Works By Emerging Artists On Display at NJMC Flyway Gallery
Works in several mediums by new and emerging artists will be on display at the New…
Clara Maass Medical Center Foundation Presents Lifeline Challenge to Healthy Living
A Walk to FundSchool Programs to Fight Childhood Obesity On Sunday, Sept. 30, at 9 a.m.,…
A tour of 9/11 Memorial through Kearny guide’s eyes
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent Virtually every Thursday, Kearny’s Marty Nystrom takes the No. 40…
Postal worker ‘delivered’ drugs, cops say
By Jennifer Vazquez Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – A U.S. Postal Service worker and her boyfriend were…
Making room for little ones at Veterans Park field
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent EAST NEWARK – Soccer is catching on with the younger…
Happy surprises when a host family becomes an extended family
By Jennifer Vazquez Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Globalization is a reality of modern times. People…
Kearny UNICO nominates Basilone winner
By Jeff Bahr Observer Correspondent Kearny UNICO is just one chapter of the many that…
Filth ebbs and flows on the Passaic River
“Things aren’t always as they seem.” I don’t know who first coined this phrase but in…
Still making do without key public school leaders in Kearny
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – When public school classes resume Thursday, Sept. 6, Kearny…
Police reports go hi-tech in Nutley Don’t forget to follow The Observer on &
By Jeff Bahr Observer Correspondent With automation buzzing through our culture like a chainsaw through wood,…
Fourth Annual Fashion’s Night Out will take NYC by storm Sept. 6
By Jennifer Vazquez Observer Contributor Mark your calendars and prepare your most fashion forward outfit…
News from the Nutley Police blotter
Aug. 28 Daniel Silva, 45, of Newark, was given a summons for shoplifting at a…
Stolen car chase ends in two arrests
Two men led police on a wild, high-speed car chase – and then a foot pursuit…
Around Town
Bloomfield • A book discussion and lecture series about great science fiction authors will be held…
Kearny boys’ soccer looks for repeat of last year
Kardinals shoot for another state sectional crown By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Kearny…
Kearny girls: Poised for another great year
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Kearny High School girls’ soccer team enjoyed a…
Blue Tide gridders look to forget about past
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Harrison High School head football coach Dave Nankivell knows…
Accused car thieves grabbed in meadows
Two Newark men were collared in the Lyndhurst meadows after their car – reported stolen out…
Obituaries
Roger Cunningham Roger W. Cunningham, 71, died on Tuesday, Aug. 14 in the Clara Maass Medical…
Now only one more hurdle to clear for new ShopRite
By Ron Leir BELLEVILLE – Now it’s official: lawyers for the Wakefern Corp. and the…
Trackman killed in railyard
By Jeff Bahr KEARNY – Railroad worker Alijandro Baroni, 44, of Bayonne…
Borough school gets new administrator
By Ron Leir EAST NEWARK – The borough’s lone school has a new temporary leader.…
These improvements are a special ‘cut’ above the rest
By Ron Leir HARRISON – Above normal snowfalls are predicted by weather experts for the…
Family Service Bureau finds a new home in Kearny
By Jennifer Vazquez Kearny – Family Service Bureau of Newark, a comprehensive mental and…
A champion on the mat, a champion in life
By Jennifer Vazquez Harrison – Champions and championship- worthy attitudes comes in all sizes. That…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
School lunches: food for thought Dear Editor, With the new school year just around the corner,…
CORRECTION!
In our last week story “Playing waiting game” on our front page, the town was Kearny,…
Local orthodontist embraced by his peers
By Karen Zautyk When New Jersey Monthly magazine came out with its annual list of…
Lyndhurst cook sizzles at/on Hell’s Kitchen
By Jeff Bahr LYNDHURST – The thing that struck me most during my recent meeting…
Belleville Police Blotter
August 23 • Jesus Carrillo – Gonzalez, 43, of Belleville stopped on Union Terrace at 10:54…