Month: July 2013
New team at helm of S.A. Kearny Corps
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – It’s been one heck of a journey. She’s…
Gas station settles Sandy suit for 25G
LYNDHURST – A Lyndhurst gas station is among eight New Jersey businesses that have agreed…
Dive demo goes swimmingly
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Recently, on one of the most brutally hot…
BOE okays ‘audit’ for Kearny High project
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – By a 5-4 majority, the Kearny Board of…
‘Hospital’ use ruled out for Roche site
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – Just like the commercial jingle says, “Like a…
Dredging ‘fleet’ ready to set sail
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Dredging is inching closer to reality at the…
Need help with resume? Library can help
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Dennie Fitzgerald has held a variety of…
Thoughts & Views: Now don’t get all squirrelly
Mulling possible topics for this week’s column, I first thought of Anthony Weiner. But the…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
Protect us from the Passaic To the Editor: On July 23 on the news, Gov. Chris…
KPD blotter: Somebody needed a swift kick
On July 21, at 2:30 a.m., police were dispatched to the Quick Chek on Kearny Ave.…
Around Town
Bloomfield “Night Fever: A Tribute to the Bee Gees,” will capture a full history of the…
Against all odds
Nutley East All-Star Buscanan breaks gender barrier, overcomes illness By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer…
Red Bulls pull victory out of jaws of defeat
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer HARRISON – Real Salt Lake striker Alvaro Saborio had…
Strong turnout for first-ever Kearny football camp
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Nick Edwards became the new head football coach at…
Obituaries
James Clifford Brierley James Clifford Brierley died on July 4. He and his family had celebrated…
Purple graffiti artist has cops seeing red
The purple painter has left his or her mark on Lyndhurst. Police are investigating three incidents…
News from the Nutley Police blotter
July 26 At 1:26 p.m., police responded to a home alarm call at a Whitford Ave.…
Nutley cops, mayor battle it out
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – Nutley cops, armed with a giant inflatable rat…
Hudson nets 589 guns in buyback
Hudson County residents turned in a total of 589 firearms during the state-sponsored gun buyback…
She ‘delivered’ cocaine, now she gets jail
A Lyndhurst woman, a former U.S. Postal Service employee, has been sentenced to 46 months in…
How can you resist these loving creatures?
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST– Tucked beneath some green awnings at 221- 223 Stuyvesant…
Civilian dispatchers coming aboard soon
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – One year after the town designated East Orange to…
Borough enacts long-term financing plan
NORTH ARLINGTON – In a move that the Democratic majority says will save taxpayers money…
Revised recycling strategy in Belleville
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – Starting Aug. 1, the Township of Belleville will be…
Thoughts & Views: Still plenty of afflictions to cure, here & abroad
The time is out of joint – O cursed spite, That ever I was born to…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
Displacing BOE president ill advised To the Editor: At the July 12, 2013 special meeting of…
KPD blotter: 100 degrees, 106 calls
At 7 a.m. last Wednesday, July 17, the Kearny Police Department logged its 15,000th job for…
Highlights from the Nutley Police blotter
July 18 The representative of a company that delivered goods valued at more than $4,000 to…
Around Town
Belleville Belleville Elks will hold a Type O blood drive, open to Belleville and the surrounding…