Veteran coach Mullins rolls with Blue Tide

HARRISON – There’s a new head boys’ basketball coach at Harrison High School, but he’s not…

Our next governor?

MORRISTOWN – Nutley Commissioner Steven L. Rogers is running for Governor of New Jersey – and…

Killer of Kearny jeweler up for sentencing

JERSEY CITY – More than seven years after he killed a Kearny jeweler during a robbery,…

Apartments at industrial park?

KEARNY – As bulldozers keep moving mounds of dirt on the site of the former Jeryl…

Firehouse fix expected to start soon: chief

KEARNY – Public safety infrastructure and personnel were among the focal points at the Dec. 6…

PHA smokers beware! Ban is coming

HARRISON – The Harrison Housing Authority is in the final stages of upgrading its closed-circuit TV…

KPD Bloody mess-up at Walmart

The report came in at 10:57 p.m. on Dec. 1: Large fight at Walmart. Turned out it…

Charged in bank robbery spree

KEARNY – The suspect in the Nov. 29 robbery of the Provident Bank in Kearny, arrested in…

Going home, going home …

By Karen Zautyk The other day, zipping through the TV channels in search of anything other…

Obituaries for 14 Dec. 2016

Ann Lawless Ann Lawless (nee Berry) of Harrison died at home surrounded by her loving family…

New coach, new spirit with North Arlington girls’ hoops

Karissa DePena is only 25 years old. She’s only a few years removed from being a…

NA boys’ basketball: Totally new blue crew

When veteran basketball coach Rich Corsetto arrived at his first day of practice with his North…

‘Family atmosphere’ carries Lyndhurst girls’ basketball squad

It’s John Cousins’ fourth year as the head coach of the Lyndhurst High School girls’ basketball…

BCPO: 4 Belleville cops arrested in North Arlington

Four Belleville police officers were among five men arrested Monday, Dec. 5, in the aftermath of…

Benjamin Pezzolla, brother of Observer GM Robert Pezzolla, dead at 82

Benjamin A. Pezzolla (Benny), the brother of two local businessmen – Robert P. Pezzolla, general manager…