By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — Maybe it was a “back to the ’60s” thing. At 11:30…
Month: August 2011
Bad things happen in threes
By Karen Zautyk NUTLEY – Two lanes on Rt. 21 South had to be shut…
Mansion hosts musicians
By Anthony J. Machcinski A warm sunshine filled the large windowed room at the Oakeside Bloomfield…
Around town
Bloomfield Do you knit, crochet, needlepoint, quilt? Then come to the Bloomfield Public Library Fridays at…
A lucky escape from carjackers
NUTLEY — This past Sunday, at 2:39 p.m., a Belleville man and his infant son had…
Phishers seem to have netted 2
By Karen Zautyk NUTLEY — In what appears to be sheer coincidence, Nutley police took two…
Nutley gridders give back to coach’s hometown
Travel to Tuscaloosa to aid in tornado recovery By Jim Hague How do a bunch of…
Kearny football looks to build on Llaneza’s first season
By Jim Hague It’s the second year of the Pete Llaneza regime as head…
Belleville football looks to new future with new coach Dubuque
By Jim Hague There’s a new head football coach at Belleville High School, but he’s…
The bull in the East vs. the bear in the West
By Randy Neumann Last October, I traveled to Newport Beach, Calif., (where, by the way,…
The party ended in a cell
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – Advice to partygoers: If the neighbors complain about the noise and…
Obituaries
Christina McAllister Christina McAllister, 92, died on Aug. 17 at her home. Services were held at…
Kentucky Care 2011
By Karen Zautyk The Observer’s 4th annual Kentucky Care Project is underway! Last Friday, the…
Nabbed in sex assaults
By Karen Zautyk A man arrested in 2008 in Nutley in the alleged sexual assault of…
Political feuding erupts anew over budget cuts
By Ron Leir NORTH ARLINGTON – This borough’s shaky ship of state has arrived at an…
How not to rob a bank
By Karen Zautyk NUTLEY – Not that we’re speaking from personal experience, but it seems…
Crossed signals on DeJessa Bridge
By Ron Leir LYNDHURST – Given the cumbersome pace of travel, impatient South Bergen…
News from the Nutley police blotter
By Karen Zautyk A Sunday afternoon altercation between two teenagers on Franklin Ave. last week culminated…
Drug busts keep cops busy
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – A 55-year-old Rutherford man, with what Kearny Police Chief John Dowie…
See Something? Say Something
By Lisa Pezzolla It is hard enough keeping your business going on a daily basis without…
Bank robbers I have known
Well, there was only one actually, at least that I’m aware of. He was, surprisingly, a…
Rising star Mia Borders moves through Kearny
By Anthony J. Machcinski While many young, modern, and popular female musicians have broken through…
Around town
Belleville Recent WWE TV star and Hall-of-Fame legend “Mr. U.S.A.” Tony Atlas will headline an all-star…
Red Bulls are absolutely tied up in knots
By Jim Hague HARRISON – Was the New York Red Bulls’ 2-2 tie last Saturday…
Summer’s over as football practices begin
By Jim Hague The calendar may read only mid-August, but the summer is over for…
Kearny captures Hudson-Bergen girls’ softball championship
By Jim Hague For the last six years, an All-Star team formed from the Kearny…
Some financial tips for married life
By Randy Neumann Are you marrying soon? Have you recently married? As you begin your…
Obituaries
Samuel J. Del Guercio Samuel J. Del Guercio, 51, of East Newark, passed away on Thursday,…
Saluting Kearny’s kid cadets
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – The first thing we noticed when we arrived at Gunnell Oval,…
Mom of the Year, she’s not
By Karen Zautyk NUTLEY – A Newark woman who came to Nutley to do some grocery…