Remembering USS Juneau

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – For nine months, two Harrison neighbors kept up…

Drilling to check toxin flow

    By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – Representatives of the Roche Co. offered apologies…

Pondering future of Gunnell Oval

    By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The fate of Gunnell Oval, Kearny’s largest…

Renovations coming at Washington School

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – The shine has worn on the yellow tiled…

Storm coming? Nutley will be ready

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – Last October, when Hurricane Sandy struck, township authorities…

Kudos offered to Auxiliary Police

  NUTLEY – The Nutley Board of Commissioners paid tribute to former members of the township’s…

‘Never got my OK for work,’ owner gripes

  EAST NEWARK – A landlord is disturbed about a communications company that he says isn’t…

Thoughts & Views: Woke up, it was a Chelsea Manning

  By now, you have heard that Army Pvt. Bradley Manning, pictured here as his alter-ego,…

WE’VE GOT MAIL

Fate spared one worker at Congoleum-Nairn blast To the Editor: I am one of the “older…

News from the Kearny Police blotter

Recently, in the Kearny blotter, The Observer noted that Police Chief John Dowie was reminding people…

Highlights from the Lyndhurst Police blotter

Aug. 22 At 1:29 a.m., Joseph San Filippo, 50, of Lyndhurst, was stopped by police as…

Happenings from the Nutley Police blotter

A patron who came out of the Nutley Starbucks on Franklin Ave. at 7:19 a.m. on…

Around Town

Bloomfield Bloomfield Art League announces that membership is open to all local artists and photographers. Lectures…

Kearny boys’ soccer: Nothing less than contending for titles

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Another high school soccer season is almost upon us…

Belleville grid squad hopes last year is history

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Belleville High School football team suffered through a…