Portal Bridge fire doused by KFD fireboat
KEARNY – Thanks to an all-hands response by the Kearny Fire Department, including its fireboat, a blaze at the Portal…
Charged in Essex takedown
NEWARK – A Nutley man was among 48 individuals charged last week in a law enforcement sweep “centered on violence,…
Sandy-tainted trees left in park
LYNDHURST – There they were along the riverbank, stacked in the brush parallel to the river: shade tree saplings…
Remembering Tom MacFarland
For those too young to remember, or for those who didn’t follow politics in Kearny long ago, Tom MacFarland was…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
‘GOOD LUCK, GLOVERS’ To the Editor: Your article in the June 24 edition of The Observer on the…
Notes from the KPD blotter
June 26 On patrol in South Kearny at 3 a.m., Sgt. Jack Corbett came upon a 2005 Mazda sitting…
Fireworks, dog bite, thefts: NPD
Between June 27 and July 2, Nutley PD responded to 20 motor vehicle accidents, 34 medical calls, 18 disputes/ suspicious…
Brothers reunited at Project Graduation
KEARNY – The annual Kearny High School Project Graduation festivities featured a very special moment for one member of the…
around town
Harrison Holy Cross Church announces a bus trip to the Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, on Sunday, July 12. The…
Nutley’s Anderson named Observer Female Athlete of the Year
Basketball, softball star becomes 3rd Maroon Raider recipient Carly Anderson was asked how she wanted to be remembered…
Lyndhurst legend Longo dies at 73
Dick Vitale, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announcer, perhaps summed up the passing of his friend Tom Longo the best.…
Kearny’s Yuknalis aiming for national Top Gun at grid competition
When William Yuknalis first played for the Kearny Generals youth football program, he longed to get the chance to make tackles.…
Firefighter hopefuls can apply for test
KEARNY – The Town of Kearny is getting ready to hire more firefighters – quite a few, in…
Obituaries
Margaret Baratta Margaret Baratta (nee LaMagra), 97, former longtime Kearny resident, passed away peacefully on June 22 in Georgia, surrounded…
New apartments for Passaic Ave.?
KEARNY – He has built a new apartment complex in Lyndhurst and he’s got others nearing completion in Kearny and…