By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Jim Cifelli got the running bug when…
Year: 2013
Hoping to make this diamond sparkle anew
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Some six decades ago, when North Arlington…
News from Kearny Police blotter
Kearny police are investigating a break-in at a local business where a burglar made off with…
Thoughts & Views: A perspective on ‘stop-and-frisk’
A federal court has concluded that the New York Police Department’s stopand- frisk policy violates the…
Around Town
Belleville Children are invited to activities and crafts that explore what lies beneath at “The Dig”…
Kearny moves ahead with new coach Edwards
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Nick Edwards has been the head football coach at…
NA’s McCarthy preps for another high school grid season
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer As August quickly turns into September and the summer…
Lyndhurst promises a new grid squad look
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer In his second tenure as the head football coach…
Obituaries
Chester Blaze Chester Blaze, 73, of Kearny, died on Aug. 16 at home. Visiting was at…
Making waves over cleaning the river
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – What started out as a public celebration of…
Alma agrees to pay
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent EAST NEWARK – A three-year legal battle between East Newark and…
Kearny boosts public safe rosters a notch
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Every time he’d pass the Midland Ave. firehouse…
Now he’s ready for nuptials
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A Kearny veteran was expected back home from…
Reports from the Kearny PD blotter
This is a public service announcement from Police Chief John Dowie to the residents of Kearny:…
Relax bulk rules for Passaic Ave., DCA says
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Unlike the neighboring town of…
Thoughts & Views: In praise of lousy prose
If you love good writing, you probably also love bad writing–providing it’s deliberately bad. It takes…
Mirroring real life in art: sex abuse & gangs
By Ryan Sloan Observer Correspondent (Updated) At 25, she’s already written two fiction books. And…
Author explores at-risk teen girls’ behavior
By Laurie Perrone Observer Guest Correspondent “Bad” is an intriguing young adult novel about teens overcoming…
Never too young to learn to dance
Now in its 17th year, Visions Dance Dance Studio of Kearny is offering a new…
Around Town
Belleville Tickets are now available for St. Peter’s Rosary Confraternity’s annual Communion Breakfast to be held…
Local hoop enthusiasts get tips from Hall of Fame coach Hurley
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer It all started three years ago, when Ron…
Riverside County Park will be home to both NA, QP this season
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer If you take a drive around the area’s high…
A battle of champions in Lyndhurst, for a good cause
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer It started out as a simple idea and blossomed…
Obituaries
George P. Blauvelt George P. Blauvelt of Bloomfield passed away on July 23 at home surrounded…
Score Mentors offer lifeline to Sandy-hit NJ businesses
While New Jersey continues to re-build in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, many small businesses are…
From ‘honor system’ to ‘palming’?
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – To scan or not to scan? That is…
KFD in top gear with new trucks
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A few weeks back, in our article about…
They’ll be studying in style this fall
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – When he heard that he’d be looking…
Mudflats cleanup starts in Lyndhurst
LYNDHURST – After many months of planning, it has begun. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock…
He’s in the money: $19M
It happened by accident. One of the regulars, as store employees describe him, came into…