BREAKING NEWS: FEMA Disaster Notices/ How to Apply for Help

FEMA has released information today about how to apply for financial aid for damages occurred during…

BREAKING NEWS: Flood Recovery Center

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has opened one flood recovery center in each of New Jersey’s…

Oh, deer!

  By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – You know those Pedestrian Crossing warning signs now in the…

How to tame a raging river

          By Ron Leir LYNDHURST – Get the feds to buy your…

Firm must pay for Passaic cleanup

The state has won another round in its legal fight to hold companies that polluted the…

Violence erupts outside stadium

By Ron Leir HARRISON – Police are looking at ways of tightening security around the Red…

Guilty plea in mortgage fraud

By Karen Zautyk NEWARK – A Belleville woman, employed part-time as a court clerk at the…

Harvest moon?

KEARNY – From the Dept. of How to Make an Ass Out of Yourself, comes the…

Of war and remembrance 

  By Karen Zautyk LYNDHURST — Last week, if you were passing American Legion Post 139…

Oh, dam!  Tree blocks Third River

    By Karen Zautyk BELLEVILLE – We’d heard of the Third River, and suspected we…

Cops hunt gun/drugs suspect

  NUTLEY – Two men from Paterson were arrested last week after they attempted to flee…

Near the End

  By Lisa Pezzolla We are coming close to the end of accepting donations for Kentucky…

The warning signs are all there

If Monday were not production day at The Observer, I might have just turned around and…

We’ve got mail

To the Publisher: Sept. 11 reminds all firefighters of the loss of 343 members of the…

Corrections

  A story in the print edition of  last week’s Observer about a proposal to  create…

Wanna play hide-and-seek?

By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — As you may know, there is a TV show called “World’s…

News from the Nutley police blotter

Incident reports from the Nutley Police Department for the week ending Sept. 14 included, but were…

North Arlington resident fights bullying with song

  By Anthony J. Machcinski Ever since the events of Columbine High School 12 years ago,…

Around town

Bloomfield Bloomfield Public Library is collecting packaged toiletries and non-perishable food for the needy and flood-impacted…

Lyndhurst girls’ soccer off to flying start

Golden Bears look to repeat as league champs By Jim Hague It was a glorious first…

Queen of Peace girls’ soccer looks up after tough year

  By Jim Hague The Queen of Peace girls’ soccer program had been perennially strong and…

NA’s Krychkowski no longer an unknown entity

Viking striker explodes to solid start By Jim Hague Before the 2011 high school soccer season…

The long & the short of long-term care insurance

  By Randy Neumann Long-term care insurance carriers have received a lot of negative attention in…

Obituaries

Josephine Daily Josephine Daily (nee Dolan) died on Sept. 13 at home. She was 95. Born…

Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day Parade

  Pictured is this year’s Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day Parade Grand Marshal Joseph Cervasio of Nutley, president…

FEMA advice on grant money

  Disaster recovery officials are urging recipients of federal grants to use the money wisely ­–…

Back to School Nights in North Arlington

North Arlington Public Schools announces that Back to School Nights will be held on the following…

A free Web-based weight-loss challenge

BELLEVILLE — Clara Maass Medical Center is sponsoring a  Lighten Up 4 Life community weight-loss challenge…

Tri-County Camera Club programs

The Tri-County Camera Club will open its new 2011-2012 season with a series of instructional programs…

HCCC to resume Subscription Dining series

This fall, Hudson County Community College — home of one of the East Coast’s most acclaimed…