Slow-paced developments
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – It’s been a year and two months since Gov. Chris Christie…
Still waiting for wall’s restoration
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – A property dispute between a longtime Harrison business and some neighbors that…
Beware the river crabs!
Despite repeated warnings from the Department of Environmental Protection, some anglers seem determined to harvest crabs from the Lower Passaic River. One…
Getting to the bottom of sewage backups
NORTH ARLINGTON – Borough Hall is taking action on two fronts to try and figure out how to stop…