KEARNY – Four suspects who allegedly tried to hold up the Exxon station at 22 Passaic…
Year: 2011
News from the Nutley PD blotter
NUTLEY – Burglaries, including another to an auto, apparent identity theft and an incident involving some…
Around town
Belleville The Belleville Public Library and Information Center offers English as a Second Language beginner and…
Lyndhurst boys’ track team repeats as Bergen County champ as Rono wins four
Photo by Jim Hague The Lyndhurst boys’ track team captured the Bergen County Division C championship…
New start, new league, new uniforms for Newark Bears
By Jim Hague The Newark Bears will begin their 2011 season Thursday morning at 11. It…
Kearny’s Alfaro wins three gold medals at county meet
By Jim Hague Kearny’s latest three-time Hudson County champion in track and field almost never had…
Making Social Security work for you
By Randy Neumann My recent columns told of the rich history of Social Security with references…
Obituaries
Agnes McAlister Agnes McAlister (Mullins), 94, passed away on Tuesday, May 10, in the West Hudson…
OK, sports fans, here’s good news!
By Ron Leir | NORTH ARLINGTON – Bergen County has pledged a $5 million fix-up of…
Social Security also covers your spouse and family
By Randy Neumann | Uncle Sam is partial to matrimony. Married couples benefit through the tax…
Around town
Belleville Clara Maass Medical Center will host its annual Cancer Survivors Day on Saturday, June 4,…
Permanent resident gets new home in jail
By Karen Zautyk A Paterson man who allegedly attempted to open a bank account in Nutley…
Fire damages local eatery
By Ron Leir | HARRISON – A two-alarm fire at La Caravana Restaurant last Thursday afternoon…
Multi-car fatal in South Kearny
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – A Jersey City man was killed and four other people were…
New schools chief for Nutley
By Ron Leir – NUTLEY – This township’s public school system has a new leader. Russell…
Public safety may take a hit
By Ron Leir | HARRISON – Who’ll be the last man standing? That must be what…
Discover the wonders all around us
By Karen Zautyk | Photos by Jim Wright/NJMC Osprey (with fresh-caught fish in its talons) soars…
Teen brutalized on Kearny Ave
By Karen Zautyk | Police are investigating a brazen and brutal — and seemingly unprovoked —…
Screaming Females to play Kearny Irish
By Anthony J. Machcinski | Observer Correspondent The Screaming Females, a fantasy combination of The Ramones’ sound…
Kearny cops bust Nutley drug suspect
By Karen Zautyk | Senior Correspondent KEARNY – A 55-year-old man, who police said has had eight…
Guilty plea in Nutley/Belleville ATM ‘skimming’
By Karen Zautyk | Senior Correspondent NEWARK – A Brooklyn man has pleaded guilty in a scheme…
Car flips, teen walks away
KEARNY – Only hours after one Kearny teenager was killed in an auto accident (see p.…
School elections round-up
By Ron Leir | Observer Correspondent It’s back to the drawing board for Boards of Education in…
Teen killed in tragic accident
By Karen Zautyk | Senior Correspondent KEARNY – Horseplay turned deadly last week for an 18-year-old Kearny…
18 busted in Peru-N.J. drug ring
By Ron Leir | Observer Correspondent Federal, county and municipal law enforcement agencies partnered in busting…
Filmmaker drives for success with ‘Red Corvette’
By Anthony J. Machcinski | Observer Correspondent Five years ago, Kearny resident Frank Lisi battled cancer,…
Lyndhurst wins prestigious Jack Yockers Bergen County Relays crown
By Jim Hague | Observer Sports Writer Tom Shoebridge has been involved with the Lyndhurst…
Federal indictment in charity shakedown
By Karen Zautyk | Senior Correspondent NEWARK – A Belleville man was indicted by a federal…
Rest in Peace, Cpl. Lutz
By Karen Zautyk Senior Correspondent In May 1951, a young Army corporal from Kearny, John W.…
Kitchen Nightmares Into Kitchen Dreams
Whether it’s serving authentic Spanish cuisine or helping to better the neighborhood, for the past four…