By Ron Leir HARRISON – This town is losing another of its municipal leaders. Falling…
Month: August 2011
If it’s Monday, I must be Jose
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – A man who authorities said has at least 10…
Hundreds spend Night Out Against Crime
By Anthony J. Machcinski KEARNY – Warm weather and a beautiful sunset kissed the skin of…
Investing in hedge fun
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – If you saw a shrub walking along Kearny Ave. around noontime…
Daylight carjacking in supermarket lot
KEARNY – A woman loading groceries into her van at the ShopRite on Passaic Ave. was…
Quick work by the KPD
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — Police may have set a record last week in the capture…
School Supplies Greatly Needed
By Lisa Pezzolla During these difficult times we are hearing conversations about prices for gas, food …
Purple prose and vile puns
The 2011 Bulwer-Lytton prizes have been announced! This is something to which I look forward every…
We’ve Got Mail
To the Publisher: A week before Christmas I received a call from one of my oldest…
‘Knock, knock’ ‘Who’s there?’ ‘Oh ****!’
NUTLEY – A Franklin Ave. resident can consider himself lucky that a burglar armed with a…
Jersey Four tribute to the Four Seasons
By Anthony J. Machcinski Decades have passed since the Baby Boomer generation was young and Frankie…
Around town
Belleville Belleville Public Library is accepting donations for a book sale at the Just a Party…
North Arlington’s Gross healthy and ready to go
Former Observer Athlete of Year set for grid season at Rhode Island By Jim Hague Mike…
Hall of an honor for NA principal Russo
By Jim Hague The former Nicole Campbell and current Nicole Russo was sitting at…
Getting a kick start on the upcoming season
Three local girls’ soccer teams get together in Kearny By Jim Hague The scholastic fall sports…
Giving gifts to kids
By Randy Neumann Do you have a child or a grandchild who owns an UGMA (Uniform…
Obituaries
Alice L. Moritz Alice L. Moritz (nee McGrath), 85, died on Aug. 2 in Clara Maass…
Soccer legends return to Harrison Courts
A place for Legends By Jim Hague Soccer Hall of Famer Tab Ramos stepped onto a…
KUEZ as enterprising as ever
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – When we think of the KUEZ these days, we think of…
KPD issues alert on auto break-ins
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – This town has joined a number of communities in this area…
Carlo, Ciroc & chaos on Bergen Ave.
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — A dramatic auto accident in the early hours of July 24…
Teen theft suspect’s current event
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — A Newark teenager, spotted in Kearny with a stolen motorcycle, tried…
Farewell to the chief
By Ron Leir HARRISON – Fire Chief Tom Dolaghan has hung up his fire…
Good neighbor policy helps kids
By Ron Leir EAST NEWARK – After a one-year interruption of the program, this borough’s sole…
Schuyler scare & other KPD incidents
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — Always be aware of your surroundings—and of anyone who might be…
‘Kentucky Care Needs You’
By Lisa Pezzolla A whole year has passed and it is that time again. Our friends…
At cross purposes with nonbelievers
What is it with atheists and symbols of faith—particularly, it seems, symbols of Christianity? Not content…
We’ve Got Mail
To the Publisher, As a Kearny resident since 1986, and avid Observer reader, I would like…
STOP stealing the street signs
NORTH ARLINGTON — Not content with vandalizing local street signs, some individuals—believed to be young ones—have…
News from the Nutley PD
Maybe it was the heat. Nutley police recorded several incidents of criminal mischief in town in…