The Nutley Planning Commission will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Nutley Municipal Building, third…
Day: December 18, 2013
Abated apartments approved
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Kearny took steps this month to award its…
Wanted: watchful neighbors
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – The blue-and-white “Neighborhood Watch” signs have been a…
Getting serious about separating
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent EAST NEWARK – East Newark school officials, who’ve been doing a…
Mack to develop Belleville’s Roche site
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – A firm known to locals has been picked…
Don’t live here? it could cost you to park
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent EAST NEWARK – With curbside parking at a premium in…
Candles ignited apartment fire, official says
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – An early morning fire, apparently ignited by…
New public duties for ex-councilman
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Democrat Peter Norcia may have lost his…
Thoughts & Views: Making a list, checking it twice
Now that the holiday shopping season is in full ferocity, we have been learning about…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
KUDOS TO ALL THE PIE MAKERS! To the editor: The Woman’s Club of Lyndhurst would like…
Robbers sought by cops
EAST NEWARK – In the wake of a recent street robbery in the borough, and with…
FEMA funding to fix pump station
KEARNY- The Kearny Municipal Utilities Authority has been awarded a $3,040,821 federal grant to help repair…
Rookie cop recuperating from smash-up
NORTH ARLINGTON- I borough police officer is recovering from injuries sustained after a single car crash…
KPD blotter: Wardrobe dysfunction
An alleged serial shoplifter identified himself to police thanks to his penchant for wearing the same…
News from Harrison Police blotter
Dec. 11 At 9:30 p.m., police responded to a hit and run accident at the intersection…
Around Town
Belleville Belleville Elks, 254 Washington Ave., hosts a blood drive on Thursday, Dec. 26, from 5…
Court okays $165M Passaic River settlements
A Superior Court judge in Trenton has approved two settlements that will provide the state with…
Harrison soccer star Sowe named All- American
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer When Modou Sowe was 13 years old, his family…
Kearny boys’ hoops: A new direction
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Bob McDonnell now has the position he had coveted…
Golden Bears take cerebral approach with new coach Palek
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Paul Palek noticed one important trait about the Lyndhurst…
Kearny man wins injury case
A Kearny resident injured in an auto accident was recently awarded $200,000 in damages following a…
Obituaries
Mary Dombrowski Mary Dombrowski (nee Szymanski), 91, of Harrison and Toms River, entered into eternal rest…
Then & Now
Top photo is the Atlantic Buckram Corp. (pictured sometime in the…