Kearny grapplers prep for solid season

By Jim Hague  Observer Sports Writer  Tony Carratura is a wrestling lifer. The veteran Kearny High School wrestling…

Kearns out as QP grid coach

By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The revolving door at Queen of Peace continued to spin out of control…

Maroon Raider wrestlers more than ready

By Jim Hague  Observer Sports Writer The Nutley High School wrestling team is getting the opportunity of a lifetime…

Chiropractic treatment of back pain

Dr. Louis Stimmel, D.C. – Harrison Spine & Rehabilitation Chiropractic is a health care profession dedicated to the…

Obituaries

Frank Choffo I  Frank Choffo I passed away peacefully at home Dec. 2 surrounded by his loving family. He…

Then & Now

    This stately home, known as the Gen. Alexander Macomb House, stood at 125 Main St. in Belleville,…

Take precautions if you’re expecting a delivery, HPD says

HARRISON – The Christmas Grinch has been busy in Harrison this season. Police said that during…

Nutley PD: Beware of Yuletide scammers

NUTLEY – It may be holiday time but gremlins are out to spoil the festivities of…

Belleville suspending alternate-side parking Dec. 15 until further notice

BELLEVILLE – Interim Township Manager Kevin Esposito’s office is advising residents that, as of Dec. 15,…

Stranger than fiction

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent  KEARNY– For nearly eight decades, Theodore Zetterlund of Kearny lay in an unmarked grave…

Church will be restored

By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  BELLEVILLE –  A local landmark church that was badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy…

2 teens are charged in Kearny arson

By Karen Zautyk  Observer Correspondent  KEARNY –  A cooperative investigation by the Kearny Fire Department and Police Department into…

Those Yuletide fires

By Karen Zautyk  Observer Correspondent  Have you ever seen a Christmas tree go up in flames? If you answered…

Bianchi focused on redevelopment

By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  NORTH ARLINGTON – Redevelopment of the borough’s meadowlands acreage will be “the first priority”…

Arce resigning after 11 years of service

By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  KEARNY – Now only three remain. A second member of the five-person dissident Democratic…