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 —…

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

By Karen Zautyk | Senior Correspondent KEARNY – Horseplay turned deadly last week for an 18-year-old Kearny…