Not much for cops in contract

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – It looks like Kearny will achieve labor peace with…

They were up to the ‘Challenge’

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY — If you are in need of a bit…

Kings of the ice

Nutley hockey team enjoying sensational season   By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer In 2011, the…

Local sports standouts honored at Seton Hall

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Every year, for the past 21 years, Seton Hall…

NA’s Frytek comes through in the clutch

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer One by one, the members of the North Arlington…

One of 3 robbery suspects nabbed; 2 remain at large

Nutley P.D. responded to Washington Ave. and Rutgers Place at 3:59 p.m. on Jan. 28 on…

Four Chaplains monument dedication nears

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Everything is in readiness for the celebration of…

And many happy returns!

    By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Last week, Bernice Marshall, activities director at…

A salute to women in combat

  Finally, another wall has fallen. That the wall had been breached in practice, if not…

Nutley wins second straight Essex County wrestling title

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer It’s been said that the toughest championship to win…

Celebrating 50 years of volunteer baseball coaching

Walker, ‘the Don Zimmer of Lyndhurst,’ gets feted   By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Jim…

Arrest in teen’s murder

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – $10 million. Cash only. That is the amount…

Accused killer ruled incompetent

    By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent JERSEY CITY – The Harrison man accused of fatally…

Horrific dog attacks worrying neighbors

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Fatal attacks by two pit bulls on two smaller…

Nutley hoping for state bailout on Roche

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – As municipal officials from Nutley and Clifton ponder…

In memory of Stan & Earl

Earlier this month, the sportswriters who get to vote on who goes into the Baseball Hall…

Undefeated: Kearny girls’ bowling team rolls along

    By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer There was a 1969 movie that starred John…

Kearny’s Aquino living an undefeated dream

By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer When Janitza Aquino graduated from Kearny High School two years…

Lyndhurst’s Lopez: Simply perfect

Rolls a 300 game en route to Bergen County title     By Jim Hague Observer…

Duty, honor, country

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent WEST POINT, N.Y.– Last Thursday, according to the weather folk,…

Kearny gets Hudson County’s first Wawa

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Last Friday, Kearny gained a new corporate retail presence…

Partial Skyway shutdown begins in 2014

NEWARK – The state Department of Transportation announced last week at a Newark press conference plans…

Secrets in plain sight

  This week’s column is one of my serendipitous ones. It concerns things we see often…

Prospects look bleak for Seton Hall

    By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer NEWARK – You have to pardon Seton Hall…

Kearny’s Durning can do anything and everything

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Simply put, Haley Durning is the epitome of a…

Obituaries

Marie Abello Marie Abello (nee Mattaliano) died on Jan. 6 in West Hudson Post Acute Care…

Harrison: Yesterday, today & tomorrow

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent Recently, I was driving west on Rt. 280 through Harrison when…

Struggles aside, Bolandi warmed to Kearny

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Since he came aboard as interim superintendent of schools…

New life for old hospital?

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – It’s a fortress-like structure with an immense front…

Harrison girls’ basketball squad off to fine start; win Wallkill Valley tourney title

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer After winning 17 games a year ago, Harrison High…