Around Town

East Newark West Hudson Brave Women Fighting Breast Cancer meets on the last Friday of every…

Undefeated: Kearny girls’ bowling team rolls along

    By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer There was a 1969 movie that starred John…

Kearny’s Aquino living an undefeated dream

By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer When Janitza Aquino graduated from Kearny High School two years…

Lyndhurst’s Lopez: Simply perfect

Rolls a 300 game en route to Bergen County title     By Jim Hague Observer…

Real Estate Review

Abdo, Pontrelli complete GRI course   The New Jersey Association of realtors is pleased to announce…

Water Department employee? Ask for photo ID

Nutley Public Works Commissioner Joseph Scarpelli cautioned residents to be wary of phony repair people looking…

Obituaries

Geraldine Baker Geraldine Baker, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, Jan. 3, at Meridian Sub-Acute Healthcare,…

Parakeets seek home

Jimmy and Sprinkles, two 1-year-old male parakeets green and yellow/blue, are available for adoption at the Humane…

BREAKING: Pennsylvania man arrested, charged with murdering Alishia Colon

A 41-year-old Pennsylvania man has been arrested and is being held on $10 million cash-only bail…

BREAKING: 16-year-old Kearny girl shot, killed on Belgrove Drive Thursday night

  KEARNY — A 16-year-old Kearny High School student was shot in the head and died…

Fuzzy needs a home

Fuzzy, a 5-month-old Angora female, is available for adoption at the Humane Society of Bergen County,…

New fitness program for Nutley residents

Nutley Department of Parks and Recreation announces the addition of the Recreation Positive Fitness Program to…

Summer internship opportunity for high school juniors

NEWARK — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is…

Duty, honor, country

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent WEST POINT, N.Y.– Last Thursday, according to the weather folk,…

VOICE giving vets a lift

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Kearny’s fledgling VOICE (Veterans Outreach Information Community Education)…

Nutley working to protect its seniors

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – One elderly township resident claims she’s paid out thousands…

Kearny gets Hudson County’s first Wawa

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Last Friday, Kearny gained a new corporate retail presence…

Retrial of Bergrin delayed to next week

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent Paul Bergrin of Nutley, known in some quarters as the (allegedly)…

Partial Skyway shutdown begins in 2014

NEWARK – The state Department of Transportation announced last week at a Newark press conference plans…

Secrets in plain sight

  This week’s column is one of my serendipitous ones. It concerns things we see often…

Kearny Police blotter

Kearny police were credited with saving the life of a young man who apparently had been…

Fatal crash in Kearny

    An 87-year-old Harrison man was pronounced dead Friday following a three-car crash at the…

Around Town

Bloomfield Bloomfield Public Library, 90 Broad St., announces a new Financial Book Club for beginners. The…

Nutley’s O’Neill heads to NFL Punt, Pass and Kick nationals

Giants fan represented his favorite team in Atlanta     By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer…

Prospects look bleak for Seton Hall

    By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer NEWARK – You have to pardon Seton Hall…

Kearny’s Durning can do anything and everything

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Simply put, Haley Durning is the epitome of a…

Blue Star Salute to Osborns

    So far, Kearny’s VOICE project has identified “a little less than 30” households whose…

Obituaries

Marie Abello Marie Abello (nee Mattaliano) died on Jan. 6 in West Hudson Post Acute Care…

Flu vaccine

The Department of Public Affairs- Nutley Health Department no longer has flu vaccine available due to…

BOE reorganizes, but still looking to fill vacant seat

    By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – If someone sues the Kearny Board of…