Here are the results of The Observer’s March poll. Please keep in mind this poll is…
Month: March 2013
BREAKING: North Arlington police say missing 16-year-old boy has returned home safely
The North Arlington Police Department says 16-year-old Anthony Coto has returned home safely. He’d gone missing Friday night.…
BOE boots KHS contractor
Photos by Ron Leir Construction in and out of Kearny High School has been a…
Feds charge BOE veep with fraud
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The vice president of the Kearny Board of…
Shop local, get tax break?
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Kearny homeowners who are dedicated local shoppers may soon…
More cops, firefighters on horizon
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Kearny can expect to see its public safety…
Gourmet dinner & show: a priceless treat
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY — What could be better than dinner and a show?…
Meadows site burns again; confab held
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY — That pesky mulch pile in the meadows that went…
Thoughts & Views
What’s cooking? In my kitchen, not much Elsewhere in this week’s issue of The Observer, you…
Correction
In last week’s issue, for Franklin School Honors, the names of two students were omitted: Jason…
KFD battles Schuyler, Brighton house fires
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY — Fire gutted a Schuyler Ave. home Sunday morning,…
King’s Court opening its doors on Saturdays in April for locals to use facility at no cost
LYNDHURST — It has stood, quietly nestled away from traffic, since 1980 at 525 Riverside…
Getting ‘Real’ about tress distress
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY — Fans of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey”…
He could run, but he couldn’t hide
KEARNY — A Jersey City drag-racer, who led Kearny cops on a round-about pursuit before they…
Around Town
Belleville Mark your calendars for International Night at 7 p.m. on April 3, at Belleville Middle…
Kearny’s Mullen wins state wrestling title
Wins second straight; solid all-around athlete at 8 By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Ask…
Lyndhurst softball: ready to repeat
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Elaine Catanese cannot downplay what her Lyndhurst High School…
Despite losses to graduation, Blue Tide baseball team keeps rolling along
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Harrison High School baseball team enjoyed another year…
Real Estate Review
It’s a seller’s market Where are the sellers? That is the main question on…
Obituaries
Chester E. Boyarski Chester E. Boyarski, 81, of Kearny died on March 19. Arrangements were by…
Biker brouhaha in Nutley
A Kearny motorcyclist gave Nutley cops a run for their money in the early hours on…
DEVELOPING STORY: Kearny Board of Education vice-president John Leadbeater arrested on mortgage-fraud charges
Updated at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday, March 23, with comments from Kearny Mayor Alberto G. Santos.…
FMBA President: ‘We’re lucky not to be going to a funeral or funerals’
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – The five-alarm blaze that ripped through two Latino restaurants,…
No-smoking zones to be expanded
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – In February 2008, the Town of Kearny, described…
Kearny crime hits 10-year low
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The numbers are in, and the news is…
A ‘field’ day for North Arlington school board
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Opposition by the Democratic majority and Mayor Peter…
Ex-mayor, 82, tosses hat in Lyndhurst ring
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Eight years after riding off into the political…
K-9 cop goes to the dogs
A Belleville man who was a 12-year veteran of the Essex County Sheriff’s Office was…
Thoughts and Views
Pontiff can help shape discourse of world So there’s a new head man sitting in the…
CORRECTIONS!
• Last week’s story on Family Food Distributors in Kearny contained a photo that misidentified one…