Around town

Belleville Did your house sustain damages during Hurricane Irene? You can link to help from the…

Blue Tide rolls in season opener over Becton

  Harrison aims for better season in 2011; excited about Red Bull Arena appearance By Jim…

Kearny boys’ soccer: Shooting for it all

  By Jim Hague The Kearny High School boys’ soccer team, the defending Hudson County Tournament…

Lyndhurst’s Kesack learns quickly from Super Bowl MVP mentor Simms

  By Jim Hague How many local high school quarterbacks get the chance to have private…

To save or to shred?

  By Randy Neumann How long should you keep your financial statements? The answer is: It…

Obituaries

Jeffrey Ai Jeffrey Ai died peacefully at Overlook Hospital on Sept. 5. He was only 12…

HCCC to resume Subscription Dining series

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

HCCC info sessions for would-be teachers

  JERSEY CITY — Hudson County Community College is continuing to conduct information sessions to acquaint…

Meet author of WWII story at Bloomfield Library

The Bloomfield Public Library will host a book talk by John Lanza, author of “Shot Down…

Robert Taylor Jr. teaches at Visions Dance Studio

      By Anthony J. Machcinski Youthful, happy and charismatic are words that describe performer…

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…

BREAKING NEWS: Flood Recovery Centers

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

Sept. 11, 2001

  Local events to mark 9/11 anniversary   By Ron Leir As part of the nationwide…

A time to remember

The following letter was sent last week to The Observer. We have since learned from Mayor…

The fire next time; this time, water

By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — You can say this for natural near-disasters: They’re so educational. Did…