FEMA has released information today about how to apply for financial aid for damages occurred during…
Month: September 2011
BREAKING NEWS: Flood Recovery Center
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has opened one flood recovery center in each of New Jersey’s…
Light of hope still burns
By Karen Zautyk This was to be a straight news story about local observances of…
New agency: Will it help or hinder?
By Ron Leir NORTH ARLINGTON – There could be a redevelopment agency in this community’s…
Police talk possible jumper off bridge
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – A report of a possible jumper on a Passaic River bridge…
Operation Tripwire: Anti-terror effort
KEARNY – Although the 9/11 anniversary passed safely without any acts of terror, the public…
Marking the moment
By far the largest Sept. 11 10th anniversary ceremony in The Observer’s readership area…
Cop saves trapped motorist
NUTLEY – At risk to his own life, a township police officer last week rescued a…
R.I.P. Now take them to the basement
A decade after 9/11, some 6,000 human remains, representing more than 1,100 World Trade Center victims,…
We’ve got mail
To the Publisher: Although Nutley was spared devastating effects from Hurricane Irene, we did experience flooding,…
Renewing pledge to build housing
By Ron Leir HARRISON – Plans for the development of affordable senior housing in this…
Pre-9/11 scare shuts Schuyler Ave.
By Karen Zautyk NORTH ARLINGTON — A suspicious object placed on the 9/11 memorial fence above…
Odd but still frightening
KEARNY – A bizarre midafternoon robbery attempt was reported last week at a warehouse on the…
The A to Zzzz of law enforcement
By Karen Zautyk NUTLEY — The shoulder of Rt. 21 is not necessarily the smartest place…
A warning for lugs everywhere
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — A relatively minor accident led to the recent arrest of an…