Month: September 2012

By Jennifer Vazquez Observer Contributor NUTLEY – Those who know dancers, are familiar with the…

Lyndhurst Police Blotter

Sept. 6 A fight brought police to the Kings Court on Riverside Avenue at 9:17 p.m.…

Around Town

Bloomfield The Bloomfield Art League is accepting new members. Sponsored by the Bloomfield Recreation Commission, the…

Kardinal grid squad looks to improve after tough loss

By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer It wasn’t exactly the season opener that the Kearny…

QP’s Golden Griffins: Rising from the ashes

By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The 2012 high school football season was rapidly approaching…

Maroon Raiders start Basile era with solid win over rival

By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer After ascending into the head football coaching role at…

Kearny man was no Paul Bunyon

Police were called to Stewart Avenue and Morgan Place Sept. 1 at 9:30 p.m. on a…

Kearny realtor a success story

Fernando Semiao and his family came to America in 1965. They originally moved into the…

Belleville burglar finds himself behind the ‘eight’ ball

On Sept. 5, officers arrested Travis Mackoy, 26, of Belleville, on Fairway Avenue when they found…

Obituaries

Robert Bajkowski Robert Bajkowski died Sept. 9 at home. He was 79. Born in Eynon, Pa.,…

Remember the Titanic @ the KPL

In remembrance of the 100th anniversary of the Titanic tragedy in 1912, the Kearny Public Library…

Works By Emerging Artists On Display at NJMC Flyway Gallery

Works in several mediums by new and emerging artists will be on display at the New…

Clara Maass Medical Center Foundation Presents Lifeline Challenge to Healthy Living

A Walk to FundSchool Programs to Fight Childhood Obesity On Sunday, Sept. 30, at 9 a.m.,…

A tour of 9/11 Memorial through Kearny guide’s eyes

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent Virtually every Thursday, Kearny’s Marty Nystrom takes the No. 40…

Postal worker ‘delivered’ drugs, cops say

By Jennifer Vazquez Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – A U.S. Postal Service worker and her boyfriend were…

Making room for little ones at Veterans Park field

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent EAST NEWARK – Soccer is catching on with the younger…

Happy surprises when a host family becomes an extended family

By Jennifer Vazquez Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Globalization is a reality of modern times. People…

Kearny UNICO nominates Basilone winner

By Jeff Bahr Observer Correspondent Kearny UNICO is just one chapter of the many that…

Opinion

Filth ebbs and flows on the Passaic River

“Things aren’t always as they seem.” I don’t know who first coined this phrase but in…

Still making do without key public school leaders in Kearny

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – When public school classes resume Thursday, Sept. 6, Kearny…

Police reports go hi-tech in Nutley Don’t forget to follow The Observer on &

By Jeff Bahr Observer Correspondent With automation buzzing through our culture like a chainsaw through wood,…

Fourth Annual Fashion’s Night Out will take NYC by storm Sept. 6

By Jennifer Vazquez Observer Contributor Mark your calendars and prepare your most fashion forward outfit…

News from the Nutley Police blotter

Aug. 28 Daniel Silva, 45, of Newark, was given a summons for shoplifting at a…

Stolen car chase ends in two arrests

Two men led police on a wild, high-speed car chase – and then a foot pursuit…

Around Town

Bloomfield • A book discussion and lecture series about great science fiction authors will be held…

Kearny boys’ soccer looks for repeat of last year

Kardinals shoot for another state sectional crown By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Kearny…

Kearny girls: Poised for another great year

By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Kearny High School girls’ soccer team enjoyed a…

Blue Tide gridders look to forget about past

By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Harrison High School head football coach Dave Nankivell knows…

Accused car thieves grabbed in meadows