By Jim Hague When John Dubuque took over the head football coaching duties at Belleville…
Month: August 2012
‘Accidental’ shooting victim now in jail
Nearly a month after a local man was believed to have accidentally shot himself in his…
Real Estate Review
Let’s Talk Real Estate … Mid-Realty, Inc. 572 Kearny Ave. Kearny, NJ 07032 Phone: (201) 991-5719…
Obituaries
Gregory F. Ferdinand ‘Furgason’ Gregory F. “Furgason” Ferdinand died suddenly on Aug. 6 at his office…
Will Civil War vet’s name be attached to Wittpenn Bridge?
By Ron Leir KEARNY – This past spring, Kearny was pushing for…
‘Hit-man’ case nets guilty plea
By Karen Zautyk A Lyndhurst woman, accused of attempting to hire a hit man to kill…
Junior cadets get law enforcement lessons
By Karen Zautyk A concerned Kearnyite called The Observer early on Tuesday, July 31, wanting…
Fall term will see makeovers at Washington Middle School …
… plus some roster & course additions at high school By Ron…
N. Arlington assault leads to ‘Bad Bloods’
By Ron Leir NORTH ARLINGTON – An incident in North Arlington ultimately led…
Pro Staff Physical Therapy comes to Kearny
By Jeff Bahr Pro Staff Physical Therapy, a full-service provider…
‘Getting Gassed’ by ‘big oil’
“Getting hosed” is a slang term popular in the American vernacular. I don’t suppose I have…
Belleville Blotter
August 9 Officers responded to the 70 block of Watsessing Ave. at 3:27 p.m. on a…
Belweder: little Polish deli ‘round the corner
By Jeff Bahr Sometimes a jewel…
News from the Nutley Police blotter
Aug. 8 At 1:54 a.m. police stopped a vehicle going at an excessive rate of speed…
Around Town
Belleville St. Peter’s Rosary Confraternity is holding its communion breakfast on Oct. 7, after the 8:30…
Camp Fatima: Bringing Harrison closer together for a cause
By Jim Hague LEBANON TOWNSHIP – The brown sign off the eastbound lanes of Route…
Kearny’s Koziel racks up medals at National Junior Disability Games
By Jim Hague If you think Michael Phelps was impressive in collecting medal after medal…
Abromaitis returns as QP athletic director
By Jim Hague When Ed Abromaitis was a teenager growing up in Kearny in the…
Obituaries
Virginia DeArmas Virginia DeArmas died suddenly on Aug. 5 in St. Michael’s Medical Center in Newark.…
National Night Out in Kearny draws crowds
An estimated 500 people turned out for Kearny’s annual observance of National Night Out and there…
News from the Lyndhurst Police blotter
Aug. 8 • At 9:33 a.m. the owner of a 1997 Volkswagen reported that someone entered…
BREAKING NEWS from Nutley Blotter
A Nutley teenage girl had a close call with a prowler on the afternoon of Monday,…
Up against ‘Blue Wall’
By Ron Leir NORTH ARLINGTON – Judging from the complaints he’s filed against the borough,…
Estate sues for Hood pay
By Ron Leir BELLEVILLE – A little more than a year after she died,…
Charter school back for 2nd year at Holy Cross
By Ron Leir HARRISON – The tenant occupying the former Holy Cross School on Frank…
Kearny resident wins prestigious nursing award
By Jeff Bahr Kearny resident Dr. Mary E. Norton, associate dean and professor of Global…
Pro Wrestling to stomp on Belleville
By Jeff Bahr Belleville will be treated to raucous larger-than-life physical theater (ouch!) when all-star…
‘The only thing we have to fear…’
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the above words during his 1933 inaugural address, he was…
Grandmaster Marchetti: Pride of Kearny
By Karen Zautyk Well, whaddya know? The pen really is mightier than the sword. Or…
Around Town
Kearny • Kearny Public Library will be premiering two films new to DVD. Both films will…