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This weekend we will share in the festivities of Memorial Day, it also marks the beginning…

Opinion

‘Fold him in his Country’s stars’

Elsewhere in this week’s paper, there is a tragic story of a Civil War veteran and…

Hunt for new housing chief continues

By Ron Leir HARRISON – It’s back to the drawing board for the Harrison Housing Authority.…

Entertainment

The art of ceramics

By Anthony J. Machcinski After living in East Hanover the last couple of years, former Harrison…

KPD recovers car in record time

By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – ‘Gone in 60 seconds, returned in 60 minutes,” is the way…

4 arrested in robbery try

KEARNY – Four suspects who allegedly tried to hold up the Exxon station at 22 Passaic…

News from the Nutley PD blotter

NUTLEY – Burglaries, including another to an auto, apparent identity theft and an incident involving some…

Around town

Belleville The Belleville Public Library and Information Center offers English as a Second Language beginner and…

Lyndhurst boys’ track team repeats as Bergen County champ as Rono wins four

Photo by Jim Hague The Lyndhurst boys’ track team captured the Bergen County Division C championship…

New start, new league, new uniforms for Newark Bears

By Jim Hague The Newark Bears will begin their 2011 season Thursday morning at 11. It…

Kearny’s Alfaro wins three gold medals at county meet

By Jim Hague Kearny’s latest three-time Hudson County champion in track and field almost never had…

Making Social Security work for you

By Randy Neumann My recent columns told of the rich history of Social Security with references…

Obituaries

Agnes McAlister Agnes McAlister (Mullins), 94, passed away on Tuesday, May 10, in the West Hudson…

OK, sports fans, here’s good news!

By Ron Leir | NORTH ARLINGTON – Bergen County has pledged a $5 million fix-up of…

Social Security also covers your spouse and family

By Randy Neumann | Uncle Sam is partial to matrimony. Married couples benefit through the tax…

Around town

Belleville Clara Maass Medical Center will host its annual Cancer Survivors Day on Saturday, June 4,…

Permanent resident gets new home in jail

By Karen Zautyk A Paterson man who allegedly attempted to open a bank account in Nutley…

Fire damages local eatery

By Ron Leir | HARRISON – A two-alarm fire at La Caravana Restaurant last Thursday afternoon…

Multi-car fatal in South Kearny

By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – A Jersey City man was killed and four other people were…

New schools chief for Nutley

By Ron Leir – NUTLEY – This township’s public school system has a new leader. Russell…

Public safety may take a hit

By Ron Leir | HARRISON – Who’ll be the last man standing? That must be what…

Discover the wonders all around us

By Karen Zautyk | Photos by Jim Wright/NJMC Osprey (with fresh-caught fish in its talons) soars…

Teen brutalized on Kearny Ave

By Karen Zautyk | Police are investigating a brazen and brutal — and seemingly unprovoked —…

Entertainment

Screaming Females to play Kearny Irish

By Anthony J. Machcinski | Observer Correspondent The Screaming Females, a fantasy combination of The Ramones’ sound…

Kearny cops bust Nutley drug suspect

By Karen Zautyk | Senior Correspondent KEARNY – A 55-year-old man, who police said has had eight…

Guilty plea in Nutley/Belleville ATM ‘skimming’

By Karen Zautyk | Senior Correspondent NEWARK – A Brooklyn man has pleaded guilty in a scheme…

Car flips, teen walks away

KEARNY – Only hours after one Kearny teenager was killed in an auto accident (see p.…

School elections round-up

By Ron Leir | Observer Correspondent It’s back to the drawing board for Boards of Education in…

Teen killed in tragic accident