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…

18 busted in Peru-N.J. drug ring

  By Ron Leir | Observer Correspondent Federal, county and municipal law enforcement agencies partnered in busting…

Filmmaker drives for success with ‘Red Corvette’

By Anthony J. Machcinski | Observer Correspondent Five years ago, Kearny resident Frank Lisi battled cancer,…

Lyndhurst wins prestigious Jack Yockers Bergen County Relays crown

By Jim Hague | Observer Sports Writer   Tom Shoebridge has been involved with the Lyndhurst…

Federal indictment in charity shakedown

By Karen Zautyk | Senior Correspondent NEWARK – A Belleville man was indicted by a federal…

Rest in Peace, Cpl. Lutz

By Karen Zautyk Senior Correspondent In May 1951, a young Army corporal from Kearny, John W.…