Cadets get upclose lesson on 9/11

KEARNY –  Last week, we wrote about the Kearny Police Department’s Junior Police Academy and the 50 dedicated cadets who…

Overseas mission for teacher

KEARNY –  Before she returns to her teaching job at Kearny High School next month, Jennifer Hansen will be…

‘Dream’ now closer to reality

LYNDHURST –  The long-delayed American Dream retail and entertainment complex planned for the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford has…

Library shooting to grand jury

HACKENSACK – A little more than two months after a township man was fatally shot in the Lyndhurst Public Library…

Better late than never on court safety

KEARNY/HARRISON –  Maybe the state should throw the book at them. Nine years after the N.J. Administrative Office of the…

Expanded public parking on Grant Ave.?

EAST NEWARK – In the wake of a fire that wrecked a two-story duplex on Grant Ave. next to…

Burglaries top KPD blotter news

Kearny police are on the hunt for a man who allegedly burglarized two Kearny Ave. businesses in the overnight hours…

Thoughts & Views: Refreshing paws on a summer day

If you don’t recognize the photo accompanying this column, you must have neither television nor Internet access. It’s a still…

CORRECTION

A story in the Aug. 19 issue of The Observer misstated the number of jobs that…

Bras, other undergarments taken from resident’s laundry: NPD

An Adams Court resident in Nutley lost several bras, gym pants, socks and other undergarments on Aug. 16 and…

Doing their part to protect anglers

Some of New Jersey’s veterans who’ve seen combat action overseas have returned to the home front to enlist in a…

around town

Belleville  Belleville Elks Lodge 1123, 254 Washington Ave., hosts a blood drive on Wednesday, Aug. 26, from 5 to…

Don’t be scammed by fake IRS callers

Nutley Commissioner Steven Rogers is warning the public that criminals are continuing to use sophisticated phone scams targeting taxpayers, especially senior…

Blue Tide looks to reload instead of rebuild

Defending NJSIAA Group I soccer champ features almost new roster It was business as usual for the…

Blue Tide looks to turn tide with new coach Glover Jr.

Pardon Rich Glover Jr.’s enthusiasm as he takes over the moribund Harrison High School football program. Sure, Glover Jr., the son…